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  • PM confers with Toyota Tsusho president on cooperation

    Date: 2017-02-19 17:28:44 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:71 - ID:6551425

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) – Prime Minister Sherif Ismail met Sunday with President of Toyota Tsusho Corporation Jun Karube and his accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker, Petroleum Minister Tarek el ....

  • Chief of Staff witnesses training activities for rapid response forces

    Date: 2017-02-19 17:06:20 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:70 - ID:6551173

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazi witnessed Sunday training activities for the rapid response unit, as part of its annual fighting drills. The training included shooting with live ammunition, ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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, ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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