Egypt

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  • Retrial of 5 suspects over Suez Canal attack plot adjourned

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:54:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:1154233

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday decided to adjourn to October 30 the retrial of five suspects over charges of planning attacks against the Suez Canal waterway. The five suspects, out of 26 suspects who were sentenced to ....

  • Salvadoran president praises Egypt's efforts to cement Gaza ceasefire

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:49:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:1154237

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Ambassadress Dina Muselhi has submitted her credentials to Salvadoran President Sanchez Ceren as Egypt's non-resident ambassador to El-Salvador. During the ceremonies, President Ceren praised the Egyptian efforts to halt ....

  • Sisi, Bashir agree to upgrade ministerial committee...2 last Cairo

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:45:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:1154593

    Sudanese President Bashir said there is a strong will by the two countries to further boost bilateral relations. In a statement at the end of his two-day talks in Cairo, Bashir said this is the second meeting to be held with Sisi since assuming ....

  • Sudanese president wraps up Egypt visit

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:33:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:1154585

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir left here Sunday for Khartoum, after a two-day visit to Egypt, where he met with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to discuss ways of boosting bilateral ties. During the visit, Bashir ....

  • Talawi confers with US official on combating violence against women, means to improve conditions of Egyptian women

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:27:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:1154225

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Head of the National Council for Women Mervat el-Talawi conferred with a US embassy official on combating violence against women and means to promote the conditions of the Egyptian women. Meanwhile, the US official who ....

  • First stage of 1-million-unit project to start by year end

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:19:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:1154137

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - The Housing Ministry and the UAE Arabtec Construction L.L.C agreed to start the first stage of the one-million-unit social housing project by the year end. The ministry, represented by the Urban Communities Authority, will ....

  • Sisi, Bashir agree to upgrade ministerial committee

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:15:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:1154213

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir agreed to upgrade the Egyptian-Sudanese committee from a ministerial level to a presidential one to better serve the interests of the two ....

  • Interior Ministry denies defusing charge in ministry's vicinity

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:12:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:1153945

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Assistant Interior Minister for Media Affairs General Abdel Fattah Othman denied reports on defusing an explosive charge found inside a car parked at Ismail Hegazi and Mansour crossroad in the vicinity of the Interior ....

  • FM welcomes formation of Iraqi gov't

    Date: 2014-10-19 10:23:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:1153833

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri renewed Egypt's support of the newly formed Iraqi government under Haider Abadi. In statements on Sunday, Shoukri voiced relief over the completion of the Iraqi government lineup, voicing hope ....

  • Egypt following up conditions of fishermen seized in Yemen

    Date: 2014-10-19 10:11:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1153785

    CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry is holding intensive contacts with the Yemeni authorities to secure the release of the three Egyptian fishing vessels that were lately seized in Yemeni waters. Ministry spokesman Ambassador Badr Abdel ....

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