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Kerry denies asking Iraq to form national salvation govt
Date: 2014-06-26 07:45:02 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:798516
US Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed as groundless statements by Iraqi Foreign Minister Nouri Maliki that he asked him to form a national salvation government. Kerry, as quoted by the BBC, said after a meeting with the NATO here that he ....
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Interior minister checks on security at Maadi metro station
Date: 2014-06-26 07:44:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:798514
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim toured Thakanat El-Maadi metro station on Thursday to inspect security measures, one day after a string of minor blasts went off at four metro stations and a courthouse in Cairo. At least six people suffered ....
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Sisi's visit launches new era of Egypt-Algeria ties: Spokesman
Date: 2014-06-25 17:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:798022
The recent visit of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to Algeria launches a new era of a stable and strategic relationship between Egypt and Algeria, said Presidency Spokesman Ihab Badawy. The talks between two countries' leaders took up ....
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Mahlab says new budget to be finalized soon
Date: 2014-06-25 17:53:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:798020
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said on Wednesday that the new draft budget will be finalized soon. Cabinet spokesman Hossam al-Qawish said that the new amendments will be presented to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, once he comes back home from ....
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Ghada Wali: Solidarity Ministry to lead campaign against smoking
Date: 2014-06-25 17:46:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:798006
Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali would reveal on Thursday the results of a national survey on the problem of drug abuse. The survey, conducted by the national fund for fighting and treating addiction, includes rates of drug addicts, ....
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Trial of Beltagi, Hegazi on torturing policemen delayed to July 1
Date: 2014-06-25 17:44:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:798003
Cairo Criminal Court decided in its session on Wednesday to postpone until July 1 the trial of Brotherhood leaders Mohamed el-Beltagi and Safwat Hegazi over charges of kidnapping and torturing a policeman and a non-commissioned officer during a ....
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Mahlab attends signing protocol with Arabia
Date: 2014-06-25 17:43:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:797995
Egypt's Housing Ministry signed on Wednesday an agreement with the Saudi Egyptian Construction Company. Upon the deal, the company will increase its capital in the Egyptian market to 243 million dollars. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended ....
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Cairo airport on high alert following 5 metro blasts
Date: 2014-06-25 17:41:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:797991
Security measures have been beefed up at Cairo airport Wednesday following the five explosions that rocked Egypt early in the day. Six people were injured in five attacks that targeted four metro stations (Shubra el-kheima, Kobri el-Kobba, ....
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Upon Sisi's directions, Egypt research centers to train African cadres in developing fisheries
Date: 2014-06-25 17:40:02 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:797989
Upon President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's directions, Egyptian research centers will be training African cadres in developing fisheries, on which 90 percent of the continent's production of fish depends. Remarks to these effects were made by Deputy ....
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Businessman Abul Enein donates 250 million pounds for setting up vocational schools
Date: 2014-06-25 17:35:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:797968
Egyptian businessman Mohamed Abul Enein on Wednesday said he will donate 250 million pounds to be channeled into setting up vocational schools that serve all Egypt's provincial governorates. The step comes in response to a call by President Abdel ....