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A spate of bad weather is taking its toll in Egypt, with over a dozen killed in weather-related accidents and heavy rains causing floods and damage in parts of the country.
Egyptian authorities...
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When I glazed in the light well of my ground floor level and installed gutters, mainly to take away the water from the AC'S straight into the mains down pipe, some that know me chuckled at the...
The tourist development authority (TDA) has received 64 applications to establish seven tourism investment projects on the Red Sea coast worth some LE3 billion ($0.4 billion), the authority stated on...
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So is this a sign of where tourism investment is going to be for the future?
We are Doomed Captain Manwaring! Doomed!
The way I see it is, - You will soon know the tourists coming to Luxor,...
Egypt’s tourism authority has launched an initiative in collaboration with the private sector to promote domestic tourism.
For two months, the “My Country is Beautiful” initiative will create a...
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Makes a lot of sense....athough the revenue per capita will be a lot lower I'd imagine. The presence of local tourists in Hurghada & Luxor is already very apparent. But there might be a temptation to...
Egypt’s population will reach 86 million on Saturday, a rise of one million in six months, the state’s statistics body CAPMAS reported on Thursday.
An additional eight million Egyptians live abroad,...
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Typical al Haraam. All the interesting bits left out but don't forget that their source is a department of the government not an independent statistics body as elsewhere - including India and...
Not sure if this article has already been posted but thought it may be of interest to some, not least those who managed to take a flight on the sea plane when it was operational in Luxor.
The...
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Yes, thank you Hepzi :)
I suspect all the petrol and spare parts would have to been sent upriver from Cairo by boat so it is no wonder it took them so long.
The U.S funds Egypt but does it ever give them advice on reducing their population? I think not. So short sighted. Population growth makes every problem worse.
All this civil unrest and death makes...
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I quite agree. All households with an eligible male (i.e. one over the age of eight) should be given a free motorbike with instructions to go forth & mutilate . And raise the speed bumps, deepen the...
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Latest update - the FCO advise against all but essential travel to South Sinai, with the exception of the area within the Sharm el...
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Suicide bombers are a different kettle of fish... the gunmen terrorists are Hit and Run. I guess I need to be more specific.
If I was going to commit Suicide, I would take out the leaders, the ones...
On a day when Egypt is hosting two major international events aimed at boosting tourism, the International Taekwondo Championship and the Cupa Coca Cola at the Pyramids, a devastating terrorist...
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A lot come for medical treatment...and they seem to almost always move about in pairs of men. You almost never see a Yemeni alone.
Egypt's interim government decided on Wednesday to impose a one-year imports' ban on motorcycles and the three-wheeled unlicensed taxi known as tuk-tuks, along with their manufacturing components,...
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Wouldn't it be more prudent to review the licences of all X# of year old tuktuks to make sure they're not being held together with masking tape and bubble gum? Get the oldest of the old off the...
In coordination with Fawry payment service, the Central Traffic Department and Cairo Traffic Department launched on Monday a service allowing car owners to electronically pay the required fees for...
Egypt’s economy will take over two years further to recover from the upheavals following its January 2011 revolution, international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings said Wednesday.
“We expect...
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As long as the Bank of Egypt keeps putting to waste on a daily basis the very valuable dollar reserves, it is presently been given on a low interest rate, from Gulf States, the more Egypt will suffer...
I wasn't sure which section to post this in. I was originally going to post it in Women's Talk but it is really a subject that should be talked about by women and men around the world, not least in...
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I have a gf who had this done to her a young girl. She is from a village in Sudan. It has caused her all sorts of health problems, infections etc. She isn't sure of the 'why' this was done to her and...
Egypt's health ministry acknowledges death of 24 people from the H1N1 virus; Doctors' Syndicate calls for more studies and a transparent count but ministry says union harbours ulterior motives.
As...
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With 24 swine flu-related deaths so far across Egypt, schools' reopening on 22 February could be pushed back further, says health ministry spokesman..
Two bombs exploded on Giza Bridge on Friday morning, apparently targeting Central Security Forces trucks deployed on the bridge, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.
As militants step up attacks across Egypt, Ahram Online talks to experts on how well the country's security forces are prepared to deal with well organised terrorism.
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