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  • Moscow supports de Mistura's agenda for intra-Syrian talks in Geneva

    Date: 2017-02-28 22:38:43 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:110 - ID:6609013

    MOSCOW, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday Moscow supports the agenda of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva that was proposed by United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, TASS ....

  • Sudanese health minister arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2017-02-28 22:37:48 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:109 - ID:6609001

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Sudanese Health Minister Bahar Idriss Abu Garda arrived here on Tuesday to take part in the 47th session of the Arab Health Ministers Council. Scheduled to be held Wednesday at the headquarters of the Arab League's ....

  • Four teenage girls detained in France for allegedly plotting attacks

    Date: 2017-02-28 22:23:55 GMT - France - World - SN:108 - ID:6608957

    PARIS, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday that three teenage girls and an 18-year-old woman have been detained in different parts of France as suspects in attack plots, The Guardian reported. The four teenagers are ....

  • Egyptian bourse loses 24 billion pounds in February

    Date: 2017-02-28 22:16:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:107 - ID:6608933

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) lost about 24 billion pounds in February, bringing the market capital down from 612.7 billion pounds in January to 588.7 billion, a decline of 8.9 percent, according to a monthly report of the ....

  • Tax revenues up 12 pct in H1 of FY2016-2017: Finance Ministry

    Date: 2017-02-28 22:15:30 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:106 - ID:6608753

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) – Tax revenues increased by 12 percent during the first half of the fiscal year 2016-2017 to stand at EGP 154.6 billion compared to EGP 138 billion a year-on-year, the Finance Ministry said in a report on Tuesday. The ministry ....

  • Finance Ministry: Egypt budget deficit hits 5.4% of GDP in first half of FY2016/2017

    Date: 2017-02-28 21:34:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:105 - ID:6608841

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) – The state budget deficit reached EGP 174.6 billion in the first half of fiscal year 2016/2017, against EGP 172.5 billion in the corresponding period last year, the Finance Ministry said in a report on Tuesday. The total ....

  • Supply min. orders slashing rice price

    Date: 2017-02-28 21:29:07 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:104 - ID:6608713

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Supply Minister Ali el Moselhi ordered on Tuesday cutting the price of rice imported from India by one pound to be sold for 6.50 pounds instead of 7.50 pounds per kilo. Holders of ration cards will be able to obtain any ....

  • Huge fire at tanker in Gharbiya put out

    Date: 2017-02-28 21:20:35 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:103 - ID:6608789

    TANTA, Egypt, Feb 28 (MENA) – Firefighters on Tuesday controlled a huge fire that erupted in a tanker in the Mahalla city of Gharbiya governorate. Fire engines rushed to the scene to control the fire. An investigation was opened to identify ....

  • Trial of 70 MB members in Minya adjourned

    Date: 2017-02-28 21:16:57 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:102 - ID:6608633

    MINYA, Egypt, Oct 28 (MENA) - The military court in Assiut has adjourned until March 9 the trial of 70 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group over violence charges. The defendants are facing charges of storming churches and Coptic ....

  • PM urges coordinating efforts to implement development plan

    Date: 2017-02-28 20:37:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:101 - ID:6608477

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail urged all bodies concerned to coordinate efforts to implement the national development plan. While chairing a meeting of the Council of Governors on Tuesday, Ismail ordered overcoming all ....

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