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  • EAC member state to host coming summit

    EAC member state to host coming summit

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:03:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2769161

    Egyptian Minister of Industry and Trade Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour on Wednesday said that the trade ministers of the three African economic blocs COMESA, SADC and EAC have agreed that an EAC member state will host the coming EAC summit for the year ....

  • Transport minister: Study to be devised to established railway line linking African countries

    Transport minister: Study to be devised to established railway line linking African countries

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:02:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2769169

    Minister of Transport Hani Dahi said the COMESA-EDC-SADC Summit has included a plan to establish a railway line linking the African continent as part of the summit agenda. In statements to MENA on the fringe of COMESA-EDC-SADC Summit, currently ....

  • Rafah crossing reopened for 3 days

    Rafah crossing reopened for 3 days

    Date: 2015-06-10 11:59:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:2769129

    The Egyptian authorities have decided to open the Rafah crossing for three days as of June 13 and until June 15 in both directions. The decision came in implementation of agreed upon mechanisms and timetables to allow stranded passengers and ....

  • Evangelical Church head meets Archbishop of Canterbury

    Evangelical Church head meets Archbishop of Canterbury

    Date: 2015-06-10 11:54:24 GMT - United Kingdom - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2769093

    Head of the Evangelical Church Rev. Andrea Zaki met here Wednesday with Archbishop of Canterbury Most Revd Justin Welby as part of his current visit to the United Kingdom. The meeting covered relations binding the Anglican and Evangelical ....

  • Antiquities Minister heading to Luxor after foiled terrorist attack

    Antiquities Minister heading to Luxor after foiled terrorist attack

    Date: 2015-06-10 11:49:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2769049

    Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty is heading to the tourist city of Luxor to inspect the situation on the ground after a foiled terrorist attack on Wednesday. Security forces foiled an attempt to detonate a tourist bus near Karnak Temple in ....

  • 480 Egyptians return from Libya via Salloum crossing over past 24 hours

    480 Egyptians return from Libya via Salloum crossing over past 24 hours

    Date: 2015-06-10 11:47:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2769037

    As many as 480 Egyptians returned from Libya via Salloum border crossing over the past 24 hours, said Matrouh Security Director General Anani Hamouda. Hamouda said he ordered their arrival measures to be finished swiftly, noting that 117 of the ....

  • Sisi, WB president meet

    Sisi, WB president meet

    Date: 2015-06-10 11:43:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2769005

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi had talks Wednesday with President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim, currently visiting here to attend the third COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit. During the meeting, Kim hailed the success of the recent Egypt ....

  • Unknown assailants set ablaze four private buses in Sharqiya

    Unknown assailants set ablaze four private buses in Sharqiya

    Date: 2015-06-10 11:42:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2768993

    Unknown assailants set ablaze four private buses in a town in Sharqiya as they thought the buses were owned by the Public Transport Authority on Wednesday. Sharqiya's police chief said firefighters contained the fire and prevented it from ....

  • Sisi delegates Mahlab to attend NEPAD meetings, AU summit in South Africa

    Sisi delegates Mahlab to attend NEPAD meetings, AU summit in South Africa

    Date: 2015-06-10 11:41:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2768593

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to attend meetings of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the African Union summit, which are scheduled to be held early next week in South Africa. ....

  • Three terrorists killed, injured in failed Karnak terror attack

    Three terrorists killed, injured in failed Karnak terror attack

    Date: 2015-06-10 11:17:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2768613

    Two terrorists were killed and one injured when security forces intervened earlier Wednesday to foil an attempt to detonate a tourist bus near Karnak Temple in the Upper Egypt governorate of Luxor. In statements to MENA Wednesday, a security ....

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