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Minister of Planning: Egypt’s National Income Doubles Within Ten Years

Egyptian Minister of Planning reveals new strategy aimed at using the country’s human and natural resources prudently to double national income by 2022.

Egypt: World Bank Appoints Egyptian Director

World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick today appointed Egyptian Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin Managing Director of the World Bank Group.

Middle East loses trillions as US strikes record arms deals

Rick Rozoff views the United States’ growing arms exports to Middle East countries, which will spend an estimated 100 billion dollars on arms from the US by 2014, and the

At African Union Summit, Egypt says it welcomes Chinese investments

CAIRO: Egypt continued its push to get China to invest in the country, this time at the 14th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Cairo 2050: public parks, a little green and some controversy

One of the government’s most ambitious projects to date is already receiving controversy over the treatment of citizens in impoverished areas across Cairo. The project, Cairo 2050, aims to have

Lord David Owen talks democracy, intervention

British politician Lord David Owen spoke to a group of Egyptian journalists on Tuesday on the twin subjects of democracy and humanitarian intervention as part of a two-day workshop organized

What Have We Done to Democracy?

While we're still arguing about whether there's life after death, can we add another question to the cart? Is there life after democracy? What sort of life will it be?

Now that our problems have all been sold, lets change the governorate logos with public

Moussa Ghannam of the MB Parliamentary bloc questioned the necessity of altering the Matrouh governorate's emblem. The redesigning and changing of the emblem will cost millions of pounds, which may

Party Leader Says Islamist Trend is Fact in Mauritania, Other Countries

Excerpt from interview with President of the National Rally for Reform and Development in Mauritania Jamil Ould Mansour by Abdallah al-Rashidi.

Secretary- General of Justice and Development Party (Morocco)

Observers predict that the Justice and Development Party (Morocco) will be the major winner in the next elections and maybe forming the next cabinet.