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Egypt catches divers cutting Internet cableEgypt's coastguard caught three divers cutting through an undersea Internet cable on Wednesday, the army said, the first suggestion criminals might be involved in days of severed connections and disruptions online. More… |
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Egypt tenders for gasoil imports in MediterraneanEgypt's state oil firm has issued a tender to purchase around 500,000 tonnes of gasoil for delivery into Mediterranean ports between January and March next year, a tender document showed on Tuesday. The tender is for 15 cargoe More… |
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Heat waves could devastate MideastExtreme heat waves would devastate broad swaths of the earth's land, from the Middle East to the US, if the world fails to tackle the climate change issue, the World Bank said in a report. T More… |
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Qatar to invest $18 billion in Egypt economyQatar said it would invest $18 billion dollars in tourism and industry projects along Egypt's Mediterranean coast over the next five years, the latest pledge of support to an economy hammered by a year and a half of political turmoil. More… |
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Warships in E Mediterranean ‘at any moment’Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Israel could not do whatever it wanted in the eastern Mediterranean and that Turkish warships could be there at any moment. 'Israel cannot do whatever it wants in the eastern Medit More… |
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Turkey, Egypt mull joint gas explorationTurkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday Turkey may carry out gas exploration in the Mediterranean with Egypt and that it was considering importing gas from the north African country. 'Turkey and Egypt may work together i More… |
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Cyprus launches $26m tourism campaignThe Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) has launched a new campaign with a budget of 19 million euros ($26.7 million) designed to boost international tourism to Cyprus this year. According to Alecos Orountiotis, CTO chairman, the “Cyprus in More… |
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Cyprus ‘ideal Eid holiday spot’Cyprus is an ideal Eid holiday destination for the whole family, with attractions as diverse as cultural relics or historical locations and idyllic beaches, said a senior tourism official. “Cyprus can be summed up as a ideal short-haul des More… |
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Telecom Egypt deploys 40G cable systemTelecom Egypt (TE), a major telecom services provider, and Alcatel-Lucent, have put in service a cable system provisioned with 40 Gigabit per second (40G) wavelengths across the Mediterranean. The TE-North cable system is the first Mediter More… |
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About 250 refugees missing in MediterraneanAbout 250 people are missing in the Mediterranean after the vessels carrying them illegally to Europe got into difficulty off the Tunisian coast, a Tunisian security official told Reuters on Thursday. Tunisian coastguards and military resc More… |
