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Reflections on the Mideast peace talks

VERMONT: As the direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington begin, the US…

Daily News Egypt

104,000 attempted to commit suicide in 2009; over 5,000 died

CAIRO: Around 104,000 Egyptians attempted to commit suicide in 2009, according to…

Safaa Abdoun

Egypt to invite bids for 1,000 MW electricity generators

CAIRO: Egypt will invite bids this week to build electricity generators with…

Amr Ramadan

Egyptian consumer confidence dips in H1 2010, says report

CAIRO: Consumer confidence in Egypt dropped sharply in the first half of…

Christopher Le Coq

Egypt signs deal to allow farmland access in Sudan

CAIRO: Egypt's government signed a deal to allow Egyptian companies access to…

Reuters

Growing Islamic finance should diversify, regulate: analysts

KUWAIT CITY: Islamic finance, which prohibits charging interest, is set to double…

AFP
AFP

SODIC expects income boost: report

Egyptian developer Six of October Development and Investment Co. expects to earn…

Daily News Egypt

Egypt’s balance of trade moves into surplus

Egypt's balance of payments swung into surplus in the year to end-June…

Reuters

Egypt’s current account deficit narrows

Egypt's current account deficit narrowed to $4.3 billion in the year to…

Reuters

ICLD to resume sit-in for unfulfilled gov’t pay promises

CAIRO: Information Centers for Local Development (ICLD) workers are threatening to resume…

Sarah Carr