Egypt
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Low-income brackets to enjoy power subsidy under new prices – min.
Date: 2014-11-06 15:18:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:1280609
Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker reviewed the ministry's plan to restructure power prices while ensuring that the poorest segments still enjoy the subsidy. During a workshop organized by the ministry Thursday, Shaker discussed the new ....
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Health Ministry denies death of 5 in Menoufia train blast
Date: 2014-11-06 13:02:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:1279397
A Health Ministry official in Menoufia denied news reports raising the death toll of Wednesday's train blast from four to five persons. Four persons were killed, including two non-commissioned police officers, and eight others injured when a ....
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Grand Mufti, Youth min. ink cooperation protocol to raise youths' intellectual, religious awareness
Date: 2014-11-06 12:09:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:1278781
Egypt's Grand Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam and Youth and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz signed on Thursday a cooperation protocol that aims to implement a number of events, cultural meetings and conferences for youths nationwide. The activities will ....
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Marseille conf. opportunity to form tourist coalitions with other countries - official
Date: 2014-11-06 11:53:36 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:1278605
Ibrahim Ashmawy, an adviser to Egypt's tourism minister, has said that the Marseille-based Tourism in the Mediterranean conference is a good opportunity to form tourist coalitions with other countries. In press statements on Thursday, Ashmawy ....
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Egypt FM meets with Russian envoy
Date: 2014-11-06 11:49:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:1278565
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri met Thursday with Russian Foreign Ministers's Special Envoy Sergey Vershinin, who is currently visiting Egypt. The two sides discussed ways of boosting bilateral ties along with the latest developments in ....
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Egypt's population projected to reach 118 million in 2030, health minister warns
Date: 2014-11-06 11:48:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:1278549
Egypt's population is projected to reach about 118 million in 2030, said Health and Population Minister Adel Adawi. All recent census data in Egypt raises alarm bells, the minister added in a speech he delivered Thursday on the occasion of ....
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Egypt denounces Tunisia terror attack
Date: 2014-11-06 11:47:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:1278545
Egypt has condemned the terror attack that hit Tunisia's northwestern town of Nebeur and left three military men dead and 12 others injured. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Aati said Egypt decries all forms of violence and ....
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Shoukri, Kerry discuss Quds developments over phone
Date: 2014-11-06 11:45:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:1278521
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri discussed over phone with his US counterpart John Kerry the latest development in Al-Quds. The two foreign ministers also discussed ways of boosting bilateral ties and the latest conditions in the ....
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Sisi meets supreme police council, defense minister separately
Date: 2014-11-06 10:49:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:1277765
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Thursday with the Supreme Council of Police at the presidential palace, said Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef. The President also met separately with Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi, the spokesman added. ....
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Transportation min. allocates EGP 30,000 to victims' families of Menouf train blast
Date: 2014-11-06 10:49:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:1277805
Egypt's Transportation Minister Hany Dahy offered on Thursday his condolences to the victims of the blast that targeted a train at Menouf railway station on Wednesday. The minister decided to allocate 30,000 pounds to the families of each victim ....