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CAIRO: Egyptian urban consumer inflation soared in November to its highest annual rate in nearly four years, increasing the risk of social unrest and potentially serving up a policy dilemma for the central bank.

Saudi fears about Egypt's chaotic politics were validated, in their view, with the Muslim Brotherhood coming into power in the country's first ever free elections and thus setting 'unhealthy' standards for the region The recent visit to Egypt of a Russian delegation, including its foreign and defence ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu, is ... (more)

Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris, whose family controls the Orascom corporate empire, said he would invest $1 billion in Egypt in 2014 and warned that urgent measures were needed to save the economy from collapse, reported Reuters.

Alaa Abdel Fattah arrives with his wife and child to the public prosecutor's office in Cairo, March 26, 2013.

Shady political types, police abuses, corruption at the heart of the state: "new" topics tackled in Egypt's popular soap operas are far removed from traditional family sagas and classic comedies.

Malaysia's prime minister Najib Razak has defended the use of a government jet by his wife Rosmah Mansor by giving two examples of her public service that he had never before told Malaysians.

LOS ANGELES, Dec 7, : "The Square," a film that follows activists in Cairo's Tahrir Square following the 2011 overthrow of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, won the award for best feature documentary for 2013 on Friday from the International Documentary Association.

The home of Egypt's mummies and King Tutankhamun's treasures is trying to make the best out of the worst times of political turmoil.

Umno president Najib Abdul Razak today apparently sought to defend his wife Rosmah Mansor's controversial flight on a government jet, sharing with delegates her role in helping Malaysians in Ops Piramid unbeknown to the people.

File - People shop at Al Ataba, a popular market, in this general view taken in downtown Cairo, November 11, 2013.

University of Illinois at Urbana professor Dennis Baron, in his article, Reforming Egypt in 140 Characters , gives credit to Twitter for helping to depose Hosni Mubarak and for helping to oust Ben Ali from Tunisia.

CAIRO: Egypt's public prosecutor referred leading political activist Ahmed Maher for trial on Thursday on charges including protesting without permission, a judicial official said.

Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011 after ruling Egypt for more than 30 years, and then, in 2013, a second president, Mohammed Morsi, was deposed.

CAIRO: Egypt promised Wednesday to pay $1.5 billion of the $6 billion it says it owes oil firms, hoping the announcement will revive confidence in an economy battered by nearly three years of political upheaval.

Egypt's most popular television satirist, Bassem Youssef, who was pulled off the airwaves last month after mocking the army chief, said on Wednesday the move showed the military-backed rulers were intolerant of opposing views.

In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 photo, the solid gold mask of King Tutankhamun is seen in its glass case, in the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt.

The century-old home of Egypt's mummies and King Tutankhamun's treasures is trying to make the best out of the worst times of political turmoil.

Those who have attempted to rule Egypt in the wake of former President Hosni Mubarak seem to be in a contest to see who can do the worst job, writes H.A. Hellyer , and the failings of the current military rulers are best illustrated by their enforcement of a controversial law against even peaceful protests.

Egypt has postponed any decision on taking a $4.8 billion loan from the IMF as financial aid from Gulf states has given Cairo some breathing space as it starts to conduct economic reforms, Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Bahaa El-Din said on Tuesday.

Prominent Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm, renowned for his witty criticism of authorities in Egypt, passed away on Tuesday at age 84, state media reported.