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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - July 5, 2013) - Alexander Energy Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ALX) ("Alexander" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Ron Peshke P.Eng. as Chief Operating Officer ("COO") of Alexander, replacing David Oginski, P. Eng., who resigned effective July 2, 2013, to pursue other business interests. David Oginski has been the COO of Alexander since the fall of 2012. The board of directors wishes to thank Mr. Oginski for his tenure with Alexander and wish him [Read more]

  CALGARY – The cleanup carries on but now that the water has receded and the state of emergency cancelled, Calgarians are going to turn their attention to what they do best — throw one heck of a party. The Calgary Stampede kicks off today with its annual parade, a noisy, colourful procession winding through downtown streets that just two weeks ago were submerged beneath muddy floodwaters. Gumboots will give way to cowboy boots as huge crowds gather for the raucous event. It [Read more]

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's first democratically elected president was ousted Wednesday by the military after barely a year in office, felled by the same kind of popular revolt that first brought him to power in the Arab Spring. The armed forces announced it would install a temporary civilian government to replace Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, who denounced the action as a "full coup" by the generals. They also suspended the Islamist-drafted constitution and called for new [Read more]

EGYPT POLITICAL UPHEAVAL TO DEEPEN ECONOMIC CRISIS CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's descent into even deeper political turmoil will almost certainly put a multi-billion dollar international bailout on hold and lead to an even more painful economic crisis, with worsening fuel shortages and higher prices on basic goods. After protracted negotiations that have stretched for more than a year, Egypt had been inching closer to securing a critical $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan. The [Read more]