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Mubarak: Muslims, Arabs outraged over Israeli attacks
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has warned that escalation by Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon against the Palestinians would drag the Middle East "into a catastrophe" which would threaten the interests of all major countries in the region.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/15/2001

Maher makes contacts to end deterioration in Palestinian territories
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher on Friday held contacts with Italian Foreign Minister Renato Ruggiero and EU security commissioner Javier Solana to discuss ways to halt the deterioration in the Palestinian territories.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/15/2001

Maher: intensive contacts on ME deterioration
Egyptian FM Ahmed Maher contacted Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, US Secretary Colin Powell and French FM Hubert Vedrine on the current tensions in the Middle East.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 12/14/2001

Egypt refuses American request to minimize trade relations with Iraq
Egypt has refused an American request to minimize the volume of trade relations with Iraq and not to implement the free trade zone agreement signed by Cairo and Baghdad on January 18 when the Iraqi vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan visited Egypt.
Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 12/13/2001

Egypt ranks second among emerging markets
Egypt occupied the second position among emerging markets after realizing a 6.5 per cent growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually.
Egypt, Economics, 12/13/2001

Washington should be more decisive with Israel
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said peace is coming as it promotes the interests of all peoples. He said the Israeli people would not allow the current government to hinder moves towards peace as this would maintain security and stability for both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/13/2001

Gov't exerts more efforts to eye bigger share of foreign markets
Egyptian Minister of Industry and Technological Development Ali Al Saeidi Wednesday held separate meetings with the ambassadors of the US, Spain, Italy and India on boosting bilateral cooperation in the industrial and technological domains.
Egypt, Economics, 12/13/2001

US keen to assist in industrial development
Egypt and the United States held talks yesterday to discuss measures aimed at enhancing economic and industrial cooperation.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 12/13/2001

Central Bank to announce today a new US Dollar central exchange rate
Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) would announce today new Egyptian pound-US dollars exchange rate.
Egypt, Economics, 12/13/2001

Economic ministerial group discuss adverse impacts of the September 11 terrorist attacks
The economic ministerial group met Tuesday under Prime Minister Atef Ebeid for talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) advisor Stanley Fischer and representative of the Arab group Abdul Shakour Shaalan currently visiting Egypt.
Egypt, Economics, 12/13/2001

Museum for St. Catherine Monastery's acquisitions of icons and documents
A museum of the acquisitions of St Catherine Monastery has been recently opened at one of the annexes of the monastery.
Egypt, History, 12/13/2001

Plan to develop Sann al-Hagar area, home of famous Amon Temple
The development of the archaeological sites of San Al Hagar (Tanis) in the governorate of Sharkia, one of the richest sites in obelisks, is a new project initialed by the Supreme Council for Antiquities.
Egypt, History, 12/13/2001

Shallalat gardens to be upgraded before opening of Alex's library
The archaeological Shallalat (waterfalls) gardens in Alexandria is a national wealth, which will be finally upgraded.
Egypt, Local, 12/13/2001

Mubarak: Islam denounces all sorts of violence, terror
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday stressed that Islam condemns terrorism and deplores all forms of violence. He added that Islam calls for security, peaceful coexistence and cooperation among all nations.
Egypt, Politics, 12/12/2001

$3.68bn of contractual agreements for Egyptian companies in Iraq
Exporters have been urged to take advantage of the privileges provided by the free trade agreement signed between Egypt and Iraq and was put into effect in August this year.
Egypt-Iraq, Economics, 12/12/2001

Egypt will maintain peace efforts despite Israeli intransigence
Egyptian Minister Ahmed Maher underlined that Egypt will maintain its efforts for reviving the Middle East peace process despite the Israeli intransigence.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 12/12/2001

Maher denies failure of his mission to Israel
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher denied having said that his mission to Israel last week had failed.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 12/12/2001

Abu Zeid probes World Bank report on new Delta
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mahmoud Abu Zeid will probe a report prepared by experts of World Bank and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on West Delta project.
Egypt, Economics, 12/12/2001

Economic Ministerial Group discusses with IMF plan to face up September 11 adverse impacts
The economic Ministerial group met yesterday under Prime Minister Atef Ebeid for talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Advisor Stanley Fischer and representative of the Arab group Abdul Shakour Shaalan currently visiting Egypt.
Egypt, Economics, 12/12/2001

Mrs. Mubarak holds Iftar banquet for national council for women
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, Chairwoman of the National Council for women held on Tuesday an Iftar banquet for the members of the council at Air force club.
Egypt, Local, 12/12/2001

Europe shares Egypt in the inauguration ceremony of Alexandria Library
Five European countries have so far announced their participation in the ceremonies of the inauguration of Alexandria Library, due to start on 22 April 2002, over three days.
Egypt, Local, 12/12/2001

Mubarak addresses nation on Lailatul-Qadr
Egypt, Politics, 12/11/2001

Ebeid meets Larson
Egypt, Politics, 12/11/2001

Maher condemns Israeli repressive measures against Palestinians
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher reaffirmed Monday Egypt's firm stance in support of the Palestinian people's legitimate right to resist.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/11/2001

US ready to offer financial assistance to contain September's adverse impacts
US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Alan Larson reaffirmed yesterday the US administration's readiness to offer financial support to Egypt to help the Egyptian economy contain the adverse impacts of the Sept 11 events as well as back underway economic reforms in the country.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 12/11/2001

Al-Assad, Mubarak underline uniting Arab positions, demand immediate halting of Israeli aggressions
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, who on Sunday held a short visit to Syria, held two meetings during which they stressed the importance of working to maintain an Arab united position in solidarity of the legitimate rights of the Arab nation.
Syria-Egypt, Politics, 12/10/2001

Israeli aggression against Palestinians poses a threat to all countries of the region
President Mubarak returned home last night after a flight visit to Syria during which he had talks with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad on efforts exerted to contain risks threatening the security and stability of the Middle East region.
Egypt-Syria, Politics, 12/10/2001

Mubarak's statements on current situations
"In any case, I sent with Maher a letter pointing out that his (Sharon's) strikes and sieges against Palestinians will lead no where. And more killing of Palestinians and Israelis will never achieve a lasting peace."
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 12/10/2001

Egypt makes $ 1.2 bln surplus out of oil
Egypt, Economics, 12/10/2001

Mubarak receives message from Arafat
"President Mubarak delegated Maher to make efforts during the mission to ease pressure on the Palestinian people and leave the Israelis in no doubt about the Egyptian stand against their continuous attacks and occupation of the Palestinian lands," added Shaath.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/10/2001

Maher leaves for Doha today
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher leaves Cairo for Doha on Monday leading Egypt's delegation to the emergency meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), due to run for two days.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 12/10/2001

Maher :Israeli attacks on Palestinians inconsistent with desire for peace
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher yesterday said the continuation of Israeli attacks on the Palestinians was "inconsistent with any real desire for peace".
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 12/10/2001

Economic onented Talks in Washington
Egyptian Foreign Trade Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali said that his talks in Washington focused on three main topics.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 12/10/2001

US official carries proposals to help Egypt's economy
"Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Alan Larson, will have talks with senior Egyptian officials Monday. He is carrying a number of proposals to help the Egyptian economy cushion the effects of the September 11 incidents," said spokesman for the US Embassy in Cairo.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 12/10/2001

Steps to confront impact of world crisis on Egypt's economy
US Vice-President Dick Cheney last week conferred with the delegation of the Egyptian-US Chamber of Commerce, which was on a visit to Washington, on means of pushing forward economic cooperation between the two countries during the current stage.
Egypt-USA, Economics, 12/10/2001

Ebeid: No decisions or administrative measures to fix exchange market
Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said that the government will not interfere in the exchange market in order to avoid causing a turbulence.
Egypt, Economics, 12/10/2001

Rationalizing and not restricting imports one of Egypt's highest priorities
The government has reiterated this week that there are no plans for restricting imports, yet it is seeking to draw up a scheme on rationalizing them in a bid to stand up to the extraordinary conditions currently facing the Egyptian economy.
Egypt, Economics, 12/10/2001

Egypt achieves some gains
Although making some concessions to convince the developing countries of launching a new round of multilateral trade negotiations, the developed countries have succeeded to get the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference recently held in Doha out of the bottleneck.
Egypt, Politics, 12/10/2001

Plan to reconstruct temple of Tel Bassta near Zagazig
The position of Tel Bassta was of paramount importance because it is located at the centre of the meeting point of the main trade route linking Egypt to its neighboring countries in the east with the Nile route.
Egypt, History, 12/10/2001

Beheira needs museum to host antiquities heaped in its storehouses
The success realized by several archeological teams in the governorates of Beheira proving that the governorate abounds in monuments pertaining to different ages from the pre-historic to the Roman Age has prompted officials of the supreme council of antiquities to approve conducting excavations at a number of sites.
Egypt, History, 12/10/2001

Statue of Mut, goddess of motherhood, unearthed at Karnak
A team of archaeologists of the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) has found at Mut temple, south of the Karnak complex in Luxor, a black granite statue of Mut, the goddess of motherhood in addition to a stele of sand stone bearing a hieroglyphic text which dates back to the age of Ramsis 111 founder of the 20th dynasty.
Egypt, History, 12/10/2001


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