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  • Top prosecutor orders probe into citizen suicide

    Date: 2014-09-24 16:20:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:146 - ID:1005961

    CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) - Prosecutor-General Hisham Barakat ordered a forensic investigation into a man suicide by hanging himself from a billboard on the Cairo-Ismailia road. Initial investigations showed that the man, a driver, climbed the ....

  • Egypt, India to enhance coop in space domain

    Date: 2014-09-24 16:17:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:143 - ID:1003565

    CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) - India and Egypt have been gearing up for greater cooperation in the field of space during the coming period, said a statement by the Indian embassy in Cairo on Wednesday. "The National Association for Remote Sensing and ....

  • Sisi receives World Bank president

    Date: 2014-09-24 16:04:42 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:142 - ID:1006213

    NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received here on Wednesday World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on the sidelines of the 69th UN General Assembly session. They discussed economic developments in Egypt and the ....

  • PM forms committee on industrial impacts

    Date: 2014-09-24 15:58:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:140 - ID:1005773

    CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Wednesday ordered a committee to be formed to address negative impacts of industrial workshops in residential areas. During a cabinet meeting today, Laila Iskandar, minister of urban ....

  • Mahlab holds meeting with General Electric CEO

    Date: 2014-09-24 15:48:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:137 - ID:1005505

    CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting Wednesday with General Electric Chairman Jeff Immelt. The meeting took up plans to establish an international center for health and emergency training. The ministers of ....

  • Cabinet approves renewable energy bill

    Date: 2014-09-24 15:46:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:135 - ID:1005605

    CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) - The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft law allowing electricity generation from renewable energy sources. The law aims to encourage investment in the renewable energy sector and encourage private sector participation in ....

  • Cabinet approves amendments to university law

    Date: 2014-09-24 15:38:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:131 - ID:1005805

    CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) - The cabinet approved on Wednesday amendments to some articles of the law on universities. Under new clauses, university president will be entitled to sack any staffer who commits breaches. Among these violations is to ....

  • Cairo court rejects activist's request for recusal of court panel

    Date: 2014-09-24 15:36:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:130 - ID:1005717

    CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) - An Appeal Court in Cairo on Wednesday rejected a request filed by detained activist Ahmed Doma to recuse a court panel considering his case. The court also fined Doma with 1,000 pounds. On Tuesday, Cairo Criminal Curt ....

  • Egyptian community in NY show support for Sisi at UN premises

    Date: 2014-09-24 15:22:23 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:129 - ID:1005673

    NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) – A large number of Egyptians living in New York on Wednesday staged a demonstration supporting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi at the headquarters of the United Nations. The demonstrators carried Egyptian flags and ....

  • Talawi meets with Ethiopian president's wife on sidelines of 69th round of UNGA

    Date: 2014-09-24 15:16:40 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:128 - ID:1004509

    NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - Chairwoman of the National Council of Women Mervat Talawi met with the wife of the Ethiopian president on the sidelines of the 69th of UNGA held in New York. Talawi voice the desire of the NCW to exchange expertise ....

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