Egypt

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  • Ethiopian FM greets Egyptian counterpart with banquet

    Date: 2014-09-04 17:39:18 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:906817

    ADDIS ABABA, Sept 4 (MENA) – Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom held Thursday a banquet in honor of his visiting Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukri and the accompanying delegation. The banquet was attended by a raft of Ethiopian ministers ....

  • Egyptian GDRs in London stable

    Date: 2014-09-04 17:27:52 GMT - United Kingdom - Egypt - SN:97 - ID:906828

    LONDON, Sept 4 (MENA) – The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) in the London Stock Exchange showed stable performance at the close of Thursday's trading. The GDRs of Orascom Telecom, EFG-Hermes and Orascom Construction Industries remained ....

  • NCHR calls for release of people held in preventive custody

    Date: 2014-09-04 17:25:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:96 - ID:906712

    CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) - The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) called Thursday for the release of all prisoners who were kept in preventive custody pending trials. The council made the call in a report issued Thursday on a visit to Tura ....

  • Local development minister follows up power cut repercussions

    Date: 2014-09-04 17:20:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:95 - ID:906726

    CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) – Local Development Minister Adel Labib is following up the repercussions of the nationwide power outage that occurred earlier in the day. The minister ordered the governors to make field tours of the vital facilities in ....

  • Blaze at mosque in Qena put out

    Date: 2014-09-04 17:14:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:94 - ID:906772

    QENA, Egypt, Sept 4 (MENA) - Firefighters Qena put out a fire that broke out in a mosque in Naga Hammadi city on Thursday. No causalities were reported. Initial investigations showed that an short circuit caused the fire. (MENA) AF/AR ....

  • 10 MB members released, 4 others in custody in Minya

    Date: 2014-09-04 17:10:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:93 - ID:906724

    MINYA, Egypt, Sept 4 (MENA) – Minya Misdemeanor Court ordered the release of 10 Muslim Brotherhood members on a bail of 500 pounds. The court also ordered four others to be remanded in custody for 15 days. Earlier, security forces arrested 14 ....

  • Higher education minister visits New Suez Canal project

    Date: 2014-09-04 17:06:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:92 - ID:906767

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Sept 4 (MENA) – Higher Education Minister Ahmad Abdel Khaleq visited on Thursday the New Suez Canal project site. "The Higher Education Ministry fully support to the New Suez Canal project," said Abdel Khaleq, who was leading a ....

  • Italy interior minister hails efforts by Egyptian police to face terrorism

    Date: 2014-09-04 16:59:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:91 - ID:906713

    CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) - Italy's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano hailed on Thursday efforts exerted by the Egyptian Interior Ministry to address threats of terrorist and criminal groups. The top Italian official made the remarks during a meeting ....

  • Tourism, culture ministers sign MoU

    Date: 2014-09-04 16:43:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:90 - ID:906703

    CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) – Tourism Minister Hiasham Zaazou and Culture Minister Gaber Asfour signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation. The memo aims at activating cultural tourism by developing centers of ....

  • Hundreds attend Abul-Ezz el-Hariri funeral in Alexandria

    Date: 2014-09-04 16:33:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:89 - ID:906701

    ALEXANDRIA, Sept 4 (MENA) – Hundreds of citizens took part on Thursday in prominent leftist politician and labor activist Abul-Ezz el-Hariri funeral procession in Moharam Beik district of Alexandria. Alexandria Governor Tarek Mahdy, Alexandria ....

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