Stream Global Services Expands Operations Into Cairo, Egypt

September 25th, 2009 ALTDORF, Switzerland and CAIRO, Egypt - Orascom Development Holding AG (Orascom Development) today held its ground-breaking ceremony marking the start of construction of the Andermatt resort, the first integrated holiday resort in the alps. During this first development phase, the Chedi hotel, basic infrastructure as well as an 18-hole championship golf course will be built.

September 9th, 2009 JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - - Refrigerated Facilities To Serve Fast-Growing MENA Region Wared Logistics, the world-class provider of logistics and transportation services for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, announces that it has partnered with Preferred Freezer Services (PFS), the premier global provider of cold storage warehouses, to construct and manage refrigerated warehouses throughout MENA. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090415/FL97971) "The MENA region is enjoying significant economic growth and has a substantial unsatisfied need for refrigerated services.

July 15th, 2009 ZUG, Switzerland - - Nord Stream Will Provide Supply Route Diversification and Additional Gas From 2011 Matthias Warnig, Managing Director of Nord Stream AG, and EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs today confirmed the importance of the Nord Stream gas pipeline to EU energy security. Nord Stream updated the Commissioner on the latest developments in the permitting process for Nord Stream.

July 7th, 2009 CAIRO - Actis, an emerging markets private equity specialist, is pleased to announce today that it has executed an agreement to invest US$244 million to acquire shares in Commercial International Bank, the leading bank in Egypt. Actis is acquiring 50% of the stake held by the consortium led by Ripplewood Holdings.

July 2nd, 2009 CAIRO - - Global finals of the world's largest technology competition begin today in Egypt. Competition begins today in Cairo for 444 students from 124 countries and regions at the Imagine Cup 2009 Worldwide Finals.

June 28th, 2009 BOSTON - - Quezon City Site Opening Reinforces Stream's Commitment to Providing Global Services to its Expanding Client Base Stream Global Services, Inc. (Amex: OOO), a premium provider of customer care and business process outsourcing (BPO) services for Fortune 1000 companies, announced today its continued global expansion with the inaugural opening of its second solution center in the Philippines.

May 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Global Consultancy Expands Representation to the Middle East Mercator XXI, LLC today announced an expansion of its operations into the Middle East with the appointment of Hesham Wahby. Mr. Wahby will be based in Cairo and serve as Principal for Egypt & Middle East.

May 10th, 2009 CAIRO - Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD) has rolled out the first JT42CWRM 3,300 THP locomotive at the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) facility in Cairo, Egypt.

April 28th, 2009 CAIRO - Phoenix Intelligence Support Services, Inc. - Anti Piracy Unit, Managing Director Mr.

March 12th, 2009 SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - Crystal Lagoons, creators of the world's largest swimming pools, works with important local investors in a US$5,500 million real estate development at Sharm El Sheikh that contemplates the construction of twelve giant lagoons, 30,000 home units, five star hotels, a museum and a shopping center Think big and build big is the premise behind the tourist revolution of Crystal Lagoons, which recently announced the creation of the world's largest pool, in the middle of the Egyptian desert. The company is working with its local partners, Pyramids Plaza and Citystar Holding, on a US$5,500 million project named City of Stars.

September 30th, 2009 Egypt offers new telecom servicesCAIRO — Egypt will offer two licenses to provide telecommunications services for upscale suburbs outside the capital, including fixed lines, a government official said Wednesday, in a move expected to bring in $1 billion worth of investments over the next five years. Communication and Information Technology Minister Tarek Kamel said the licenses will be granted to a pair of consortia to operate so-called "triple-play" services that group internet, cable TV and phone services within such communities springing up around Cairo and elsewhere in the country.

January 15th, 2009 CAIRO - Egypt and the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas have agreed to a five-step plan that calls for a ceasefire as of Saturday, an Arab newspaper reported Friday as a senior Israeli official arrived for talks in Cairo. The pan-Arab Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper, quoting Egyptian officials, said Egypt and Hamas have agreed to the Egyptian truce initiative, which now needs the approval of Israel.

June 4th, 2009 Obama to address Egypt, Muslim worldWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is reaching out to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims with a speech in Egypt. The high-stakes speech at Cairo University, billed by aides as a "truth-telling address," is meant to ease long-held Muslim grievances against the United States.

August 11th, 2009 Belo expands use of SpotCrime mapping servicesBALTIMORE — Television station operator Belo Corp. said Tuesday it will receive crime-mapping services from SpotCrime at stations in New Orleans and Phoenix, expanding service it already gets in Charlotte and Dallas/Ft.

July 1st, 2009 GAZA/CAIRO - Leaders of rival Fatah and Islamic Hamas movement failed to overcome their disputes and reach an agreement by a July 7 deadline set by Cairo, and have agreed to hold a seventh round of dialogue in Cairo July 25, officials said Tuesday. Fatah negotiator Zakareya el-Agha told the Palestinian news agency Wafa of President Mahmoud Abbas that a sixth round of inter-reconciliation dialogue had ended without agreement.

May 31st, 2009 CAIRO - Speculations are on the ripe in Cairo to figure out what the US President Barack Obama's itinerary would be during his visit to the capital city of Egypt on Thursday. Apparently, the presidential visit is to address the Muslim world.

June 3rd, 2009 CAIRO - The Al Qaeda terror network has issued a statement warning US President Barack Obama he is not "welcome" in Egypt, it was revealed Wednesday, as the American leader touched down in Saudi Arabia at the start of his Middle East trip. The audio message, by the Al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri, dubs Obama a "criminal".

February 4th, 2009 CAIRO - As Egypt's Thursday deadline for negotiating a truce in the Gaza Strip approaches, a Hamas representative said an agreement was unlikely by the end of Wednesday's negotiations. 'There is still a huge gap between Hamas and Israel concerning a truce.

February 19th, 2009 CAIRO - A Ukrainian An-12 cargo plane burst into flames Friday as it tried to take off in south Egypt, killing five crew members, an official said. The Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority head Emad Salam was quoted as saying by the MENA news agency that the plane, en route to Ukraine from Uganda, landed at Luxor airport in southern Egypt to refuel.

February 21st, 2009 CAIRO - A Ukrainian An-12 cargo plane burst into flames Friday as it tried to take off in south Egypt, killing five crew members, an official said. The Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority head Emad Salam was quoted as saying by the MENA news agency that the plane, en route to Ukraine from Uganda, landed at Luxor airport in southern Egypt to refuel.