CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Investment Minister Yehya Hamed said on Monday he aimed to boost Egypt's anemic economic growth to as high as 7 percent in two years by improving the environment for private investors.Full story
Angry tourism workers and activists in Luxor threatened Monday to block a newly appointed Islamist governor from his office because of his links to a former militant group that killed scores of people in a 1997 attack in the ancient city and devastated Egypt's sightseeing industry. Full story
The foreign ministers of Egypt and Ethiopia met in Addis Ababa on Monday in hopes of defusing tensions over a huge dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River. Full story
With its steady winds and turquoise waters, Egypt's Ras Sidr on the Red Sea coast is fast becoming a favorite destination of kite surfers. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
Tear gas poured into Tahrir Square as protests continued hours after Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi vowed that landmark parliamentary elections will start on schedule on Monday. NBC’s Richard Engel reports from Cairo.
NBC’s First Read reported Monday that two missile strikes by Israel leveled a Syrian research facility over the weekend. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin joins the spin cycle to talk about what this means for U.S. involvement in Syria.
Egyptian women are being sexually harassed and assaulted at an alarming rate in iconic Tahrir Square. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin talks to survivors and those speaking out.
Pizza is a $9 billion-per-year industry in Italy. But even though youth unemployment is close to 40 percent, the country is in desperate need of pizza makers. NBC’s Michelle Kosinski reports.
A clown performs with a donkey during a show about the history of Pharaohs in Hurghada, about 464 km from the capital Cairo, June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS TRAVEL)
A performer rides a horse during a show about the history of Pharaohs in Hurghada, about 464 km from the capital Cairo, June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL ANIMALS)
Senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei arrives to speak with anti-Mursi protesters made up of intellectuals and artists inside Egypt's Ministry of Culture during their sit-in protest against Egypt's new Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz and what demonstrators claimed are increasing influence o
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