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MiddleEastStar.com Friday 30th July 2010 Issue 211/8
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Fossil sparks whale of a row for Egypt customs
For years archaeologists have been unearthing a remarkable collection of whale fossils, all the more surprising because the area is now inland desert in upper...


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Mercosur and Egypt to sign free trade deal-Egypt
BUENOS AIRES July 30 (Reuters) - The South American trade bloc Mercosur will sign a free trade agreement with Egypt at a summit early next week, Egypt's trade minister said on...
Egyptian Artist Uses Microscopic Pieces to Make Massive Art
highlights the work of Egyptian Saad Romany Mikhaiel. The 52-year-old uses miniature pieces of glass, stone and other materials to create intricately detailed mosaics that he hopes will inspire both...
Dana announces Egyptian oil find
Dana announces Egyptian oil find Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum announces the discovery of a new oil field, onshore in the Gulf of Suez in...
Dana Discovers New Oil Field in Egypt
Dana Petroleum announced that the Fin-1X exploration well has discovered a new oil field, in the North Zeit Bay Production Sharing Contract ("PSC") area onshore in the Gulf of Suez, in...
Egypt must drop charges against three activists
Amnesty International has urged the Egyptian authorities to drop all charges against two leading human rights activists and a well-known blogger whose trial is expected to conclude in Cairo on...
DIARY - MidEast/African holidays to December 2010
Alternatively click on HOLIDAY to retrieve dates by country. ** Details below represent the latest information available and will be supplemented later, particularly with updated entries for...
UPDATE 1-Russia state grain trader UGC keeps export plans
MOSCOW, July 30 (Reuters) - Russian state grain trader United Grain Company still aims to export no less than 1 million tonnes of grain this year, it said on Friday, despite a severe drought that...
Russia state grain trader aims to ship 1 mln T
MOSCOW July 30 (Reuters) - Russian state grain trader United Grain Company still aims to export no less than 1 million tonnes of grain this year, it said on Friday, despite a severe drought that...
UPDATE 1-UN names Canadian to anti-corruption watchdog post
UNITED NATIONS, July 28 (Reuters) - The General Assembly on Wednesday approved a former World Bank auditor from Canada as head of the U.N. internal watchdog after the previous incumbent left with...
Towards a renewable Egypt
Clean and renewable energy technologies are an answer to environmental pollution, energy security requirements, and negative health impacts of current energy sources. Clean and renewable energies...
Centamin Egypt Limited Quarterly Report for the Quarter Ended 30 June 2010
Underground decline development advanced 852m for the quarter completing 68% of initial decline development prior to commencement of ore access...