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  • Egypt auctions T-bonds

    Egypt auctions T-bonds

    Date: 2014-06-23 12:38:50 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:68 - ID:793464

    The Finance Ministry auctioned on Monday treasury bonds at a total value of EGP 4 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 2.25 billion of 3-year treasury bonds and EGP 500 billion of 7-year bonds. A coupon of 13.478% was ....

  • 24 MB members get life imprisonment in Mansoura

    24 MB members get life imprisonment in Mansoura

    Date: 2014-06-23 12:37:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:793461

    Mansoura Criminal Court has sentenced 24 members of terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group to life imprisonment after being found guilty of the murder of taxi driver Mohamad Gamaleddin Bedir. The MB members were demonstrating in Mansoura against ....

  • 1st stage of restoration project to Pyramids area to end next week - minister

    1st stage of restoration project to Pyramids area to end next week - minister

    Date: 2014-06-23 12:36:50 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:66 - ID:793458

    Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said that the first stage of the restoration project of the Pyramids archaeological area will end next week. The project includes restoring of the roads within the archaeological area and providing it with ....

  • 44 scientists win state awards for science for 2013

    44 scientists win state awards for science for 2013

    Date: 2014-06-23 12:29:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:793442

    Forty-four Egyptian scientists won the state's awards for science and technology for 2013, State Minister of Scientific Research Sherif Hamad said. The winners will be given their awards during a celebration to be attended by the president, Hamad ....

  • Governorate continues removing violations in Cairo suburbs - governor

    Governorate continues removing violations in Cairo suburbs - governor

    Date: 2014-06-23 12:25:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:793436

    Cairo Governor Galal Saed inspected on Monday the Cornishe area in Road el-Farag and Sahel suburbs. He gave orders to remove violations in Cornishe area to ease traffic flow and pay attention to cleanliness. The governor inspected also ....

  • NATO does not see reason for Russia-NATO council meeting now

    NATO does not see reason for Russia-NATO council meeting now

    Date: 2014-06-23 12:23:09 GMT - Russia - International - SN:63 - ID:793434

    NATO sources in Brussels said that the General Command of the alliance "does not see a political rationale for holding a Russia - NATO council meeting at the foreign ministers level in the near future, Itar-Tass reported. NATO lauds the ....

  • Interior ministry confirms death of policeman in Atamana island crackdown

    Interior ministry confirms death of policeman in Atamana island crackdown

    Date: 2014-06-23 12:17:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:792850

    The Interior Ministry confirmed on Monday the death of the director of the North Sohag criminal investigation department in a crackdown on a criminal hotbed in Atamana island in Tama township, Sohag governorate. In a press release, the ministry ....

  • Zuma welcomes Egypt's resumption of  AU activities

    Zuma welcomes Egypt's resumption of AU activities

    Date: 2014-06-23 12:14:12 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:793414

    Chairperson of the AU Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma welcomed Egypt's resumption of its activities at the African Union (AU). Zuma made the remark during the opening of the meeting of the executive council of the foreign ministers of the ....

  • US faces opposing regional interests in bid to blunt insurgency in Iraq

    US faces opposing regional interests in bid to blunt insurgency in Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-23 12:05:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:61 - ID:793398

    As the Obama administration's top diplomat arrived in the Middle East to gather support to blunt a Sunni insurgency in Iraq, the U.S. was colliding with the region's ethnic, tribal and sectarian divisions. Deep gaps between U.S. and Arab views ....

  • Haig: Iraq problem needs political, security solution

    Haig: Iraq problem needs political, security solution

    Date: 2014-06-23 11:55:10 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:60 - ID:793370

    British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Monday the UK backed US Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to secure an inclusive government in Iraq as he admitted concerns that the ISIL is gaining ground in Iraq. Arriving in Luxembourg for ....

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