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  • Egyptian authorities identify 3 masked men in anti-regime video in Suez

    Date: 2014-09-08 18:17:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:133 - ID:912599

    SUEZ, Egypt, Sept 8 (MENA) – Egyptian authorities have identified masked men who appeared in a video footage in which they threatened the regime, security forces and media figures in Suez, a security source said on Monday. One of the three young ....

  • Sales of Suez investment certificates hit EGP 5.5 bln on 3rd day

    Date: 2014-09-08 18:16:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:132 - ID:912589

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) – Hisham Ramez, the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), said Monday's sales of investment certificates issued for funding the new Suez Canal project hit EGP 5.5 billion. The total sales of the certificates have ....

  • Solidarity Ministry to launch two initiatives to support 2 mln citizens

    Date: 2014-09-08 18:13:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:131 - ID:912524

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Waly said on Monday that two initiatives will be launched to provide aid to poor families in Egypt. "Takaful (solidarity) and Karama (dignity) initiatives will target in the first stage ....

  • PM attends conf. on illegal immigration

    Date: 2014-09-08 18:08:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:130 - ID:912598

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended Monday the final session of a two-day conference held by the Youths Ministry on illegal immigration. Minister of Youth Khaled Abdel-Aziz, Minister of Manpower Nahed Ashri and Minister ....

  • 49 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-09-08 18:05:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:129 - ID:912590

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Sept 8 (MENA) – Forty-nine ships transited the Suez Canal on Monday, carrying a total cargo of 2.746 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 27 ships, carrying 1.525 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 22 ....

  • Merkel invites Sisi to visit Germany

    Date: 2014-09-08 18:05:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:128 - ID:912586

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel invited on Monday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to visit Germany to boost bilateral relations, especially in the economic field. During a phone call with the president, Merkel hailed ....

  • Parties, NGOs urge amending demos law, releasing political detainees

    Date: 2014-09-08 17:55:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:127 - ID:912532

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) – A number of political powers, NGOs and public figures reiterated their condemnation of the detention of a huge number of political prisoners under the demonstrations law issued on November 24, 2013. In a press release on ....

  • Technical official in Suez power plant in custody on sabotaging charges

    Date: 2014-09-08 16:51:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:123 - ID:912531

    SUEZ, Egypt, Sept 8 (MENA) – Suez public prosecution ordered on Monday to remand Ezzat Mahmoud Osman Nour, the technical official at Oyoun Moussa power plant in Suez, for 15 days pending investigations. Earlier, prosecution accused him of ....

  • 35 Taliban militants killed in Afghan operations

    Date: 2014-09-08 16:35:27 GMT - Afghanistan - Egypt - SN:120 - ID:912519

    KABUL, Sept 8 (MENA) - At least 35 members of Taliban group were killed and six others were injured during military operations carried out by Afghan forces in various provinces across the country, Khama news agency reported Monday. In a ....

  • Businessman donates EGP 50m to Long Live Egypt fund

    Date: 2014-09-08 16:34:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:119 - ID:912517

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) – Egyptian businessman Gamal el-Sadat donated on Monday EGP 50 million to the Long Live Egypt fund. Sadat handed over a cheque of his donation to Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. In July, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi launched ....

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