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Armed Forces starts implementing new Suez Canal project - spokesman
Date: 2014-08-10 12:06:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:866971
The Armed Forces started Wednesday carrying out the new Suez Canal project, the military spokesman has said. The digging work was divided into 33 sectors and assigned to specialized civil companies and two road divisions of the Armed Forces ....
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Environmnet min. confers with Danish amb. to Cairo on means to boost environmental cooperation
Date: 2014-08-10 11:52:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:866940
Environment Minister Khaled Fahmi conferred with the Danish ambassador to Egypt and her accompanying delegation on means to boost cooperation in the environmental field. The Danish ambassador expressed interest in cooperation with Egypt in the ....
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Tourist buses to be used in public transportation soon - minister
Date: 2014-08-10 11:39:14 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:866901
Coordination is under way among the ministries concerned to use tourist buses in longer-distance public transportation, Local Development Minister Adel Labib said Sunday. In press statements, Labib said the new buses will ferry citizens from the ....
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Culture min. meets with Family Library committee
Date: 2014-08-10 10:29:15 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:5 - ID:866778
Culture Minister Gaber Asfour met with the Family Library committee that was recently re-formed. The committee agreed on launching three new book series. The first series is on those with special needs, the second on Egyptian cultural figures and ....
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Absence of political process in Iraq to feed terrorism - King Abdullah
Date: 2014-08-10 10:21:17 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:866759
King Abdullah II of Jordan warned that the absence of a political process in Iraq would feed terrorism and extremism and would complicate chances for reaching a solution to the Syrian crisis. King Abdullah, in an interview with Al-Ghad newspaper ....
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AL denies Arabi was vacationing in London during Gaza aggression
Date: 2014-08-10 09:57:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:866714
The Arab League secretariat general denied on Sunday a media report that Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi was vacationing in London during the Israeli aggression on Gaza. This is a groundless report, it said in a statement, stressing that Arabi ....
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Airlifting Egyptians fleeing Liby to end Sunday: Aviation Min.
Date: 2014-08-10 07:30:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:866462
Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal said Saturday that airlifting Egyptians, who fled Libya to borders with Tunisia, to their homeland will end on Sunday morning. "As many as 11,500 Egyptians have returned through an airlift operated by EgyptAir ....
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Ban voiced concern over humanitarian, security situation in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-10 07:26:56 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:1 - ID:866456
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern over humanitarian and security situation in Iraq. The UN and the international community are closely watching the political developments in Iraq, he said. Ban called on all the political parties ....
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Situation in Iraq 'unprecedentedly dangerous': FM
Date: 2014-08-09 17:44:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:866118
Egypt's Foreign Ministry stressed that the situation in Iraq is "unprecedentedly dangerous" in the view of recent movements by the Islamic State and its attempts to control the Iraqi state and re-form the society though displacing minorities. In ....
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Obama: No timetable for Iraq airstrikes
Date: 2014-08-09 17:33:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:28 - ID:866109
US airstrikes have "successfully destroyed arms and equipment" that terrorists with ISIS could have used against the Kurdish regional capital of Irbil in Iraq, US President Barack Obama said Saturday. "We feel confident" that military efforts can ....
