Egypt

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  • PM orders combat of customs evasion, land encroachments

    Date: 2014-09-07 15:47:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:84 - ID:910668

    CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab called for giving ultimate attention to customs evasion in ports and state-land encroachments. Mahlab also underlined that electricity theft has to be combated and penalties against violators ....

  • 2 arrested in connection with Giza train bomb

    Date: 2014-09-07 15:13:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:910499

    CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) – Security agencies arrested two terrorists of the Muslim Brotherhood group accused of planting explosive charges at rail tracks in Giza's El-Ayat train station last month. The two had installed four domestic propane ....

  • Morsi to face death penalty if convicted in classified files leaking case - source

    Date: 2014-09-07 15:03:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:910573

    CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) – Ousted president Mohamed Morsi along with ten others accused of leaking national security files to Qatar will face the death sentence if convicted in the case, an official judicial source said. Speaking to MENA, the source ....

  • Higher education minister: new academic year to start on October 11

    Date: 2014-09-07 14:58:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:910476

    TANTA, Sept 7 (MENA) - Higher Education Minister Sayyed Abdel-Khaleq said on Sunday that the new academic year would start on October 11. There would not be any further delays, he promised. The minister made these remarks during his ....

  • Supply minister : logistics area to be established in Ismailia

    Date: 2014-09-07 14:22:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:910377

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Sept 7 (MENA) – Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafi and Ismailia Governor Ahmed Bahaa Eddin el-Qassas signed on Sunday a cooperation protocol to establish a new logistics area on 50 feddans in Ismailia. The ....

  • Cairo supports Abbas initiative to end Israeli siege - amb.

    Date: 2014-09-07 14:15:33 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:910502

    RAMALLAH, Sept 7 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Palestine Wael Nasr el-Din voiced on Sunday Egypt's support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' initiative to end the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. He noted that Cairo supports the ....

  • Logistic areas to be established on borders with Libya, Sudan to boost trade - official

    Date: 2014-09-07 14:14:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:910364

    CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FECC) Alaa Ezz said on Sunday that logistic areas will be established on borders with Libya and Sudan to boost trade with them. "This will help double ....

  • Palestinian state sole guarantee for aggression not to recur on Palestinians: Shoukri

    Date: 2014-09-07 14:11:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:910468

    CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) - A Palestinian state is the only guarantee for the aggression on the Palestinians never to recur, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri told an Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo. The meeting held at the Arab League HQ ....

  • Tony Blair leaves Cairo

    Date: 2014-09-07 13:58:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:910483

    CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) - Special Envoy of the Quartet Committee on the Middle East Tony Blair left Cairo on Sunday after a one-day visit to Egypt. During the visit, Blair met with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and a number of officials to ....

  • Former Qatari PM involved in Egypt's Morsi-era classified document leaking scandal

    Date: 2014-09-07 13:57:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:910469

    CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA) – Former Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani was one of the main parties involved in a deal with Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi to pass Egyptian national security files to Qatar, ....

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