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Egypt says will not need IMF, World Bank funds

Egypt will not borrow from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund after revising its budget and cutting the forecast deficit, even though a loan had been agreed, Finance Minister Samir Radwan said on Saturday.
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Egypt army web page tests presidential hopefuls

Egypt's military rulers have launched an online poll to test the popularity of potential presidential candidates, a move analysts said may be aimed at judging appetite for getting a former officer back in the post.

Arab Spring: In Foreign Aid to Egypt and Tunisia, Questions Loom

As the international community prepares to deploy aid for Egypt and Tunisia's ailing economies, it faces the daunting question of how to do so without perpetuating the endemic corruption and government monopolization that helped to spark the Arab Spring.
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Hackers strike Malaysian websites for a second day

Hackers struck Malaysian websites for a second day on Friday, an Internet regulator said, as the country scrambled to bring its government portal back online after the latest outbreak in a cyberwar waged by online activists.

Where is Al-Zawahiri?

The new Al Qaeda boss has been in hiding since 2001. Will the United States locate him soon?
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No respite from high farm prices this decade: report

World commodity prices will keep up their relentless push higher this decade compared to previous years, supported by burgeoning demand for food and fuel as well as knock-on effects from energy costs, the FAO and OECD said.
Al Qaeda's new leader Ayman al-Zawahri

Egypt-born al-Zawahri succeeds Osama bin laden as head of Al Qaeda

According to an Al Qaeda-affiliated website, Egypt-born Ayman al-Zawahri has succeeded Osama bin laden as head of the terror network. Al-Zawahri, who will turn 60 next week, had been bin Laden's second in command before the latter was killed in a US Commando operation in Pakistan, last month. Zawahri had declared, earlier this month, the organizations decision to go ahead with the campaign against the United States and its allies, in response to bin Laden's death.

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