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| 2011 |
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| Dec.16 |
UN lifts Libyan banks sanctions| UN Security Council: The UN Security Council has lifted sanctions on Libya's central bank and the country's foreign investments banks, diplomats say | |
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| Jun.5 |
IMF lends struggling Egypt $3 billion The International Monetary Fund has tentatively agreed to lend $3 billion to Egypt to support the country's economy for the next year
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| May.25 |
Global banks held Libyan assets Some of the biggest and best-known financial institutions in the world held billions $ of Libyan state funds, a leaked report has revealed
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| 2013 |
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| Feb.26 |
Egypt suspends Luxor balloon flights
Map of Luxor Egypt| The authorities have suspended all hot air balloon flights near Luxor and launched an investigation following the deaths of 19 tourists in a crash | |
| 2012 |
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| Dec.2 |
Egyptair resumes Syria flights
Map of Aleppo Syria Egyptair has said it will resume flights to the Syrian cities of Damascus and Aleppo, after a three-day suspension by many airlines over security
| 2004 |
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| Jan.4 |
Swiss banned Red Sea crash firm
Switzerland: The Egyptian Flash Airlines from flying to Switzerland because of safety concerns
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| 2011 |
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| Jan.30 |
Food staples starting to run out Egypt: Many families in Egypt are fast running out of staples such as bread, beans and rice and are often unable or unwilling to shop for groceries
| 2009 |
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| May.3 |
Farmers protest swine slaughter
Cairo: Pig farmers threw rocks at police in Cairo, as health workers gathered the farmers' herds for slaughter as a precaution against the swine fl...
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| 2004 |
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| Apr.23 |
U.S. lifts most sanctions against Libya Washington: The administration is opening the way for U.S. investments but still forbidding air travel and some exports
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| 2011 |
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| Feb.6 |
Missing Google exec to be released
Map of Cairo Cairo: Wael Ghonim, a Google executive who has been missing for more than a week following his purported arrest in Cairo, is to be released Monday
| 2010 |
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| Jun.13 |
Jailed businessman returns from Libya
Switzerland: A Swiss businessman held in a Libyan jail for four months has left the country to return home
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| 2011 |
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| Feb.12 |
New normal: Egyptians return to work
Map of Cairo Cairo: Egyptians cleared burned cars, garbage accumulated over 18 days at Tahrir Square. Cairo and the rest of the country were ready to rebuild
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| 2011 |
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| Mar.23 |
Egyptian stock market opens, plunges The Egyptian stock market plunged 5% in the opening minute, triggering breakers as the exchange opened for the first time in 2 months
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| 2008 |
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| Apr.5 |
Egypt braces for general strike
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| 2008 |
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| Dec.19 |
Severed cable disrupts web access
Egypt: Internet and phone communications between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia have been disrupted after submarine cables were severed
| 2005 |
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| Nov.16 |
Deal averts Internet showdown| Tunisia: The US wins its fight to stay in charge of the internet at the World Summit on the Information Society | |
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| 2011 |
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| Feb.3 |
EU set to debate energy and Egypt
Belgium: EU leaders are preparing to meet for a one-day summit, with energy, the eurozone debt crisis and unrest in Egypt set to dominate the agenda
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| 2012 |
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| Sep.26 |
Two Sudans 'reach oil agreement'
Ethiopia: Two Sudans have reached a deal on border security and oil production that will allow oil exports from South Sudan through Sudan to resume
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| Aug.3 |
Sudan and South Sudan in oil deal
Map of Southern Sudan
Southern Sudan: Sudan and South Sudan have struck a deal on an oil payments dispute that brought the two countries to the brink of war earlier this year
| 2011 |
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| Nov.13 |
Libya oil production 'recovering' Libya expects to return crude oil output to pre-war levels of around 1.6m barrels per day (bpd) by the end of 2012
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| Jun.8 |
Libyan rebel group sells first oil to U.S. Eastern Libya: The rebel government in control of the eastern part of Libya has made its first sale of oil from territory it controls
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| Apr.5 |
Libya rebels to export first oil| Eastern Libya: The first export of oil from rebel-held areas of eastern Libya for almost three weeks is due to begin later | |
| 2010 |
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| Jul.24 |
BP set to begin Libyan drilling
Oil giant has confirmed it will begin drilling off the Libyan coast in the next few weeks in the Gulf of Sirte following a deal signed in 20...
| 2008 |
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| Dec.16 |
Call for record Opec output cut| Algeria: Opec leaders are gathering under pressure from Saudi Arabia to make their biggest ever single cut in output as prices plunge | |
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| Jul.24 |
Libya 'halts Swiss oil shipments'