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Main Headlines

Monday 

• Sisi: Wide-scale governors’ reshuffle in January
• Al Jazeera journalists mark 1 year anniversary of imprisonment in Egypt
• Australian FM: Hopes dim Egypt to release Australian Al Jazeera journalist soon
• North Sinai governor says Gaza buffer zone to increase to 5km‪
• Egypt and Algeria to sign gas import agreement
• Court bans Jewish festival in Egypt

Tuesday

• Seven Egyptian Christians reported kidnapped in Libya
• Egypt to begin expanding Gaza buffer zone next week
• Kafr El-Sheikh court acquits 70 pro-Morsi supporters‪
• Egypt to reduce foreign diplomatic spending
• Egypt’s current account recorded a $1.4 billion deficit in July-Sept quarter
• 2 transgender women arrested on prostitution charges

Wednesday

• An Egyptian court to consider Al-Jazeera journalists’ appeal on Thursday‪
• Libya commissions ‘independent figures’ to communicate with the kidnappers of Egyptians
• Army kills 13 “terrorists” during raids in Sinai
• Foreign ministry is working hard…

Ronald Reyes Sevilla (The Tico Times) reports on how Ethical Traveler has praised Costa Rica’s natural resources and the number of options for ecotourism, but criticized the country’s lack of action against child prostitution and crimes against environmentalists. Among the “World’s 10 Best Ethical Destinations,” we find Dominica. The report says, “Dominica should be applauded for its pilot project to reduce energy consumption in business sectors. This initiative has spurred a clean energy collaboration with the CDB (Caribbean Development Bank) to climate-proof their shorelines and help build a green economy.” Here are excerpts from The Tico Times:

For the second year in row, Costa Rica has been left off the “World’s 10 Best Ethical Destinations” list posted by the Ethical Traveler Foundation. This year’s list valued the country’s natural beauty and wide variety of options for ecotourism. However, Costa Rica failed to make the cut overall because…