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Egypt bourse gains EGP 3 bn, main index down last week
Date: 2014-01-03 09:23:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:25 - ID:476658
CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) – The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) made EGP 3 billion profits during last week's trading, making its capital hit EGP 429 billion. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 went down 0.02 percent to 6,811 points, ....
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Anniversary of Yemeni politician’s death to be marked in Cairo
Date: 2014-01-03 09:18:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:476635
CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) – The family of late Yemeni politician and former prime minister Abdel-Rahman al-Baydany will hold a memorial service on the second anniversary of his death at the Cairo Opera House in mid-January. The memorial ceremony will ....
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Bomb defused in Delta city
Date: 2014-01-03 09:16:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:476659
KAFR ELSHEIKH, Egypt, Jan 3 (MENA) - A bomb disposal squad managed Friday to defuse an explosive device connected to a truck near a private school in the Delta city of Kafr el-Sheikh. The civil protection department received a report that there ....
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UK condemns Beirut blast
Date: 2014-01-03 09:15:25 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:476636
LONDON, Jan 3 (MENA) - Britain condemned a car bomb which hit a suburb of Lebanon's capital Beirut in which at least five people were killed. "I strongly condemn today’s bombing in the southern suburb of Beirut. My thoughts are with the families ....
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Two killed, three wounded in Baghdad blast
Date: 2014-01-03 09:13:44 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:476634
BAGHDAD, Jan 3 (MENA) – Two people were killed and three others wounded in a blast that hit a marketplace in southern Baghdad on Friday. An Iraqi security source said an explosive device was planted near the market in southern Baghdad. ....
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Gebaly says holding presidential polls first is constitutional
Date: 2014-01-03 09:07:25 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:476552
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 3 (MENA) – Former deputy chief justice of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court Tahany el-Gebaly said holding the presidential elections before the parliamentary ones was completely constitutional. Speaking to Kuwaiti ....
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Calm previals Giza; Nahda Square closed
Date: 2014-01-03 08:51:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:476546
CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) – Calm prevails the main squares in Giza governorate Friday morning before protesters called by the so-called National Alliance Supporting Legitimacy. Meanwhile, troops closed Nahda Square and barred vehicles from entering it ....
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41 MB members arrested over violence charges
Date: 2014-01-03 08:50:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:476543
CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) – Security forces arrested 41 wanted members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group over their involvement in attacking police stations and inciting violence in four governorates. The arrests were made in Cairo, Aswan ....
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Egypt FM condemns Mogadishu hotel bombing
Date: 2014-01-03 08:49:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:476588
CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi condemned a triple bombing on a Mogadishu hotel that killed at least 11 people in Somalia. Fahmi asserted Egypt's support for the Somali people in combating terrorism, adding the Mogadishu blast ....
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Killers of Swiss couple in Hurghada arrested
Date: 2014-01-03 08:49:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:476545
HURGHADA, Egypt, Jan 3 (MENA) – Two persons accused of murdering a Swiss couple in Hurghada, the Red Sea, have been arrested, while efforts are underway to arrest a third accomplice. The Swiss tourist and his wife were reported missing but ....