Egypt

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  • Party calls for conf. to end protest law row

    Date: 2014-09-17 12:29:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:956917

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – Head of the Reform and Development Party Anwar Esmat el-Sadat has called for a conference to discuss the protest law. He suggested that the conference could group Transitional Justice Minister Ibrahim el-Henidi along with ....

  • Listed firms hit 239: Bourse head

    Date: 2014-09-17 11:40:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:956753

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – The head of the Egyptian Exchange said the companies listed on the Exchange reached 239, adding that three major companies have recently started investing in the bourse. Mohamed Omran added that the new listing process ....

  • Sisi meets senior agriculture ministry officials, employees

    Date: 2014-09-17 11:36:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:957149

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Wednesday with senior Agriculture Ministry officials and employees Attending the meeting was Agriculture Minister Adel el-Beltagy, who stressed that employees are working hard to ....

  • Egypt mufti greets Lebanese people on electing new mufti

    Date: 2014-09-17 11:17:30 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:956465

    BEIRUT, Sept 17 (MENA) – Egypt's Mufti Sheikh Shawki Allam on Wednesday congratulated the Lebanese people on electing a new mufti. During a press conference, Allam congratulated his Lebanese counterpart Sheikh Abdullatif Daryan on the new ....

  • Govt to form Russia, China units to boost ties with both countries

    Date: 2014-09-17 11:12:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:956893

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Egyptian government will form a "Russia unit" whose job will be to build better ties with Moscow. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said the unit should group the ministers of trade and industry, petroleum, electricity, ....

  • Cabinet approves amended law on Azhar

    Date: 2014-09-17 10:45:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:956733

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Egyptian government has endorsed amendments to a law on Al-Azhar. under the amended law, staffers can lose their jobs if they: - Take part in or lobby for protests that hinder the educational process - Allow ....

  • Tractor-trailer laden with 40,000 liters of smuggled fuel seized on Sokhna-Suez

    Date: 2014-09-17 10:42:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:955337

    SUEZ, Egypt, Sept 17 (MENA) - Etaqaa investigation seized a truck trailer laden with 40,000 liters of smuggled petroleum products on Suez-Sokhna road before being sold on the black market. Etaqaa chief investigator Ahmed Abdel Fattah said he ....

  • Air France cancels Cairo flights over pilots' strike

    Date: 2014-09-17 10:31:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:956445

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – The Air France-KLM cancelled its flights to Cairo International Airport as over 60 percent of its pilots went on strike for the third day Wednesday. The pilots are carrying out a week-long strike over Air France's plans to ....

  • Cabinet approves setting up renewable energy development authority

    Date: 2014-09-17 10:27:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:956653

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – The Cabinet at a meeting on Wednesday under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab approved a draft law on setting up an authority for development and use of new and renewable energy. The authority will have the status of a public ....

  • Environment, urban development ministers to sign solid waste management protocol

    Date: 2014-09-17 10:27:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:955925

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - Minister of State for Environment Affairs Thursday signs a cooperation protocol with the Ministry of State for Urban Development and Slum Areas on promoting comprehensive and sustainable management of solid waste. The ....

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