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US alertThe United States has warned Americans to be vigilant following a wave of attacks on Westerners in Egypt. The...

WATANI International 8 March 2009    African heritageIn its recent meeting in Addis Ababa, the Board of Trustees of the African World...

To KenyaEgypt has donated 183 tonnes of assorted foodstuff worth more than $125,000 to Kenya to help avert the famine...

WATANI International 22 February 2009        Vaccine grantFrance has granted Egypt 24.5 million doses of bird flu vaccine, the cost of which...

Selling?UAE developer Damac Properties is considering selling a large stake—as much as 51 per cent, according to the financial newspaper...

WATANI International 8 February 2009        Anglicans meet in AlexandriaPope Shenouda III, patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, last weekend received the...

River Nile negotiationsNinety nine per cent of the negotiations on the Nile River Cooperative Framework have been concluded, Minister for...

Documenting Coptic heritageThe first phase of documenting and registering Coptic heritage, Robeir al-Faris writes, has started. The project is conducted...

WATANI International 11 January 2009           Solar powerThe first 140 megawatt, $220 million solar unit in the thermal-solar power plant at Kuraimat,...

Interest rates on holdThe central bank has kept benchmark interest rates steady for a second month running, saying that while...