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Egypt discusses $4.8bn loan with IMF
Country faces budget deficit of about $22bn after its assets dropped by half following uprising.
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2012 22:20

A team from the International Monetary Fund is in Egypt to discuss a $4.8bn loan.

The country is facing a budget deficit of about $22bn after Egyptian assets dropped by half since the revolution that brought down Hosni Mubarak.

Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna reports from Cairo.

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