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Garhy urges strenuous efforts to reduce budget deficit
Date: 2017-02-19 16:45:50 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:69 - ID:6551457
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Finance Minister Amr el Garhy has called for exerting strenuous efforts to reduce the budget deficit and the public debt. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said Garhy made the statement during his participation in the ....
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BDF commander-in-chief, US military delegation probe joint coop.
Date: 2017-02-19 16:00:47 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:6551181
MANAMA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Commander-in-Chief Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed al Khalifa discussed Sunday with a delegation grouping students of the United States National Defense University (USNDU) under General (Ret) Gregory ....
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Army troops continue operations on Mount Halal
Date: 2017-02-19 15:58:41 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:67 - ID:6550625
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The law enforcement forces of the Third Field Army continued their raids on terror hotbeds in Gabal Al Halal (Mount Halal) of Central Sinai, a military statement said Sunday. Military spokesman Tamer el Refai added eight ....
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EGX loses EGP 5.5bn
Date: 2017-02-19 15:56:12 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:66 - ID:6550261
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) lost about 5.5 billion pounds at the close of trading Sunday driven by sales operations by Arab and foreign investors. The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.81 percent reaching 1,2549.17 ....
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Finance Ministry auctions EGP 11.5 bln T-bonds
Date: 2017-02-19 15:54:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:65 - ID:6550641
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Finance Ministry auctioned on Sunday treasury bonds at a total value of EGP 11.5 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 6 billion of 91-day T-bills. The average yield was 18.405 percent, it said, ....
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Israel's Lieberman insists land swaps key to two-state solution
Date: 2017-02-19 15:52:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:6551077
RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (MENA) - A two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict must include exchanges of people and land to ensure the two sides are completely separated, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said. Lieberman told the ....
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Sisi says solving Palestinian problem top priority
Date: 2017-02-19 15:45:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:6550733
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has reiterated the importance of reaching a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian problem, seeing in it a top priority that would help achieve peace and economic development in the ....
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Arab counter-terror experts convene at AL headquarters
Date: 2017-02-19 15:43:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:6549825
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Arab counter-terrorism experts started on Sunday their 21st meeting at the Arab League (AL) headquarters under Jordan's chairmanship. The meeting was attended by AL Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs ....
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Official at Minya education directorate nabbed for taking bribes
Date: 2017-02-19 15:41:21 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:61 - ID:6551073
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) announced on Sunday the arrest of an official at Minya education directorate for accepting bribes from people who want to get employed in the directorate. The arrested official got ....
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Trade minister in Paris on boosting investment, bilateral relations
Date: 2017-02-19 15:38:58 GMT - France - Economy - SN:60 - ID:6550457
PARIS, Feb 19 (MENA) - Minister of Trade and Industry Tareq Qabil arrived in Paris Sunday for a two-day visit. During the visit, Qabil is scheduled to meet with a number of senior French officials and heads of leading French companies to review ....