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    British embassy in Cairo "satisfied" with new security measures - security source

    Date: 2014-12-08 15:51:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:1496917

    Officials of the British Embassy in Cairo said that they are satisfied with swift measures taken by the Interior Ministry to improve the security plan of the embassy, a security source said. Security bodies received a notification from the ....

  • Egypt spares no effort in foreign embassy protection: statement

    Egypt spares no effort in foreign embassy protection: statement

    Date: 2014-12-08 15:49:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:1496897

    Foreign Ministry spokesman has said Egypt spared no effort in protection of foreign embassies operating in Egypt. Badr Abdel-Ati said Monday that bodies concerned held meetings with a number of foreign embassies' representatives to discuss ....

  • Gov't allocates state-owned land for new education, social services

    Gov't allocates state-owned land for new education, social services

    Date: 2014-12-08 15:49:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:1496889

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab decided to allocate some state-own lands for building schools and social projects. The new projects would be built in South Sinai, South Sinai, Sohag and Monofiya. The decision was part of the government's ....

  • Electricity sector keen on improving services: Statement

    Electricity sector keen on improving services: Statement

    Date: 2014-12-08 15:47:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:1496885

    The Electricity Sector said Monday it was keen on improving services and therefore it sought combating theft of electricity and collection of arrears. The electricity sector added in a statement that those efforts were meant to modernize the ....

  • 4 MB students arrested during dispersing protest at Azhar University

    4 MB students arrested during dispersing protest at Azhar University

    Date: 2014-12-08 13:19:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:1495353

    Daqahliya security forces managed to disperse a protest staged by a number of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) students at Azhar University branch in Mansoura. Also, four students were arrested during the protest's dispersal. Earlier, dozens of MB ....

  • Red Sea governor declares emergency state before expected torrential rain

    Red Sea governor declares emergency state before expected torrential rain

    Date: 2014-12-08 13:18:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:1495321

    The Red Sea governorate on Monday declared a state of alert to brace for potential torrential rain and floods. Governor Ahmed Abdullah has tasked a follow-up committee to ensure the implementation of the emergency plan to face up to any natural ....

  • Trial of 41 Brotherhood supporters delayed over violence charges

    Trial of 41 Brotherhood supporters delayed over violence charges

    Date: 2014-12-08 12:49:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:1495085

    Mansoura's criminal court delayed the trial of 41 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood over charges of attacking police in the Nile Delta city. The court set December 21 as a date for the second hearing. The 41 were accused of "using ....

  • Mahlab receives UN-Habitat Executive Director

    Mahlab receives UN-Habitat Executive Director

    Date: 2014-12-08 12:38:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:1494969

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab received on Monday Executive Director United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) Joan Clos in the presence of Minister of Housing and Urban Communities Mostafa Madbouli. During the meeting, Mahlab praised ....

  • Minister attends African environment ministers in Peru

    Minister attends African environment ministers in Peru

    Date: 2014-12-08 12:08:28 GMT - Peru - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:1494613

    Egypt's Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy attended a meeting of African environment ministers held on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference in Peru. The African environment ministers' meeting is considered a preparatory meeting to ....

  • Tunisia's Essebsi says seeks strong government

    Tunisia's Essebsi says seeks strong government

    Date: 2014-12-08 12:05:51 GMT - Tunisia - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:1494577

    Presidential candidate Beji Caid Essebsi has said his party Nidaa Tounes will not monopolize posts. He appealed to voters to give a chance to his party to lead the country. But, Essebsi said that he would seek a government capable of ....

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