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  • Transport min. orders finalizing metro projects on time

    Date: 2017-02-19 13:22:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:6549601

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Transport Minister Hesham Arafat ordered on Sunday finalizing under-construction metro projects on time. The minister made the statements during a meeting with officials of the National Authority for Tunnels and the Egyptian ....

  • Fayek: I did not deliver statements on Western Sahara crisis

    Date: 2017-02-19 13:14:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:6549701

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Head of Egypt's National Council for Human Rights Mohamed Fayek dismissed reports attributed to him by some media outlets on the western Sahara issue. In statements Sunday, he said he did not give statements on Egypt's ....

  • 67 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2017-02-19 13:12:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:6549833

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Feb 19 (MENA) - Sixty-seven ships transited the Suez Canal on Sunday, with a total cargo of 3.8 million tons, said chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish. The south-bound convoy included 33 vessels and carried ....

  • Daesh leader among 6 killed by own explosives in Nangarhar

    Date: 2017-02-19 12:52:50 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:6549697

    KABUL, Feb 19 (MENA) - A leader of the Daesh terrorist group was killed in a premature explosion in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the local security officials, the Daesh leader was killed along with five other militants ....

  • EFG Hermes Hermes projects US dollar at EGP 15 in 2017

    Date: 2017-02-19 12:48:00 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:37 - ID:6549581

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - EFG Hermes investment bank (HRHO) is expecting improvement in the Egyptian pound exchange rate by the end of the current year '2017', in addition to a predicted increase in foreign direct investments. The investment bank ....

  • McCain criticizes Trump for calling media ‘the enemy’

    Date: 2017-02-19 12:39:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:6549613

    WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (MENA) - Sen. John McCain spoke out in defense of the free press after President Trump lashed out against the news media several times over the past week, at one point declaring it “the enemy of the American People!” Such talk, ....

  • Libyan presidential council chairman meets German chancellor

    Date: 2017-02-19 12:38:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:6549093

    TRIPOLI, Feb 19 (MENA) - Libyan presidential council chairman Fayez Al Seraj has met with German chancellor Angela Merkel, upon her request, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. A statement issued by the council bureau on Sunday ....

  • 10 killed, injured in suicide bombing in Mosul

    Date: 2017-02-19 12:24:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:6548865

    BAGHDAD, Feb 19 (MENA) - One person was killed while nine others were wounded in a suicide bombing in Sayidaty al Jamila Square in Mosul, said Iraqi security sources. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt in the square in Mosul which the ....

  • Spanish Navy rescues 112 migrants off Libya coasts

    Date: 2017-02-19 12:17:11 GMT - Spain - World - SN:33 - ID:6549321

    MADRID, Feb 19 (MENA) - Spain's defense ministry said Sunday one of its naval ships rescued 112 migrants off the coast of Libya Saturday. All 112 of the migrants were male and “the large majority” were from sub-Saharan Africa, officials ....

  • Matrouh security forces foil attempt by 28 people to sneak into Libya

    Date: 2017-02-19 12:12:21 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:32 - ID:6549053

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Feb 19 (MENA) – Security authorities in Matrouh foiled on Sunday an attempt by 28 people to sneak into Libya via Salloum. The infiltrators include 10 from Minya, five from Beheira, four from Assiut, two from Alexandria, two ....

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