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BP and partners to invest $12 bln in Egypt Gas deal
British oil company BP expects to invest around $12 billion with its partners as part of a finalized West Nile Delta concession deal to develop 5 trillion cubic feet of gas resources and 55 million barrels of condensates.
Plays from Europe, Asia and Africa at 14th Slavija Festival
BELGRADE - The International Theatre Festival Slavija 2015 will be staged from March 9 to 16 in the Theatre Slavija, theatre founder and director and festival selector Batric Zarkovic said.
Five blasts in Egypt's Alexandria wound 10-interior ministry
Suspected Islamist militants bombed three police stations in Egypt's second city Alexandria on Feb. 10, wounding 10 people, and also targetted two other locations, an interior ministry official said.
Nobody was injured in the two other blasts in the eastern part of the city, said Major General Amin Ezz al-Din, assistant interior minister for Alexandria.
Egypt court to consider lawsuit against Turkey
An Egyptian court has set Feb. 24 as the date to consider a lawsuit demanding that Turkey be designated as a "state that supports terrorism," a judicial source has said.
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2,200 pillaged artefacts seized in European crackdown
Over 2,200 looted artefacts, many from ancient Egypt, were seized as part of a Europe-wide crackdown that also snared 35 suspected traffickers, Europol announced Jan. 29.
Two protesters killed on anniversary of Egypt uprising as tension grows
Two protesters were killed in Egypt and a bomb wounded two policemen on Jan. 25, the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak, security sources said.
The anniversary is a test of whether Islamists and liberal activists facing one of Egypt's toughest security crackdowns have the resolve to challenge the U.S.-backed government once again.
'Islamist' protester killed in clash with Egypt police: officials
An "Islamist" protester was killed in clashes with police in Egypt's second city Alexandria on Jan. 25, officials said, as the country marked the fraught anniversary of its 2011 popular uprising.
Police officials said the protester shot at police during an Islamist demonstration. Police returned fire and killed him, they said.
The pope’s visit and what divides Christians East and West
By the time this article is published, Pope Francis will have left Turkey after having spent a busy weekend both as a head of state and as the head of the âChristian Church of the West,â one of two Greek Orthodox bishops, who briefed us on the popeâs visit to Turkey, explained to us.
Five facts you don’t know about Turkish coffee
As Hürriyet writer and gourmet Mehmet YaÅin asked recently, where can we put Turkish coffee in the wider coffee world? How come people donât desire it as much as they desire Italian, American, French coffees? Is it because of their advertisements or is it because of its taste? The answers might be in five facts that you probably donât know.
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Antic: Chetnik symbols should be at parade
BELGRADE - Serbian president's adviser Oliver Antic has said that a military parade is an appropriate way to honour all the victims of the anti-fascist struggle, regardless of their ideology.
Justice demands that Chetnik symbols also be present at the parade, because they had a part in the victory against fascism, he told the daily Danas.
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