Egypt

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  • Shoukri meets UK minister on sidelines of Gaza conf.

    Date: 2014-10-12 15:31:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:105 - ID:1109073

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri has met UK Minister at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Tobias Ellwood on the sidelines of the Cairo conference on Gaza reconstruction. The situation in Iraq and terror-combat were also on ....

  • BUE expels several students for promoting sit-ins

    Date: 2014-10-12 15:05:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:99 - ID:1108233

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - The British University in Egypt has expelled several students over instigation of sit-ins, suspension of study and threats to use arms on campus. In a statement, the BUE said it would work in coordination with the cabinet's ....

  • FM meets Ban Ki-Moon in Cairo

    Date: 2014-10-12 15:05:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:1109501

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Sunday with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. The meeting came on the sidelines of an Egypt-hosted Gaza reconstruction conference, which kicked off early in the day. The talks ....

  • Dutch Embassy in Egypt to hold conference on corporate social responsibility Tuesday

    Date: 2014-10-12 15:02:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:96 - ID:1108145

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - The Dutch Embassy in Cairo will hold Tuesday a conference on corporate social responsibility in Egypt to make good use of the Dutch experience in that field. The conference would be organized in coordination with the United ....

  • Price paid to local wheat farmers to be same next season

    Date: 2014-10-12 14:53:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:94 - ID:1108165

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - The government will buy wheat from local farmers in next year's harvest at the same price it paid this year, the Cabinet's spokesman said on Sunday. The government will pay farmers 420 Egyptian pounds per ardeb, added ....

  • Diplomatic missions in 28 states exempted from daily limit of withdrawal from banks - CBE

    Date: 2014-10-12 14:52:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:93 - ID:1109157

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Twenty-eight diplomatic missions have been exempted from the daily limit of withdrawal from banks, the Central Bank of Egypt said on Sunday. The decision includes several Arab, foreign and African countries. The CBE said ....

  • WB hails bread, supply commodities system - min.

    Date: 2014-10-12 14:51:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:92 - ID:1107877

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Supply Minister Khalid Hanafy met on Sunday with a senior official from the World Bank. Gustavo Demarco, the Director of the WB social protection program, has hailed Egypt's systems of subsidized bread and supply commodities, ....

  • Higher education min. to open int'l conf. Wednesday

    Date: 2014-10-12 14:48:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:91 - ID:1108217

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Higher Education Minister El-Sayed Abdel-Khaliq is due to inaugurate on Wednesday the international conference "Egypt and Mediterranean Countries through Ages". The event is organized for the first time by the Faculty of ....

  • Boutros-Ghali: Egypt plays important role in ME peace process

    Date: 2014-10-12 14:36:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:89 - ID:1107497

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said on Sunday that holding the Gaza reconstruction conference in Cairo reflects the importance of Egypt's role in bringing about comprehensive peace and stability to the ....

  • Egypt, UAE forces in joint military exercises

    Date: 2014-10-12 14:30:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:88 - ID:1108249

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Minister of Defense Sidqi Sobhi has inspected military forces leaving for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to take part in joint manouvers. The exercises will kick off in mid-October. The joint training is aimed to ....

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