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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 ....
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Daesh closes old alleys in Mosul completely - Iraqi source
Date: 2017-02-19 15:34:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:6550265
BAGHDAD, Feb 19 (MENA) - Terrorist group Daesh closed all the old alleys of Mosul completely while its militants were deployed in the area, said an Iraqi local source. Daesh evacuated the markets and main streets in the city, Al Arabiya News ....
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Assar meets UAE vice president
Date: 2017-02-19 15:30:19 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:6550245
ABU DHABI, Feb 19 (MENA) - Visiting Egyptian Minister of State for Military Production Dr. Mohamed Saeed el Assar met on Sunday with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates. The ....
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HC Investment Banking: Average annual inflation rate to decline to 21% by end of fiscal year
Date: 2017-02-19 15:28:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:57 - ID:6550161
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The average annual inflation rate in Egypt is likely to decline to 21 percent by the end of the fiscal year 2016-2017 down from 30 percent now, according to a report by HC Investment Banking. It is expected to further ....
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'Iran is not going to produce nuclear weapons. Period': Zarif
Date: 2017-02-19 15:20:31 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:6550449
MUNICH, Feb 19 (MENA) - Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif has said that his country has no intention of developing a nuclear arsenal. Addressing the Munich Security Conference Sunday morning, he attributed the rising extremism in the Middle ....
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GAFI chairman denies resignation reports
Date: 2017-02-19 15:11:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:6550797
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Head of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Mohamed Khodair denied that he tendered resignation to Prime Minister Sherif Ismail. In a statement issued by GAFI Sunday, Khodair said he will continue in ....
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Suicide bomb in market in Somalia capital kills 18, wounds 25 - official
Date: 2017-02-19 14:42:07 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:6550761
MOGADISHU, Feb 19 (MENA) - A blast from a suicide car bomb ripped through a Somali market on Sunday, killing 18 people and wounding at least 25, an official said, days before the country is due to inaugurate a new president. No group had yet ....
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Nasr says 50 pct of projects to be allocated to businesswomen
Date: 2017-02-19 14:35:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:6549585
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr opened on Sunday a conference on the important role played by businesswomen in the community. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Nasr said her ministry will ....
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Antiquities minister opens archaological landmarks in New Valley
Date: 2017-02-19 14:31:07 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:52 - ID:6550417
KHGARGA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Minister of State for Antiquities Khaled el Anani, flanked by the Netherlands Ambassador in Egypt Laurens Westhoff, opened on Sunday a model for the house of a 2000-year-old Roman richman in Amahada antiquities area in al ....