Economics and policy Lebanon’s Union Coordination Committee vowed to take protests to the Beirut airport and seaport Thursday and Friday as thousands rallied at the Education Ministry and across the country. More from The Daily Star Egypt will not sign any "emergency" loan with the IMF, cabinet spokesman Alaa El Hadidi has said , appearing to rule out any recourse to a bridging loan which the IMF said on Monday was available to Cairo. More from Reuters South Sudan will be able to resume oil production within three weeks and export no more than a week after that, the oil minister said yesterday, after the country reached deals on border security with Sudan on Friday. More from Reuters Iraq's Oil Ministry has approved France's Total as one of seven international oil companies qualified to bid on a massive oil and refinery project licensing round to be held
