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  • Rafah terminal to open Tuesday to Thursday

    Rafah terminal to open Tuesday to Thursday

    Date: 2013-11-18 07:57:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:392939

    Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will open from both sides on November 19-21, a well-placed source said on Sunday. The terrminal has been the principal connection between Gaza's 1.8 million residents and the outside world ....

  • 73 local, foreign NGOs to observe Egypt referendum, elections -- spokesman

    73 local, foreign NGOs to observe Egypt referendum, elections -- spokesman

    Date: 2013-11-18 07:47:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:392928

    The Higher Elections Commission said on Sunday that 67 local NGOs have been granted the right to observe a referendum on Egypt's amended constitution and forthcoming parliamentary elections, according to the commission's spokesman. Meanwhile, six ....

  • Gov't works with team spirit to establish water projects: Irrigation min.

    Gov't works with team spirit to establish water projects: Irrigation min.

    Date: 2013-11-17 18:23:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:392539

    Egypt’s Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdul Motaleb asserted that the government is working with a team spirit to achieve the required harmony particularly when it comes to establishing projects, especially those on ....

  • Cairo Underground back to normal after 10m suspension

    Cairo Underground back to normal after 10m suspension

    Date: 2013-11-17 17:58:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:392518

    Cairo Underground movement has returned to normal after a 10-minute suspension on Helwan-El Marg line, sources at the underground metro authority said. The suspension came due to rainfall that caused power cut for 10 minutes, they added. ....

  • Committee to be formed to review investment laws -- deputy PM

    Committee to be formed to review investment laws -- deputy PM

    Date: 2013-11-17 17:52:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:392511

    Deputy Prime Minister and International Cooperation Minister Zeyyad Bahaa Eddine said on Sunday that a committee will be formed next week to review all laws on local and foreign investment. The step is part of the government's program to reform ....

  • Mid-term exams at faculty of engineering held as scheduled - Zagazig univ. president

    Mid-term exams at faculty of engineering held as scheduled - Zagazig univ. president

    Date: 2013-11-17 17:47:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:392504

    Head of Zagazig University Ashraf el-Shehi said that mid-term exams in the university's Faculty of Engineering were held as scheduled despite a sit-in staged by some students today. He, meanwhile, affirmed that the situation is calm inside the ....

  • Egypt keen on drafting strong constitution -- labor federation

    Egypt keen on drafting strong constitution -- labor federation

    Date: 2013-11-17 17:43:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:392487

    Head of the General Federation for Trade Unions Abdel Fatah Ibrahim said that the Egyptian people are determined to have a powerful constitution that protects the laborers' social and economic rights. "The laborers are capable of further ....

  • FM: No tangible progress in reconciliation

    FM: No tangible progress in reconciliation

    Date: 2013-11-17 17:38:46 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:392483

    There is no tangible progress achieved in the reconciliation efforts in Egypt, said Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi affirming the Egyptian government's determination to carry out the roadmap. "We will be committed to the constitution that would ....

  • Tourism Minister meets Italian, Spanish ambassadors

    Tourism Minister meets Italian, Spanish ambassadors

    Date: 2013-11-17 16:32:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:392387

    Egypt's Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou held a meeting on Sunday with the Italian and Spanish Ambassadors in Cairo Maurizio Massari and Fidel Sendagorta, respectively. The meeting took up means of boosting tourism cooperation between Egypt and ....

  • Sisi meets Bahraini interior minister

    Sisi meets Bahraini interior minister

    Date: 2013-11-17 16:24:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:392371

    First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi met Sunday Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah al-Khalifa and his accompanying delegation. The Bahraini official conveyed a message from King Hamad bin Eissa ....

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