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Sisi affirms Egypt's keenness on boosting strategic ties with US
Date: 2016-10-09 20:17:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:5738969
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Oct 9 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday affirmed Egypt's keenness on boosting strategic ties with the United States and pushing forward bilateral cooperation to achieve their common interests, particularly in light ....
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3 defendants remanded in custody over storming school, injuring 5 teachers in Qalyubia
Date: 2016-10-09 19:04:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:5738685
BANHA, Egypt, Oct 9 (MENA) - Three defendants were ordered Sunday to be remanded in custody for further 15 days pending investigations over charges of storming a primary school in a Qalyubia town and injuring five teachers. Four parents stormed the ....
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Foreign ministry: Egypt asserts to Ethiopia it does not meddle in internal affairs of any state
Date: 2016-10-09 18:51:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:5738493
CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said the Ethiopian state minister for foreign affairs had asked to meet the Egyptian ambassador in Addis Ababa last week to verify shared video footages showing a person ....
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UK MP denies political motives behind travel ban to Egypt
Date: 2016-10-09 18:39:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:5738301
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Oct 9 (MENA) - There are no political motives behind the British government's decision to cancel flights to Egypt, British MP Gerald Howarth said on Sunday. The British lawmaker made the statement at a press conference ....
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Presidential decree allocating land in Luxor to establish
Date: 2016-10-09 18:34:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:5738429
CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday issued a presidential decree, allocating 29.96 feddans (125861 square meters) of state-owned land on El Wadi-El Reziqat road in Luxor to be used for the establishment of a strategic ....
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47 ships transit Suez Canal
Date: 2016-10-09 17:49:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:5737937
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Oct 9 (MENA) - Forty-seven ships transited the Suez Canal on Sunday, with a total cargo of 2.7 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 20 vessels carrying one million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 27 ships ....
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Strike of employees at 2 companies in Sharqiya ends
Date: 2016-10-09 17:42:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:5738193
CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - The manpower directorate in Sharqiya governorate has ended the strike of 460 employees at Masria company and Modern Egyptian Match Co. in the tenth of Ramadan City. The move came after responding to the legal and legitimate ....
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Sisi praises IPU role in solving issues of refugees, illegal migration
Date: 2016-10-09 17:00:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:5737277
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Oct 9 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi expressed Egypt's keenness on the effective role played by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in the issues of the refugees and illegal migration which accumulated after ....
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World's biggest container ship crosses Suez Canal
Date: 2016-10-09 16:40:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:5737865
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Oct 9 (MENA) - The Panamanian container ship "Oscar" transited Sunday the Suez Canal as part of the north-bound convoy coming from Netherlands en route to Malaysia with about 19,000 containers on board. A shipping official source ....
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Immigration minister starts tour to Australia, New Zealand
Date: 2016-10-09 15:19:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:5737257
CAIRO, Oct 9 (MENA) - Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs Minister Nabila Makram started a tour Sunday that will take her to Australia and New Zealand. In a statement, the minister said that the state attaches great importance to ....