CAIRO, June 18 (Reuters) - Egypt’s food exports to Libya and Sudan will face increasing barriers after the introduction of new import duties and transport restrictions, the head of Egypt’s Food Industries Export Council said on Thursday.

Hany Berzy told Reuters Libya’s decision to impose a 10 percent import duty on Egyptian food commodities and Egypt’s decision to prohibit transfer of food products to Sudan via land was a double blow to the sector.

“Unfortunately, everyone is trying to introduce extra taxes to protect their local industries despite the fact that we have an Arab free trade agreement,” Berzy said, adding he did not know the exact reason Egypt restricted land transportation for commodities bound for Sudan. Read the full story

Reuters is reporting the first case of the new H1N1 influenza virus in a 12-year-old American girl in Egypt. The source of the information is a Cairo-based official from the World Health Organisation. Read more: Reuters.

Egyptian authorities have increased security levels ahead of this weeks Obama visit to Cairo. According to officials in the capital this have been the biggest security measures in Egypt for a long time. Muslims have been waiting long for the speech by Barack Obama, which will address the relations between the United States and the Islamic world . Read more: IOL.

JERUSALEM (MarketWatch) — Moses once parted the sea somewhere around there, but that was some 4,000 years before the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea were actually rejoined by the builders of the Suez C…

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Bonn, Germany: Hatshepsut ruled over the land of the Pharaohs in the 18^th Dynasty 1479 to 1458 BC. Although it was uncommon that Egypt was governed by a woman, Hatshepsut and Cleopatra are evidence that death and destiny could have created scenarios, where a woman could have become the Sun God.

As a pharaoh Hatshepsut oversaw preparation and funding of missions to the Land of Punt, today in the region of Eritrea. When the Egyptians returned from the Land of Punt they brought with them richness and goods in the form of gold, myrrh, ebony, ivory and incense. Even today incense is used and routed deeply in the culture of Eritrea and the Horn of Africa.

According to German scientists traces of such incense have been found in a flagon that has an inscription with Hatshepsut’s name. The flagon was used as perfume by the pharaoh and seems to be well preserved. The scientists plan to screen the perfume, which they named “the scent of the gods”, in the Radiology Department of the University of Bonn. First x-rays revealed residues of fluid sediment, which is going to be analysed by pharmacologists with the goal to recreate the perfume. University of Bonn Press Release