Janub Sina' (Egypt)

Saudis head for cheaper holidays abroad

Travel agents in the Kingdom are reporting increased demand for hotels and resorts abroad as a result of a large number of Saudis and expatriates preferring to spend Eid Al-Adha holidays outside the country. "The demand for...

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Taking the web to new heights

Viviane Reding, EU commissioner for the information society and media. It was able to attract $8 billion in foreign direct investment over the last four years and offer mobile technology to 54 million subscribers, in addition...

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Silent witness in the Sinai

Join a strange safari in the desert hunting, not rare animals, but an equally endangered prize – absolute silence Several times each night I wake up. My first thought is usually that I am getting too old to sleep out, even in a...

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Video drives internet growth

Sharm el-Sheikh - Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an internet forum heard on Wednesday. From 2007 to 2012, "traffic will...

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Egypt Bedouin 'killed in clash with police' (AFP)

AFP/File – An Egyptian Bedouin is pictured near the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. Egyptian police shot … CAIRO (AFP) – Egyptian police shot and killed a Bedouin in north Sinai on Friday after the arrest of fellow...

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Egyptian tourist boat sinks in Red Sea, two missing

Two Spanish tourists are missing in the Red Sea today after their dive boat sank in rough water off Egypt's Sinai coast, a popular beach holiday and diving destination, a medical official said. Fourteen other Spanish tourists...

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Africa: China And Africa Strengthen Cooperation Under Focac

China and Africa have agreed on a new plan of action for the next three years in a bid to strengthen cooperation. The Sharm el-Sheikh Action Plan 2010-2012, which was adopted together with the Sharm el-Sheikh Declaration, will...

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Business Leaders Warn Against Demise of Internet Governance Forum

Herbert Heitmann, Chair of the ICC Commission on E-Business, IT and Telecoms. Cairo, 19 November 2009: Business leaders have issued a stark warning that the demise of the UN-linked Internet Governance Forum (IGF) could impede...

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US Still Has Internet In Its Grip

According to participants at a recent internet governance forum, the Internet is still under the control of the U.S., despite a move by America to loosen its grip over the private corporation that administers the net.

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GenderIT.org IGF2009 Team

The GenderIT Feminist Talk contributors and tweeters at the Fourth Internet Governance Forum, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 15-18 November 2009, are Maya Indira Ganesh, Jan Moolman, Wieke Vink and Jac sm Kee.

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