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  • Trial of ex-housing min. delayed until Oct. 28

    Trial of ex-housing min. delayed until Oct. 28

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:55:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:887398

    South Cairo Criminal Court delayed during a session Saturday the trial of former housing minister Mohamed Ibrahim Soliman, 6th Of October Agricultural For Land Reclamation and Development Chairman Samir Zaki Abdel-Qawi and three officials of the New ....

  • Egypt to participate in IGAD summit in Ethiopia

    Egypt to participate in IGAD summit in Ethiopia

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:53:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:887391

    An Egyptian delegation left Saturday for Ethiopia to participate in the regional leaders’ summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which takes place on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Badr Abdel-Aati stated ....

  • Saboteurs continue targeting electricity pylons in Alexandria

    Saboteurs continue targeting electricity pylons in Alexandria

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:31:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:887349

    Vandals continued targeting electricity pylons in many places nationwide to weaken the country's infrastructure, the Ministry of Electricity said in a statement Saturday. Some saboteurs planted explosive devices beside the pillar of an ....

  • Misr-Iran Textile strike ends as workers accept pay offer

    Misr-Iran Textile strike ends as workers accept pay offer

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:24:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:887326

    Workers of the Misr-Iran Textile Company in Suez province ended a three-day strike after they accepted an agreement brokered by the Third Field Army. Some 2,000 workers of the company went on strike on Thursday, halting production at the ....

  • Unemployment index down due to national projects – PM

    Unemployment index down due to national projects – PM

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:14:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:887306

    The unemployment index in Egypt has declined thanks to the national projects the country is undertaking, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said. Mahlab made the remark during an inspection of Egypt's northwest coast to open a number of projects on ....

  • Azhar denounces deadly attack on Iraqi mosque

    Azhar denounces deadly attack on Iraqi mosque

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:13:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:887301

    Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb condemned a terror attack against a Sunni mosque in Iraq, which left 70 people dead. Tayyeb called on Iraqi religious leaders to decry the cowardly attack and work on spreading tolerance among Iraqis. On ....

  • Cause of Sharm el-Sheikh accident is human error - PM

    Cause of Sharm el-Sheikh accident is human error - PM

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:12:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:887296

    Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab underlined that a bus accident of Sharm el-Sheikh took place due to human error and has nothing to do with the efficiency of roads. The road projects are developmental, he noted. The prime minister's ....

  • Bomb in Kafr el-Sheikh's train station baseless- security chief

    Bomb in Kafr el-Sheikh's train station baseless- security chief

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:11:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:887295

    Kafr el-Sheikh security chief Abdul-Rahman Sharaf dismissed Saturday news circulated by media outlets about a bomb that was planted in the governorate's Sidi Ghazi train station. Sharaf told MENA that a tip-off was reported by unidentified person ....

  • Sisi, Abbas probe resumption of truce talks

    Sisi, Abbas probe resumption of truce talks

    Date: 2014-08-23 10:54:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:887165

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said his current Cairo visit aims to probe the resumption of truce talks in Egypt as soon as possible to prevent the fall of more victims in Gaza. During a press conference Saturday, Abbas said he had talks ....

  • PM inaugurates Fouka bridge in Matrouh

    PM inaugurates Fouka bridge in Matrouh

    Date: 2014-08-23 10:30:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:887210

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab Saturday inaugurated a bridge in Mersa Matrouh. Fouka Bridge extends over Fouka railway barrier on Alexandria-Matrouh road. The project is meant to boost security levels along the road by cancelling the ....

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