Egypt

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  • Egypt's budget overburdened by overpopulation: PM

    Date: 2014-11-06 12:40:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:1278453

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab asserted that the 2015-2030 national strategy for population aims to face the overpopulation in light of the declining economic growth rates and limited natural resources. The current birth ....

  • Plan to decrease commercial deficit between Egypt, China

    Date: 2014-11-06 12:19:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:1278465

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - , Minister of Industry, Trade and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour said that the coming phase will witness a plan set for decreasing the Egyptian commercial deficit with world countries especially ....

  • Health Ministry denies death of 5 in Menoufia train blast

    Date: 2014-11-06 12:15:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:1278529

    SHEBIN EL-KOM, Egypt, Nov 6 (MENA) – A Health Ministry official in Menoufia denied news reports raising the death toll of Wednesday's train blast from four to five persons. Four persons were killed, including two non-commissioned police officers, ....

  • Putin's visit to Egypt to be set via diplomatic channels - Russian official

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:50:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:1278197

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister's Special Envoy Sergey Vershinin asserted that the date of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Egypt will be set via diplomatic channels. In statements to MENA after meeting with Egypt's ....

  • Detained Egyptian fishermen in Yemen freed

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:45:18 GMT - Yemen - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:1278145

    SANAA, Nov 6 (MENA) – The Yemeni authorities released Thursday 66 Egyptian fishermen, who have been detained since October 12 over illegal fishing in territorial waters. The Egyptian embassy in Sanaa is finalizing the fishermen's release ....

  • 51 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:39:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:1278313

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Nov 6 (MENA) - Fifty-one ships crossed the Suez Canal on Thursday, carrying a total cargo of about 2.709 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 27 ships carrying 1.383 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 24 ....

  • Shoukri, Kerry discuss Quds developments over phone

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:38:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:1278193

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri discussed over phone with his US counterpart John Kerry the latest development in Al-Quds. The two foreign ministers also discussed ways of boosting bilateral ties and the latest ....

  • 4 rapists referred to Mufti

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:33:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:1278053

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Four rapists were referred on Thursday to the Grand Mufti to review their death sentences. The case goes back to 2006 when nine people in Kafr el-Sheikh province kidnapped a woman and raped her at a gun point. The ....

  • Greek PM to arrive in Cairo tomorrow

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:32:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:1278093

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will arrive on Friday in Cairo to participate in the tripartite summit to be held between Egypt, Greece and Cyprus in Cairo on Saturday. The Greek cabinet under Samaras supported Egypt ....

  • Compensation to be paid to families of train blast victims

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:30:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:1278077

    SHEBIN EL-KOUM, Egypt, Nov 6 (MENA) - Menoufia Governor Ahmed Shereen decided to pay 5,000 EGP in compensation to families of each deceased victim of Menouf train bomb, which took place yesterday. A homemade bomb exploded in the last compartment ....

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