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CAIRO， Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday that the Egyptian pound's exchange rate against the U.S. dollar is not fair， promising a fairer rate in the coming months.


"This will not last for a long time，" Sisi said on state TV. "It is not a fair rate and a balance will happen in few months."


Egypt has been facing a tough economic recession in the last five years as a result of political turmoil and security issues， amid rising budget deficit， ailing tourism industry， and a drop in foreign currency reserves as well as local and foreign investment.


Egypt recently devaluated its local currency; its exchange rate against the U.S. dollar moved from 8.85 pounds to between 15 or 17 pounds on the official market.


The devaluation was encouraged by the International Monetary Fund， which loaned Egypt 2.75 billion dollars last month as the first instalment of a 12 billion dollar loan to finance the country's three-year economic reform program.


Madonna had to pull a Kanye West on Kanye West to get the rapper-producer to focus in the studio.


West co-produced a number of tracks on Madonna's new album Reshad Jones Salute to Service Jersey , "Rebel Heart," and the pop icon said she had to reel in the outspoken performer at times.


"Just think about his personality, which is engaging," she said with a smile during a recent interview. "He's highly intelligent and very aware about what's going on in the world, easily distracted, sometimes it was hard to get him to focus because he's like Mr. Multi-tasker and he's got a lot of moving parts."


"Sometimes I had to stand in front of the door like this, 'You're not going anywhere! We have to finish this song right now,'" she added Minkah Fitzpatrick Salute to Service Jersey , folding her arms.


Madonna's sternness worked: her 13th album, "Rebel Heart," released Tuesday, is one of her most critically acclaimed efforts in years. Time magazine's review praised it as her "most consistent album in a decade. The Los Angeles Times said it "lands solidly and with great grace on its feet," and USA Today gave it 3.5 out of four stars.


The album didn't come without hiccups: It was leaked last year and Madonna had to quickly release nine of the 19 tracks (aspiring singer Adi Lederman was placed under house arrest in Israel on suspicion of hacking into Madonna's computer). A fall last month at the Brit Awards also took the focus off her music, though Madonna says she's doing fine. And the singer faced criticism when she posted Instagram photos of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela that were altered to look like her own image on her new album.


The 56-year-old said too many celebrities immediately apologize after being criticized on social media.


"I think that people probably apologize more than they have to," she said. "I think that people should stick to their guns and if you have any opinion about something, stick to it. Maybe you have to explain it further Kenny Stills Kids Jersey , not apologize for it, but elaborate on it."


She further offers her thoughts on "Unapologetic Bitch," a self-explanatory track on "Rebel Heart" that she said "was very cathartic, easy, fun" to create.


Madonna said she started recording the album 18 months ago and called the writing process "calming."


"When I started working with producers, that's when stuff started heating up. That's when things got exciting, unpredictable, late nights Ryan Tannehill Kids Jersey , lots of coming and going," she said.


Those producers range from West to Avicii to Diplo, who worked on the first single, the dance tune "Living for Love." Other collaborators include Ryan Tedder, Mike Dean, Toby Gad and Nicki Minaj.


"A lot of times I was working with people I never met before. I would meet them for the first time and basically sit down and go, 'OK, let's write a song Cameron Wake Kids Jersey ,'" she recalled. "A lot of interesting things came out of it; a lot of stuff I never used, and a lot of stuff I did. It was a good lesson for me in letting go."


West worked on tracks including "Holy Water," ''Wash All Over Me," ''Auto-tune Baby" and "Illuminati," which Madonna said she wrote "because I wanted to dispel the myth of what Illuminati means because people don't really understand the origin of the word."


"It's misused, misappropriated and misunderstood, so I tried to get that across in the song. Not sure anyone's paying attention to the lyrics just yet, but they will Reshad Jones Kids Jersey , certainly when I do it live," she said, who name-drops Justin Bieber, Jay Z and Lady Gaga on the song. "If people say, 'Oh I'm a member of the Illuminati and they think they're insulting me, I'm actually flattered by it because the real Illuminati were incredible thinkers, inventors, artists Minkah Fitzpatrick Kids Jersey , philosophers, scientists."


"Like who doesn't want to be put in that group, right?" she asked. "It has nothing to do with how many Mercedes-Benz you have or how much money you have or power."


BUDAPEST, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Italy won gold in the men's team foil competition, while Ukraine was first in the women's team saber contest on Monday, the final day of the 2013 World Fencing Championships in Budapest.


In the men's team foil final, Italy (Valerio Aspromonte, Giorgio Avola Dolphins Kenny Stills Jersey , Andrea Baldini, Andrea Cassara) beat United States (Miles Chamley-Watson, Race Imboden, Alexander Massialas, Gerek Meinhardt) 45-33. Third place in the men's team foils went to France (Jeremy Cadut, Erwan Le Pechoux, Enzo Lefort, Marcel Marcilloux) Dolphins Ryan Tannehill Jersey , which overcame Russia 45-40.


In the women's team saber final, Ukraine (Olga Kharlan, Alina Komashchuk, Galyna Pundyk, Olena Voronina) beat Russia (Yekaterina Dyachenko, Yana Egorian, Dina Galiakbarova, Yuliya Gavrilova) 45- 44. Third place in the women's team saber went to the United States (Ibtihaj Muhammad Dolphins Cameron Wake Jersey , Anne-Elizabeth Stone, Dagmara Wozniak, Mariel Zagunis), which beat Italy 45-30.


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