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	<title>The Expat's Guide To Cairo</title>
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		<title>One killed in clashes between Muslims and Copts in Alexandria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One person has died and dozens injured in clashes between Muslims and Coptic Christians in Egypt&#8217;s north coast city of Alexandria, the Ahram Arabic news website reported. Clashes erupted Friday night in Al-Geish Street in western Alexandria, after a fight started between two young men, one Copt and the other Muslim, when the Copt allegedly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clashes erupt near Tahrir Square between police, unknown civilians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Police forces used teargas Friday while confronting dozens of civilians in front of the Semiramis InterContinental hotel just off Tahrir Square, which has witnessed frequent clashes over the past few months. Crowds mainly consist of young teenagers threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at security forces as two police vehicles pursued them. Rioters also set tyres [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Cairo may face power outages as workers strike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Operations at Egypt’s North Cairo Electricity Distribution Company (NCEDC) have been on hold for the fifth day in row due to a sit-in by workers demanding the release of 17 of their colleagues who are currently under arrest. The workers are threatening to escalate their protest by cutting off electricity to districts of Cairo supplied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt &#8216;suffering worst economic crisis since 1930s&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Egypt is suffering its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a former finance minister of the country and one of its leading economists have warned. In terms of its devastating effect on Egypt&#8217;s poorest, the country&#8217;s current economic predicament is at its most dire since the 1930s, Galal Amin, professor of economics at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaza&#8217;s KFC Smuggler Service, Al Yamama, Delivers Fried Chicken From Egypt Through Tunnels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The network of tunnels that snake underneath the border between Gaza and Egypt are dark, dingy and dangerous, but they have proved invaluable to transport supplies and fuel past the Israeli blockade. One commodity to be smuggled inside impoverished Gaza, though, is raising eyebrows: KFC fried chicken. The Christian Science Monitor reports that a local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.expatcairo.com/2013/05/gazas-kfc-smuggler-service-al-yamama-delivers-fried-chicken-from-egypt-through-tunnels/</link>
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		<title>Egypt set for Friday mass rallies in support of anti-Morsi petition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several Egyptian political forces have called for a series of protests in support of an anti-Morsi petition drive — Tamarod, or &#8216;Rebel&#8217; campaign — to kick off Friday. A million-man rally is scheduled for Friday with the aim of decrying the imprisonment of political activists and pressing for early presidential polls. The signature-collecting movement, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.expatcairo.com/2013/05/egypt-set-for-friday-mass-rallies-in-support-of-anti-morsi-petition/</link>
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		<title>More political parties join anti-Morsi petition campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Egypt&#8217;s prominent political forces continue to announce their backing of the recently launched anti-Morsi &#8216;Rebel&#8217; campaign, giving a fresh momentum to the defiant initiative. Egypt&#8217;s Constitution Party, founded by democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei, announced on Thursday its official and &#8220;full&#8221; support of the petition movement that seeks to collect signatures in favour of a vote [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.expatcairo.com/2013/05/more-political-parties-join-anti-morsi-petition-campaign/</link>
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		<title>Sinai kidnappers demand release of detained colleagues: Security source</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A security source has revealed that the kidnappers of seven Egyptian security personnel in Egypt&#8217;s Sinai Peninsula have demanded the release of Islamist militants detained for almost two years. The militants, who allegedly belong to the Tawhid wal-Jihad group, were convicted of killing five security officers and one civilian during a string of attacks in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.expatcairo.com/2013/05/sinai-kidnappers-demand-release-of-detained-colleagues-security-source/</link>
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		<title>Anti-Morsi petition gathers steam: Organisers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Organisers of a new signature drive aimed at registering opposition to President Mohamed Morsi say their campaign is gaining momentum, despite doubts about the initiative&#8217;s efficacy and the launch of a counter-campaign. Unhappy with Egypt&#8217;s Islamist government, young activists have launched the &#8216;Tamarod&#8217; or &#8216;Rebel&#8217; campaign to force President Morsi to hold early elections and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.expatcairo.com/2013/05/anti-morsi-petition-gathers-steam-organisers/</link>
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		<title>Seven security officers kidnapped in Egypt&#8217;s Sinai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven members of the Egyptian security forces were kidnapped by unknown assailants in Egypt&#8217;s Sinai Peninsula early on Thursday. According to state news agency MENA the seven include one member of the armed forces, four port security officers, and two state security officers. They were abducted at a checkpoint near the Green Valley – on [...]]]></description>
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