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  • FM meets US envoy on Sudan, S. Sudan

    FM meets US envoy on Sudan, S. Sudan

    Date: 2013-11-24 15:51:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:404641

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy received Sunday visiting US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth for consultations on issues related to the two Sudans. The discussions took up international and regional mediatory efforts on the ....

  • One month needed for draft constitution referendum: Saleeb

    One month needed for draft constitution referendum: Saleeb

    Date: 2013-11-24 15:45:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:404609

    Chairman of the Supreme Electoral Committee Nabil Saleeb said Sunday the referendum on the draft constitution needed one month for preparation after a call by the president. Saleeb, who is president of Cairo Court of Appeal, told MENA the 30 days ....

  • Sisi orders upgrade of 27 train crossings

    Sisi orders upgrade of 27 train crossings

    Date: 2013-11-24 15:41:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:404594

    Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister General Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi ordered the Armed Forces to upgrade 27 level crossings in 13 governorates to avoid train accidents. The Armed Forces' Engineering Authority will carry out the upgrade work at ....

  • Govt gives priority to expat services - PM

    Govt gives priority to expat services - PM

    Date: 2013-11-24 15:38:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:404583

    Providing care to Egyptian expatriates is a priority to the government, said Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy. Several meetings will be held in the coming period to activate proposals on improving the services provided to Egyptians abroad, Beblawy ....

  • Defendants of presidential palaces case referred to criminal court

    Defendants of presidential palaces case referred to criminal court

    Date: 2013-11-24 15:37:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:404581

    The presidential palaces case, involving ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, was refered to the Cairo Criminal Court. The move came to resume investigations by adding four new defendants in the case. The brothers, ....

  • Security measures tightened around Cairo airport

    Security measures tightened around Cairo airport

    Date: 2013-11-24 14:15:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:404409

    Security has been tightened on Sunday at Cairo International Airport as Muslim Brotherhood loyalists called for demonstrations to mark the passing of 100 days since breaking up the sit-ins of Nasr City's Rabaa el-Adaweya and Giza's Nahda squares. ....

  • Azhar, Darul-Iftaa only source of religious edicts - statements

    Azhar, Darul-Iftaa only source of religious edicts - statements

    Date: 2013-11-24 14:13:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:404405

    Azhar and Darul-Iftaa are the only source of religious edicts in Egypt, Al Azhar said. In a press released on Sunday, Azhar expressed concerns about the spread of fatwas in the media about martyrdom according to every scholar or figure's ....

  • Civil aviation ministers confers with S. Sudan envoy to boost ties

    Civil aviation ministers confers with S. Sudan envoy to boost ties

    Date: 2013-11-24 14:02:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:404386

    Minister of Civil Aviation Abdel Aziz Fadel met on Sunday with South Sudan Ambassador to Egypt Anthony Louis Kon as part of the Egyptian government's efforts to enhance relations with the African countries, especially the Nile basin ....

  • Mansour issues protest law

    Mansour issues protest law

    Date: 2013-11-24 12:50:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:404187

    Interim President Adly Mansour issued a decree for a law regulating peaceful protests, public gatherings and processions on Sunday, said presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy. ....

  • 336,000 tons of rubbish, waste lifted in 9 governorates over past few weeks

    336,000 tons of rubbish, waste lifted in 9 governorates over past few weeks

    Date: 2013-11-24 12:13:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:404101

    Minister of Local Development Adel Labib said more than 336,000 tons of rubbish and waste have been lifted from 9 governorates over the past few weeks in accordance with a plan devised by the ministry to settle the problem of accumulated rubbish all ....

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