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  • Mohamed Aboutrika to face Ghana despite retirement plans

    Date: 2013-11-14 18:10:53 GMT - Ghana - Sports - SN:147 - ID:387341

    ACCRA, Nov 14 (MENA) - Egypt assistant coach Diaa Al Saied has confirmed star midfielder Mohammed Aboutrika will play against Ghana in the second-leg World Cup playoff next week, a Ghanian website reported. Reports were rife in Egypt that the ....

  • Egypt-Russia talks could signal major shift in Cairo's foreign policy - paper

    Date: 2013-11-14 17:53:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:146 - ID:387246

    LONDON, Nov 14 (MENA) - The foreign ministers of Egypt and Russia have opened high-level talks in Cairo in what could herald a major shift in Egypt's foreign policy, The Guardian reported Thursday. The talks between Nabil Fahmy and Sergei Lavrov ....

  • Coordinator of Hazemoon movement, 4 others released in Minya

    Date: 2013-11-14 17:46:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:145 - ID:387231

    MINYA, Nov 14 (MENA) – Minya misdemeanor court ordered on Thursday the release of a coordinator of Hazemoon movement (supporters of prominent Salafist preacher Hazem Abu-Ismail) Mohamed Rashad and four other members of the movement. They were ....

  • Turkish foreign minister to visit Iran late November

    Date: 2013-11-14 17:31:07 GMT - Iran - World - SN:144 - ID:387211

    TEHRAN, Nov 14 (MENA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is scheduled to pay an official visit to Iran later in November to discuss further expansion of bilateral relations between the two countries, Press TV reported. Davutoglu will ....

  • 11 of Morsi supporters in Assiut detained for 15 days

    Date: 2013-11-14 17:29:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:143 - ID:387059

    ASSIUT, Nov 14 (MENA) - Eleven supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi were detained for 15 days pending further investigation. They face accusation of inciting violence, blocking roads and halting transport. (MENA) NA/AI ....

  • Mansour praises mutual ties bet. Egypt, Rusia

    Date: 2013-11-14 17:20:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:142 - ID:387132

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) – Egypt's Interim President Adly Mansour received on Thursday Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, praising the strong ties binding the two countries. The meeting was also attended by ....

  • Egypt prsents report on economic, social, cultural rights in Geneva

    Date: 2013-11-14 17:12:58 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:141 - ID:387213

    GENEVA, Nov 14 (MENA) - A foreign ministry delegation presented Egypt's periodical report before the United Nations committee for economic, social and cultural rights which convened in Geneva on Thursday. The delegation was led by Egyptian foreign ....

  • Prosecutors inspect scene of Maj.-Gen. Nabil Farrag's murder in Kerdasa

    Date: 2013-11-14 17:09:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:140 - ID:387158

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - Supreme State Security prosecutors inspected Thursday the crime scene of the murder of a senior police officer who was gunned down while he was on duty in Kerdasa. Giza deputy security chief Nabil Farrag was killed and at ....

  • Cabinet approves bill to exempt banks from loan-loss provisions tax

    Date: 2013-11-14 16:40:02 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:139 - ID:387048

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) – The Cabinet approved a bill to exempt banks from taxes on loan-loss provisions that will be submitted to the presidency for enactment. The bill, drafted by the Finance Ministry, revokes amendments to a law on tax ....

  • 182-, 364-day T-bills auctioned

    Date: 2013-11-14 16:27:26 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:138 - ID:387047

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - The Finance Ministry auctioned on Thursday treasury bills at a total value of EGP 6.5 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 2.5 billion of 182-day T-bills with a 2.2 bid-to-cover ratio. The average ....

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