GenevaLunch » Egypt http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no More bribery behind sharp increase in suspect money flowshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/more-bribery-behind-sharp-increase-in-suspect-money-flows/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/more-bribery-behind-sharp-increase-in-suspect-money-flows/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 06:56:02 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70238 GenevaLunch.com Arab spring played a role Numbers are impressive but it’s the criminal tales that are gripping BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland saw a 40 percent increase in 2011 in the number of suspicious activities reports (Sars) to MROS, the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland, the federal office shows in its annual report published Monday 14 May. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/more-bribery-behind-sharp-increase-in-suspect-money-flows/feed/ 0 Egyptian pre-election shooting kills 11 in Cairohttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/egyptian-pre-election-shooting-kills-11-in-cairo/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/egyptian-pre-election-shooting-kills-11-in-cairo/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 16:12:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69851 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Eleven people were killed outside the ministry of defense in Cairo Wednesday 2 May, and up to 160 were reportedly wounded. Plainclothes gunmen attacked a group of protesters who were camped outside the ministry. The group, which numbers in the hundreds, has been protesting army rule for a number of days. Reuters [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/egyptian-pre-election-shooting-kills-11-in-cairo/feed/ 0 Egyptian football fans clash – 73 reported deadhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/egyptian-football-fans-clash-73-reported-dead/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/egyptian-football-fans-clash-73-reported-dead/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:55:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66226 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Egyptian state television is reporting that at least 73 people have died, and numbers are being revised upwards late Wednesday 1 February, after two football teams’ fans clashed in Port Said. More than 150 people are reported to be injured. Fans of Masry and al-Ahly teams, both in the top group, poured [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/egyptian-football-fans-clash-73-reported-dead/feed/ 0 Swiss Migration Office given slap on hand over ignored Iraqi asylum caseshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/11/swiss-migration-office-given-slap-on-hand-over-ignored-iraqi-asylum-cases/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/11/swiss-migration-office-given-slap-on-hand-over-ignored-iraqi-asylum-cases/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:56:46 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65130 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Migration Office’s current backlog of some 3,000 applications must be completed and applications brought up to date by 2013, former Swiss Federal Judge Michel Féraud concluded as part of his final report on applications for asylum in Switzerland. But the most damning part of his report covers applications from Iraqis [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/11/swiss-migration-office-given-slap-on-hand-over-ignored-iraqi-asylum-cases/feed/ 0 Swiss and Egyptians moving to restore frozen CHF410m to nationhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/05/swiss-and-egyptians-moving-to-restore-frozen-chf410m-to-nation/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/05/swiss-and-egyptians-moving-to-restore-frozen-chf410m-to-nation/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:49:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64406 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Egyptian and Swiss legal experts met Friday 2 December to “take stock of progress made so far and to strengthen bilateral cooperation” for “an efficient restitution of any assets of illicit origin from the entourage of the former Mubarak regime”, says the Swiss Justice Department. Switzerland froze about CHF410 million in assets [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/05/swiss-and-egyptians-moving-to-restore-frozen-chf410m-to-nation/feed/ 0 Elections: Russians out of love with Putin, Egyptian runoffs beginhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/05/elections-russians-out-of-love-with-putin-egyptian-runoffs-begin/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/05/elections-russians-out-of-love-with-putin-egyptian-runoffs-begin/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:59:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64439 GenevaLunch.com High turnout in Egypt, with new Islamist group taking 24% GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Russians appear to be falling out of love with former leader Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party and turnout has been high, 62 percent, in Egyptian voting as parts of the country move into runoffs in a complex voting system. Vladimir Putin’s United [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/05/elections-russians-out-of-love-with-putin-egyptian-runoffs-begin/feed/ 0 Egyptian army apologizes for deaths, says not stepping downhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/egyptian-army-apologizes-for-deaths-says-not-stepping-down/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/egyptian-army-apologizes-for-deaths-says-not-stepping-down/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:43:45 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63983 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – An uneasy peace lies over Cairo and other parts of Egypt after the Egyptian army Thursday offered a public apology for the deaths that occurred earlier this week when protesters took to the streets. A truce between the two groups appears to be holding. Army leaders made it clear shortly after offering [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/egyptian-army-apologizes-for-deaths-says-not-stepping-down/feed/ 0 Egyptian call for mass protest aims to end military powerhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/22/egyptian-call-for-mass-protest-aims-to-end-military-power/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/22/egyptian-call-for-mass-protest-aims-to-end-military-power/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:57:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63807 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Organizers of protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in Egypt are calling for a million people to come out on the streets Tuesday 22 November to force military rulers to hand over power no matter what the results of next week’s elections. At least 25 people have died in fighting in the past [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/22/egyptian-call-for-mass-protest-aims-to-end-military-power/feed/ 0 Egypt clashes: 24 dead, protests continuehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/egypt-clashes-24-dead-protests-continue/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/egypt-clashes-24-dead-protests-continue/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:41:37 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=62298 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – At least 24 people are dead and 212 injured as a result of clashes among Christians, radical Muslims and Egyptian security forces outside the state television building in central Cairo, Egypt over the weekend. Egyptian authorities say clashes have resumed, “with hundreds pelting the police with rocks outside a central Cairo hospital”. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/egypt-clashes-24-dead-protests-continue/feed/ 0 Mubarak wheeled on bed into courtroomhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/03/mubarak-wheeled-on-bed-into-courtroom/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/03/mubarak-wheeled-on-bed-into-courtroom/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:05:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60377 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Egypt’s former leader, Hosni Mubarak, arrived in court Wednesday 3 August on a hospital bed for the opening of his trial: he and his sons Alaa and Gamal, and several senior officials and officers are being tried on a number of charges, from killing protesters to illegally gaining wealth. The former president [...]

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