Egypt

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  • Egypt aware of time factor importance in Ethiopia dam talks - minister

    Date: 2014-08-28 08:21:37 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:894974

    KHARTOUM, Aug 28 (MENA) - Egyptian Irrigation Minister Hossam Mokhazi said on Thursday Egypt is well aware of the importance of the time factor in the tripartite negotiations on Ethiopia's controversial Renaissance Dam. He told MENA that a ....

  • Egypt hails Sudan's role in Renaissance Dam talks

    Date: 2014-08-28 08:08:14 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:894936

    KHARTOUM, Aug 28 (MENA) - Egypt hailed on Thursday Sudan's role in the fourth round of talks on Ethiopia's controversial Renaissance Dam, which was held in Khartoum. During their meeting, Egyptian, Sudanese and Ethiopian irrigation ministers have ....

  • Sisi reallocates lands for petroleum, electricity ministries

    Date: 2014-08-28 08:03:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:894975

    CAIRO, Aug 28 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued on Thursday two presidential decrees reallocating state-owned lands to the ministries of petroleum and electricity. Under Decree number 273, 45 feddans near Ras Shukheir are to be used ....

  • Egypt party warns against legislative vote delay

    Date: 2014-08-28 07:55:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:894879

    CAIRO, Aug 28 (MENA) - Al-Karama (Dignity) party warned of any delay in holding the legislative elections. "Any delay will run counter to the constitution of Egypt," the party chairman Mohamed Sami said. No date has been set for the parliamentary ....

  • MB member in Suez held for 15 days over violence charges

    Date: 2014-08-28 07:48:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:894870

    SUEZ, Aug 28 (MENA) - Suez prosecutors ordered Thursday remanding a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) member into custody for 15 days pending investigations over violence charges. Mohamed Salah was nabbed over plots to incite violence at educational ....

  • 62,804 tons of wheat arrives at Suez port

    Date: 2014-08-28 07:47:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:894944

    SUEZ, Aug 28 (MENA) - A ship sailed into Suez port on Thursday with 62,804 tons of wheat on board, the Red Sea Ports Authority said. In a statement, the authority said the Australian wheat is being examined to make sure of its safety. Meanwhile, a ....

  • Fire at Shubra Khima power transformer contained

    Date: 2014-08-28 07:46:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:894935

    BANHA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Civil defense teams managed to put out a fire that erupted at a power transformer in Shubra el-Khima on Thursday. The fire caused no casualties. The prosecution started necessary investigations to find out causes of the ....

  • 4 drug dealers arrested in Qena

    Date: 2014-08-28 06:41:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:894841

    QENA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Qena police arrested on Thursday four drug dealers in two separate incidents. The public prosecution was notified to launch a probe. (MENA) MI/DA ....

  • Police seize 442 arms, 5 gangs, nine stolen cars in 24 hours

    Date: 2014-08-28 06:24:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:894843

    CAIRO, Aug 28 (MENA) - Security forces continued wide-scale campaigns to confront acts of thuggery, arrest outlaws and seize firearms and unlicensed weapons. Security forces managed to seize 442 arms, including machine-guns, pistols and ....

  • Face-veiled woman, her husband arrested for selling arms to MB members

    Date: 2014-08-28 06:24:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:894812

    CAIRO, Aug 28 (MENA) - Cairo police arrested a fully veiled woman for selling with her husband weapons to members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Sharabiya district. The man, a street kiosk owner, takes advantage of his fully veiled wife and hides ....

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