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			<title>16 firms buy Egypt telco licence bid docs</title>
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			<title>Mobinil says lending restricted by Orascom link</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Co. says credit limited by Egypt's central bank as it is viewed as part of Orascom group.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom won't bid for fourth French 3G licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: Owner previously indicated interest in licence to French paper. ]]></description>
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			<title>Weather to buy back 744.6m euros of bonds</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: Move by owner of Orascom Telecom will help Egyptian telco.]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt rejects France Telecom appeal over Mobinil bid</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Regulator's rejection of telco's offer to buy outstanding Mobinil shares upheld.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom Telecom eyes Africa, Pakistan growth - CFO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egyptian telco also says stand-off with Algerian tax authorities soon to be resolved.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom Telecom Q2 net up, but markets still tough</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Egyptian mobile telco sees ''only timid signals" of recovery in marrkets.]]></description>
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			<title>Shaping the shield</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Orascom Telecom's IT security team is working on everything from a disaster recovery plan to the implementation of a uniform defence policy to move the organisation's protection standard to a higher plane.]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt's Mobinil Q2 net jumps 26%, beats forecasts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: Egyptian mobile operator adds a further 1.674m customers in Q2. ]]></description>
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			<title>Beltone upbeat about Q2 numbers in Egypt</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Forecast improved Q2 numbers for Egyptian companies reflect general improvement in business sentiment.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom to make French bid - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egyptian telco may enter French market to bid for 3G license CEO confirms in interview with Le Figaro.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone bidding for Orascom net unit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Other contenders for LinkDotNet subsidiary include Telecom Egypt, Mobinil and unnamed financial institutions]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom ends court case against France Telecom </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egyptian and largest mobile phone operator in ME looking to avoid unecessary court costs.]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt's OT says Mobinil row not hurting ops</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Orascom chairman claims France Telecom in the 'business of value destruction', however.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom says no France Telecom reply to talks offer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: Orascom chief urges Egypt's regulator to release details of FT offer.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom rejects France Telecom’s latest bid for Mobinil</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Orascom Telecom rebuffs latest attempt by France Telecom to gain full control of Mobinil]]></description>
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			<title>France Telecom unit in offer for Egypt's Mobinil</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egypt's regulator says it is studying an obligatory tender offer to buy all of Mobinil's shares.]]></description>
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			<title>Egyptian mobile phone growth to slow - analyst</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Growth in subscriber numbers to be hit this year as market approaches saturation.]]></description>
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			<title>Fresh doubts emerge over Orascom deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shares in Egyptian mobile firm fall after report that Mobinil stake sale to France Telecom may not go through.]]></description>
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			<title>Egypt Mobinil Q1 net profit down, misses most forecasts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egyptian mobile telco misses targets as interest charges drive down profitability.]]></description>
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			<title>France Telecom tender offer for ECMS rejected</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egypt’s regulator gives thumbs down, claiming offer unfair to minority shareholders.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom Telecom ordered to offload shares</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Court tells mobile phone operator to sell shares in its Egyptian unit to France Telecom.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom Telecom plans share buyback</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Shares rally on LSE as Egyptian operator seeks approval for share buyback]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom Telecom acquires Namibia’s Cell One</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egyptian operator expands presence in Africa through latest acquisition]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom, Zain to run two Lebanese mobile firms</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telecom majors' deal with MTC Touch and Alfa mobile networks worth $145mn. ]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom launches 3G network in North Korea</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Subsidiary Koryolink sets target of signing up 5-10% of population]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom Telecom starts mobile services in N. Korea</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Largest Arab mobile operator begins first 3G service to cover capital city Pyongyang.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom Telecom to start in N. Korea</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Egyptian firm becomes first mobile operator in hermit state next week, services 'open to everyone'.]]></description>
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			<title>Orascom announces nine-month profit of $345mn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Largest Arab mobile operator by subscriber base says revenue was more than $4bn.]]></description>
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			<title>Exceeding expectations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Reforms in Algeria's telecom sector have led to surging teledensity levels.]]></description>
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