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Alex. governor inspects train blast scene
Date: 2014-07-04 07:35:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:810845
Alexandria Governor Tariq al-Mahdi inspected the scene of Abu Qir train blast which took place earlier on Thursday. "At least five people were injured when a home-made bomb went off inside the train," he told MENA. The train movement was ....
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PM tackles means to control prices, achieve economic reform
Date: 2014-07-04 07:25:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:810828
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab discussed means to control the prices of food commodities in the coming period and reviewed the state budget deficit. During a meeting Thursday night with major food suppliers and hypermarket owners, Mahlab said the ....
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Min announces gradual lifting of energy subsidy within 5 years
Date: 2014-07-03 18:26:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:810456
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker announced on Thursday that the energy subsidy will be lifted gradually within five years without affecting the low-income bracket. The middle-class citizens will get electricity at its ....
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Alexandria security chief denies blast in el-Montaza police station
Date: 2014-07-03 18:24:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:810453
Interior Minister Assistant Amin Ezz Eldin denied news fanned about a blast by an explosive charge in el-Montaza police station. Ezz Eldin told MENA that a cable was damaged causing an explosion-like sound, adding that security forces controlled ....
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Sisi issues decree on military, police IDs, uniforms
Date: 2014-07-03 18:20:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:810445
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued on Thursday a decree on a law regulating the issuance of IDs for military and police personnel and the making of their uniforms. The decree introduced amendments to the penal code, according to Presidential ....
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MB rally on Haram St dispersed, security tightened on Arab League St
Date: 2014-07-03 18:19:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:810443
Security forces dispersed on Thursday a rally by the terrorist Muslim (MB) Brotherhood group on Haram street in Giza. Clashes were reported at the scene as the Brotherhood supporters fired bullets and threw stones at the troops. They also ....
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Sisi issues decree on competition protection
Date: 2014-07-03 16:10:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:810342
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued on Thursday a decree amending some provisions of the Law No. 3 of 2005 on the Protection of Competition and Prevention of Monopolistic Practices. Presidential spokesman Ehab Badawi said the decision was ....
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Rajoub says Israeli aggression against Palestinians "barbaric, fascist"
Date: 2014-07-03 15:58:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:810326
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri had talks on Thursday with prominent Palestinian politician Jebril al-Rajoub on the Israeli escalations against the Palestinians and conditions in the Palestinian territories. Speaking to reporters after the meeting ....
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President issues decree on maximum salary limit
Date: 2014-07-03 15:51:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:810321
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree to set a ceiling for the wages of all state employees. Under the law, the maximum monthly payment a state worker will get will be EGP 42,000, 35-fold of the set minimum wage figure of EGP ....
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Army colonel, policeman killed in attacks in Benghazi
Date: 2014-07-03 15:49:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:810317
A retired army colonel and a policeman were killed Thursday by unidentified gunmen in two separate incidents. "The colonel was shot dead by gunmen driving a car in Hayy el-Salam area," Spokesman of the Libyan Special Forces Melad Zori told ....