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  • Railway revenues drop in past 9 months - report

    Date: 2013-11-17 13:34:49 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:63 - ID:391550

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - A report released by the Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center has shown a decrease in railway revenues from January through September 2013 by around 27.9% reaching 547 million EGP, compared with 758.4 million EGP ....

  • Bourse gains EGP 2.1 billion, main index up 0.76 pct

    Date: 2013-11-17 13:33:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:62 - ID:391834

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) made profits at the close of trade on Sunday, affected by investors' optimism after international credit rating agency Standard & Poor's raised its long- and short-term foreign and local currency ....

  • Sharp rise in demand on Egyptian workers abroad – IDSC report

    Date: 2013-11-17 13:32:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:391453

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) – A report by the Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) said demand on Egyptian workers abroad upped in September 2013 to stand at 492 points, marking a 193 point rise in comparison with August. Demand on Egyptian ....

  • Army nabs 7 criminals, raids arms cache in Rafah

    Date: 2013-11-17 13:31:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:391636

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - The army nabbed seven criminals and raided an arms cache in Rafah amid ongoing large-scale operations to crack down on criminal, takfiri and terrorist hotbeds in Sinai. The troops from the Second Field Army seized five ....

  • Kuwaiti FM: we will continue cultural exchanges with all countries of the world

    Date: 2013-11-17 13:30:09 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:391561

    KUWAIT, Nov 17 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said on Sunday that Kuwait will continue its policy of openness to develop and promote cultural ties and exchanges with all ....

  • Hamas: Hollande's visit to Quds "unwelcome"

    Date: 2013-11-17 13:23:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:391572

    GAZA CITY, Nov 17 (MENA) - The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas said on Sunday that the visit of French President Francois Hollande to Quds is "unwelcome". "Such visit encourages the Israeli occupation to further settlement activities," ....

  • Beblawi receives Bahraini interior minister

    Date: 2013-11-17 13:19:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:391753

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA ) - Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy received here on Sunday Bahrain's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashed bin Abdallah al-Khalifa. The meeting was attended by Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim. During the meeting the Bahraini ....

  • William Hague ends visit to Sri Lanka

    Date: 2013-11-17 13:17:20 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:57 - ID:391856

    COLOMBO, Nov 17 (MENA) – British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who is in Sri Lanka to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM), ended on Sunday his visit where he met with the members of Sri Lanka's main Tamil party, Tamil ....

  • Mansour leaves for Kuwait to attend summit

    Date: 2013-11-17 13:14:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:391768

    CAIRO,Nov 17 (MENA) - Interim President Adly Mansour left here for Kuwait on Sunday on a visit during which he will attend the 3rd Arab-African summit slated for November 19-20. The summit will tackle ways to enhance Arab-African cooperation in ....

  • Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns Tripoli bloody violence

    Date: 2013-11-17 13:12:15 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:391794

    PARIS, Nov 17 (MENA) – Reporters Without Borders deplores Friday November 15 deadly violence in Tripoli, Libya, in which Saleh Iyad Hafiyana, a photographer with the Fasatu news agency was among the many killed and several journalists were among the ....

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