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  • US Congress holds hearing session tomorrow on future US policy towards Egypt

    Date: 2013-10-28 14:28:26 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:91 - ID:358860

    WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (MENA) - The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee will hold on Tuesday a hearing session on future US policy towards Egypt. The session will address the repercussions of a US decision to cut part of the US ....

  • 50 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2013-10-28 14:26:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:90 - ID:358651

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Oct 28 (MENA) – Fifty ships transited the Suez Canal on Monday, carrying a total cargo of 2.14 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 24 ships, carrying 918,000 tons, while the north-bound convoy included 26 ships, ....

  • Gag order issued on 2012 presidential polls forgery complaint

    Date: 2013-10-28 14:19:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:88 - ID:358719

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) – The investigative judge in charge of a complaint alleging that the 2012 presidential elections were rigged issued a gag order on Monday. The complaint is filed by former prime minister and the second-place front-runner ....

  • Guards thwart attempt to smuggle arms

    Date: 2013-10-28 14:13:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:86 - ID:358717

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - Border guards at the Western military zone seized Monday three sacks containing 10 machines guns and ammunition before being smuggled outside the country. The operation came in light of enhanced efforts to secure Egypt’s ....

  • Obour terror cell to be quizzed by prosecution

    Date: 2013-10-28 14:10:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:85 - ID:358602

    BENHA, Egypt, Oct 28 (MENA) – Members of a terrorist cell who were arrested recently in Obour City, Qalubiya, were referred to the State Security Prosecution for investigation. The terrorist cell members are allegedly involved in the shooting ....

  • 7 killed, 9 injured in microbus accident in Badrashin – ambulance

    Date: 2013-10-28 13:59:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:83 - ID:358786

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) – Seven people were killed and nine others injured Monday when a microbus overturned in Badrashin, said the Head of the Ambulance Authority Ahmed el-Ansary. El-Ansary told MENA that the accident took place on Saqqara road, ....

  • March in Ain Shams university

    Date: 2013-10-28 13:49:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:82 - ID:358730

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) – Students in Ain Shams University ended their three-hour protest outside the building of the head of the university in Qasr el-Zaafaran. The students called for the release of their colleagues arrested in the last wave of ....

  • Cairo governorate seeks to abolish 112 slum areas - governor

    Date: 2013-10-28 13:42:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:358547

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - Cairo governorate seeks to demolish as many as 112 slums, affirmed Governor Galal Saeid on Monday. In statements Monday, Saeid said that he wants the state to adopt a "national initiative" to abolish slum areas within a ....

  • Arab FM's emergency meeting to tackle Syrian crisis - AL official

    Date: 2013-10-28 13:42:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:80 - ID:358737

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - The emergency meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers, which will be held on Sunday evening, will discuss the Syrian crisis and preparations for holding the Geneva 2 conference, said the Arab League's Deputy Secretary General Ahmed ....

  • Agriculture ministry presents new strategy for supporting beginner farmers

    Date: 2013-10-28 13:38:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:358552

    Agriculture ministry presents new strategy for supporting beginner farmers CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ministry will hold on Thursday a meeting where a strategy for rural development for beginner farmers will be ....

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