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Articles of the author Kate Dannies Reem El Desouky
IN DEPTH: Egypt on track to scale back auto tariffs
The presence of hefty price tags on even the simplest cars is standard fare for Egyptian consumers used to the high import tariff rates. High sticker prices combined with a slowly emerging auto finance market has made buying a car in Egypt a (...)

19 - 08 - 2009
Inflation down from last Ramadan, but food prices yet to cool off
CAIRO: Last year, Egyptians tread anxiously into Ramadan as inflation hit a record high of 23 percent in August 2008 in the lead up to the holy month. Food prices soared and a few weeks later, the ripple effects of the economic crisis hit Egypt's (...)

14 - 08 - 2009
Airport entry fee elicits mixed reactions
CAIRO: A recent decision to charge visitors an LE 5 entry fee into Cairo Airport's Terminal 3 elicited different reactions, with some deeming the fee costly, and others welcoming the idea. The Cairo Airport company is charging visitors LE 5 - a (...)

13 - 08 - 2009
Parts of Giza Zoo declared antiquities
CAIRO: The Supreme Council of Antiquities added the Japanese Kiosk and Citadel Hill, both located in Cairo's Giza Zoo, to the roster of Islamic and Coptic antiquities because of their architectural, archaeological and historic uniqueness. Zahi (...)

28 - 07 - 2009
Word on the street: How Egyptians celebrate the July 23 revolution
CAIRO: Next Thursday will mark the 57th anniversary of the military coup d'etat by a group of young officers, commonly known as "The Free Officers, who revolted against King Farouk I in 1952. The chief objective of the 1952 Revolution was the (...)

21 - 07 - 2009
Official denied Upper Egypt blackout reports
CAIRO: Mahmoud Awad, head of Egypt's Electricity Holding Company, denied reports that the lack of regular maintenance to a major electricity line has led to a blackout in a number of Upper Egyptian governorates. Aktham Abul-Elaa, the official (...)

19 - 07 - 2009
Lead author withdraws from UN Development Report
CAIRO: The lead writer of the United Nations Arab Human Development Report withdrew from the project in protest at what he says is self-censorship and oversensitivity to outsider opinions. At a press conference Tuesday, Cairo University Political (...)

14 - 07 - 2009
Sixth Scientific Forum of Archaeologists honors team work
CAIRO: Seventeen scientific researches on the latest archaeological discoveries provided rich topics for discussions at the Sixth Scientific Forum of Archaeologists last week. The two-day forum kicked off July 8 at the Supreme Council of (...)

10 - 07 - 2009
Egypt's inflation drops to 9.9 percent in June
CAIRO: Urban consumer inflation dropped to 9.9 percent in June, down from 10.2 percent in May, an 18-month low, according to figures released by the Central Authority for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Thursday. The drop came despite (...)

09 - 07 - 2009
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