Samir Morcos, a Christian Coptic presidential aide, resigned in protest at the decree, saying that he had not been informed of the president's declaration beforehand and learned about it from the televised announcement by a presidential spokesman.
The lira weakened to 1.73 after the announcement from 1.69 beforehand.
Following the band's sudden announcement 10 days beforehand, Radiohead's unusual strategy received much notice within the music industry and beyond.
She bemoaned the lack of announcement by Amtrak officials beforehand and drove because she did not want to be caught off guard again.
Almost all of the announcements had been leaked beforehand, and the only "surprise," if there was one, was that there was no update to the MacBook Pro laptop line.
The population and co-workers in schools and the health care system were informed about these services beforehand via announcements.
Eavis also told NME that unlike in previous years when the festival has kept closed-lipped on lineup announcements until a few weeks beforehand, this time round festivalgoers can expect more announcements early next year.
The concert had already hit the headlines some days beforehand, with the announcement that indisposed conductor Neeme Jarvi would be replaced at short notice by the much-hyped Venezuelan wunderkind Gustavo Dudamel.
One of the most apparent facts in the announcement that was not known beforehand by any blogs or news sites, is the longevity of the agreement: 10 years, which is like an eternity in the Internet space.
While many of the titles on show will already be vaguely familiar to gamers, it's here that publishers – and console manufacturers – tend to make all their exciting new announcements, often spending the days beforehand whipping the specialist press up into an unseemly tizzy with veiled hints, teaser websites and the promise of 'behind-closed-doors' demos.
