Egypt

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  • PM meets WTO head

    Date: 2014-09-02 11:17:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:902606

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met Tuesday with World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevêdo. The meeting took up ways of bolstering cooperation between Egypt and the WTO. Azevêdo reviewed with Mahlab ....

  • Mufti's adviser warns against west media discourse in flaring up conflicts

    Date: 2014-09-02 11:06:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:902545

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Advisor to Egypt's Mufti Dr Ibrahim Negm warned against the ongoing media discourse in the West in flaring up conflicts and defaming Islam capitalizing on the crimes committed by the terror groups. In statements on Tuesday, ....

  • Egypt FM in France for talks with Fabius, Hollande

    Date: 2014-09-02 10:58:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:902588

    CAIRO/PARIS, Sept 2 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is in Paris for talks with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius. Shoukry arrived here Monday night coming from Germany. His visit to France is part of a three-leg European ....

  • Death toll in N. Sinai explosion hits 11

    Date: 2014-09-02 10:46:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:902586

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - The death toll from the bomb that targeted a police armored vehicle on Sheik Zuwaid–Rafah road has risen to 11. A well-placed security source told MENA Tuesday that a landmine was planted on the road killing an officer and ....

  • Suez police chief says no govt vehicles set ablaze

    Date: 2014-09-02 10:44:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:902522

    SUEZ CITY, Egypt, Sept 2 (MENA) - Suez police have received no reports that government vehicles were set ablaze. News that government vehicles were burned in Faisal neighborhood is baseless, Suez police chief Tareq el-Gazar told MENA ....

  • Stampede at army institute kills 9, injures 5

    Date: 2014-09-02 10:41:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:902540

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Nine people were killed and five others injured in a stampede outside an army institute in Tal el-Kabir, Ismailia, on Tuesday. Families of students stampeded at the gates of the premises, according to the military ....

  • Corruption main obstacle facing comprehensive development - ACA head

    Date: 2014-09-02 10:16:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:902378

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Head of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) Omar Heiba voiced belief that corruption is the main obstacle hampering efforts to reach comprehensive development. Corruption has a negative impact on all aspects of life, ....

  • Assistant FM meets with visiting US Congress delegation

    Date: 2014-09-02 09:49:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:902327

    CAIRO, Sept 2 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Ambassador Hamdy Loza received on Tuesday a visiting US Congress delegation under Chris Stewart and grouping members of the committees on military services, intelligence, budget, ....

  • 700 wheat-laden trucks leave Alexandria harbor

    Date: 2014-09-02 08:19:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:902239

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Sept 2 (MENA) - As many as 70 trucks laden with 22,000 tons of wheat left Alexandria harbor heading for mills in the various governorates. Head of Alexandria Harbors Authority General Adel Yassein said the harbor received a ....

  • Red Sea harbors on alert to receive live cattle shipment ahead of Adha Eid

    Date: 2014-09-02 08:17:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:902201

    SUEZ, Egypt, Sept 2 (MENA) - The Red Sea Harbors Authority announced maximum alert to receive ships laden with cattle and camels in preparation for Eid Ul-Adha. In a statement released on Tuesday, the authority said coordination is underway with ....

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