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  • Egypt's population projected to reach 118 million in 2030, health minister warns

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:19:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:1277737

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Egypt's population is projected to reach about 118 million in 2030, said Health and Population Minister Adel Adawi. All recent census data in Egypt raises alarm bells, the minister added in a speech he delivered Thursday on ....

  • Conference for launching strategy for population, development opens

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:19:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:1277673

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab opened on Thursday the conference on launching the 2015-2030 national strategy for population and development. The conference, which is organized by Ministry of Health and the National Population ....

  • Grand Mufti, Youth min. ink cooperation protocol to raise youths' intellectual, religious awareness

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:14:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:1277609

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam and Youth and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz signed on Thursday a cooperation protocol that aims to implement a number of events, cultural meetings and conferences for youths ....

  • Marseille conf. opportunity to form tourist coalitions with other countries - official

    Date: 2014-11-06 11:14:06 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:1277685

    MARSEILLE, Nov 6 (MENA) - Ibrahim Ashmawy, an adviser to Egypt's tourism minister, has said that the Marseille-based Tourism in the Mediterranean conference is a good opportunity to form tourist coalitions with other countries. In press ....

  • Egypt FM meets with Russian envoy

    Date: 2014-11-06 10:42:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:1277721

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri met Thursday with Russian Foreign Ministers's Special Envoy Sergey Vershinin, who is currently visiting Egypt. The two sides discussed ways of boosting bilateral ties along with the ....

  • Weekly press conf. on Suez Canal project delayed to next week

    Date: 2014-11-06 10:38:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:1277417

    SUEZ CANAL, Nov 6 (MENA) – The weekly press conference held by Supervisor of the new Suez Canal Project Kamel el-Wazir has been delayed till next week, an official source with the Suez Canal said. El-Wazir, who also acts as head of the ....

  • Sisi, SCP discuss ways to avoid terror acts, road accidents

    Date: 2014-11-06 10:38:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:1277409

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Thursday with the Supreme Council of Police at the presidential palace in Heliopolis, said Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef. At the beginning of the meeting, Sisi offered condolences ....

  • Transportation min. allocates EGP 30,000 to victims' families of Menouf train blast

    Date: 2014-11-06 10:27:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:1277429

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – Egypt's Transportation Minister Hany Dahy offered on Thursday his condolences to the victims of the blast that targeted a train at Menouf railway station on Wednesday. The minister decided to allocate 30,000 pounds to the ....

  • Huge vessel arrives at Sharm El-Sheikh airport

    Date: 2014-11-06 10:26:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:1277189

    SUEZ, Nov 6 (MENA) - A huge European vessel arrived at Sharm El-Sheikh airport on Thursday with 1,400 tourists on board. As many as 2,500 tourists are due to arrive here tomorrow on board two other ships, Spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority ....

  • Ship carrying 27,000 tons of coal arrives at Safaga Port

    Date: 2014-11-06 10:25:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:1277185

    HURGHADA, Egypt, Nov 6 (MENA) – A ship carrying 27,000 tons of coal arrived at Safaga Port coming from Spain, Spokesman of the Red Sea Harbors Authority Abdel Rehim Mostafa said on Thursday. Meanwhile, a ship carrying 20,000 tons of phosphate ....

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