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Egypt president asks for patience over power cuts

By SARAH EL DEEB
Published September 6, 2014 5:53pm ET
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Egypt president asks for patience over power cuts
In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi speaks in a nationally televised broadcast, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. El-Sissi asked the public to be patient and grasp the extent of the challenges facing the country following a massive hours-long power outage on Thursday that struck the capital and other cities. He estimated the country needs about $12 billion over five years to upgrade and build new power plants to meet increasing demand. On Saturday, el-Sissi formed a new 16-member presidential advisory body of economic and science experts, who are mostly in their 60s and 70s, to advise him on how to tackle the country's myriad of problems. (AP Photo/Fady Fars, MENA) | Fady Fars

CAIRO (AP) — In a nationally televised speech on Saturday, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi asked the public to be patient and grasp the extent of the challenges facing the country following a massive power outage that struck the capital and other cities.

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