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July 16,2012 Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Fayza Abouelnaga said on Monday that “the dissolved Parliament’s attitude was behind the failure to sign the agreement with the IMF to lend Egypt US$3.2 billion to support the budget.” http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/abouelnaga-fjp-stalled-imf-loan-cabinet-behind-economic-recovery

July 15,2012 SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: So we are in Cairo. The Secretary is spending the day talking to Egyptian civil society. She had a chance to meet young entrepreneurs this morning. Then she had a meeting with about 10 … Continue reading →

June 15,2012 MAHALLA EL-KUBRA, Egypt — Four years ago, protests in this Egyptian cotton mill city sowed the seeds of the revolution that ultimately toppled President Hosni Mubarak. Today Mahalla is again seething, as a strike by tens of thousands … Continue reading →

July 15,2012 HICAGO, July 15 (UPI) — In an area of the world known for autocratic regimes, military hegemony and brutal dictators, yearnings for democracy have been stirring for more than a year — but only for certain aspects. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/07/15/Arab-Spring-Hopes-for-democracy-spring-eternal/UPI-21871342342860/

July 15,2012 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Tel Aviv after ending two days of talks with Egypt’s quarrelling civilian and military leaders. She offered them U.S. assistance for the struggling Egyptian economy without publicly taking sides in … Continue reading →

  July 14,2012 Egypt’s economy grew between 1.8 and 2 per cent in the fiscal year that ended in June 2012, the country’s finance minister said late last week. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/47660/Business/Economy/Egypt-economy-grew–pct-in–Initial-data-.aspx

July 14,2012 CAIRO – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Cairo, where she met with President Mohamed Morsi to discuss Egypt’s economy and regional security.   Clinton says she traveled to Cairo to reaffirm the strong support of the … Continue reading →

July 12,2012 Sarah Wali left the U.S. media scene and returned to Egypt to pursue an idea for a citizen journalism platform for the Middle East. With her business partner Mahamad El Tanahy, that idea became CitJo.com. Within months of … Continue reading →

July12,2012 “Establishment of relations with Iran is beneficial to Egypt and the Arabs and we should maintain ties with this country to benefit from its vibrant economy,” Moussa, who was also Egypt’s former foreign minister, said in a Wednesday report … Continue reading →

July 11,2012 It is one thing to discern trends in history and attempt to learn from the past in order not to repeat similar mistakes. Yet another is to carpet-bomb Egypt with the ghosts of “history repeats itself” templates. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/4/47441/Opinion/OPED-Is-Egypt%E2%80%99s-history-repeating-itself.aspx