Officials in Egypt are, for the first time, raising questions about the 15-year natural gas contract the country signed with Israel in 2005, sources said.

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Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Cairo, 10 October: Egypt's Tharwa Petroleum Co and Russian Novatek, the largest independent gas producer, signed Wednesday [10 October] a partnership agreement to explore for oil and gas in Al- Arish off-shore.

Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Arish, 10 Aug: Ten Palestinians arrived at al-Arish Airport from Arab and foreign countries on their way to the Palestinian self- rule areas. They were bussed to Al-Arish Airport from Cairo airport and other Egyptian land and seaports.