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Egypt: Cairo Metro break taboo by hiring first women train driversF

By Sofiane Alsaar As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has recruited Egypt's first female train drivers, a novelty in a country where few women have formal jobs. Since April, commuters on the network's newest line...

Egypt faces growing economic hardshipF

The governor of Egypt's central bank, Tareq Amer, resigned on Wednesday, state media reported, with the Arab world's most populous country in the grip of a deepening economic crisis. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi accepted the resignation of Amer, who took up his post...

Egyptians saddened by loss of so many children in church fireF

Mourners in Egypt attended a memorial service Tuesday for victims of a Coptic church fire in Cairo that killed 41 people -- among them many children, including twins and triplets. The electrical fire on Sunday ripped through the Abu Sifin church in Imbaba, a working...

Egypt: 41 killed in church fire in GizaF

By Khaled Desouki Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church...

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