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Blair leaves Cairo
Date: 2014-08-06 14:28:43 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:111 - ID:861447
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Quartet envoy for the Middle East Tony Blair has left Egypt en route to London after meetings with Egyptian officials over the ceasefire in Gaza. Blair and United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ....
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Azhar TV channel to be launched soon: Grand Imam
Date: 2014-08-06 14:17:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:110 - ID:861131
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb unveiled the approach of launching an Al-Azhar TV channel, saying that it would play an important role in propagating moderate Islam. Tayyeb promised Al-Azhar scholars to remove all ....
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FM, Blair discuss Gaza truce
Date: 2014-08-06 14:08:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:109 - ID:861427
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Wednesday with Quartet envoy for the Middle East Tony Blair the latest developments of the situation in the Palestinian territories. The meeting took up Egyptian efforts to reach an ....
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CBE: Domestic liquidity rose by 14.5 percent by end of May
Date: 2014-08-06 14:06:12 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:108 - ID:861407
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - A latest report by the Central Bank of Egypt showed that domestic liquidity rose by 14.5 percent to reach 1.484 trillion pounds by the end of May. The report, a copy of which obtained by MENA, said the increase led to a 13.8 ....
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Shoukry, Serry discuss situation in Gaza - spokesman
Date: 2014-08-06 14:03:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:107 - ID:861446
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Wednesday with United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry, now visiting here. Foreign ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Atti said the two sides ....
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Egypt to try 23 Ansar al-Sharia members over police attacks
Date: 2014-08-06 14:01:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:106 - ID:861370
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Egypt's Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat referred 23 members of the terrorist self-proclaimed Brigades of Ansar al-Sharia or Sharia Defenders to the criminal court. They are being accused of killing 12 policemen, including ....
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Efforts should be focused on combating extremism: Azhar Imam
Date: 2014-08-06 13:59:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:105 - ID:861152
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayyeb underlined the importance of combating futile and stray concepts with moderate and rational thought. During a meeting with some of Al- Azhar scholars, al- Tayyeb, head of the highest ....
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6th Arab conference on tourism security kicks off in Tunisia
Date: 2014-08-06 13:51:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:861408
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - The 6th Arab Conference on Tourism Security kicked off Wednesday in Tunisia. The two-day conference will discuss ways to achieve and support tourism security in the Arab world, the Arab Interior Ministers Council said in a ....
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Five militants killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
Date: 2014-08-06 13:37:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:103 - ID:861381
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6 (MENA) - At least five militants were killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region Wednesday, the media said. The US drone fired two missiles at a compound in Dattakhel area of restive North ....
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Court sets date to issue verdict about FJP dissolution
Date: 2014-08-06 13:36:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:102 - ID:861409
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Egypt's high administrative court has set September 9 as a date to issue a verdict over demands for the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP). The party members are accused of inciting ....
