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  • N. Sinai police arrest fugitive at large since Jan. revolution

    N. Sinai police arrest fugitive at large since Jan. revolution

    Date: 2015-06-29 07:45:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2884433

    North Sinai police have arrested a fugitive who has been at large since the January 25 Revolution. Legal measures will be taken against Palestinian national Ramadan A. M., 39, a security source said Monday. ....

  • 2 makeshift bombs explode under power tower on Aswan-Cairo road

    2 makeshift bombs explode under power tower on Aswan-Cairo road

    Date: 2015-06-29 07:38:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2884369

    Two makeshift bombs placed beneath a high-voltage power transmission tower on Aswan-Cairo road went off early Monday. No word of casualties was reported. The explosion, which occurred in front of Banbat village, caused no damage. Sappers ....

  • Mahlab chairs meeting on disabled people

    Mahlab chairs meeting on disabled people

    Date: 2015-06-28 18:13:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2882905

    The National Council for Disability Affairs, under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, convened on Sunday to discuss a number of topics related to the disabled people. Attending the meeting were the ministers of planning, health, manpower, social ....

  • Prosecution issues gag order in foreign funding case

    Prosecution issues gag order in foreign funding case

    Date: 2015-06-28 18:12:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2882901

    Prosecutor General Hisam Barakat issued a gag order on the case known in the media as foreign funding case. The gag order covers all mass and electronic media. The media and press can only publish statements issued by the prosecution office ....

  • Presidential decree raises military pensions 10%

    Presidential decree raises military pensions 10%

    Date: 2015-06-28 18:12:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:2882897

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree to raise military pensions 10% starting from July 1. The presidential decree amends some provisions of Army Law 90 of 1975 on retirement, insurance and pensions. The pension increase will not have ....

  • Azhar imam meets Awqaf minister to review training programs for imams

    Azhar imam meets Awqaf minister to review training programs for imams

    Date: 2015-06-28 18:11:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:2882885

    Al Azhar Grand Imam Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb met Sunday with Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa to review plans of Awqaf Ministry to train imams through organizing courses throughout Egypt after Eidul-Fitr vacation. In a statement by the Awqaf ....

  • Mahlab chairs ministerial meeting on urban communities

    Mahlab chairs ministerial meeting on urban communities

    Date: 2015-06-28 12:40:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:2880789

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab chaired on Sunday a ministerial meeting to discuss a proposal to establish integrated urban communities across the nation. The meeting was attended by the ministers of agriculture and scientific research as well as ....

  • Sisi receives credentials of 11 new ambassadors

    Sisi receives credentials of 11 new ambassadors

    Date: 2015-06-28 12:03:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2878733

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Sunday the credentials of 11 new ambassadors, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef said. The new diplomats represent Zambia, Ukraine, Colombia, Brazil, Cyprus, Australia, Vatican, India, Panama, Pakistan ....

  • First solar-powered village inaugurated in Assiut

    First solar-powered village inaugurated in Assiut

    Date: 2015-06-28 11:02:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2880025

    Assiut governorate has witnessed the operation of 800 solar units in Nazlet Baqour village to become the first solar-powered village in Abu Teig township through cooperation between Pebseco company and Egypt EL Kheir Foundation. In statements on ....

  • Mahlab opens production line of photovoltaic solar panels

    Mahlab opens production line of photovoltaic solar panels

    Date: 2015-06-28 10:57:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2879433

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab inaugurated on Sunday a production line of photovoltaic solar panels at the headquarters of the Arab Renewable Energy Company (ARECO), a subsidiary of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI). The prime ....

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