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WB: FPD took 18 percent of current portfolio of IBRD investments in Egypt
Date: 2014-06-18 08:09:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:25 - ID:784211
The World Bank has said its current portfolio in Egypt stood at dlrs 4.92 billions, including major Trust Funds which grouped 25 projects in the sectors of energy and environment, finance and private sector development (FPD) that reached 18% of the ....
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Russia hopes for objective report on human rights in Ukraine – Churkin
Date: 2014-06-18 07:53:34 GMT - Russia - International - SN:23 - ID:784177
Russia hopes for the objective assessment of the situation in Ukraine in the next UN report on human rights, which will be submitted this week, The Voice of Russia quoted the Russian permanent representative at the world organization, Vitaly ....
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Key Ukraine gas pipeline hit by blast
Date: 2014-06-18 07:50:29 GMT - Russia - International - SN:22 - ID:784165
Ukrainian police officials said the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhgorod Pipeline, also known as the Trans-Siberian Pipeline, was damaged in the northeastern Lokhvytsia region, Itar Tass reported. Nobody appeared to be injured and Ukraine's state gas company, ....
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S. Korea, Saudi Arabia agree to expand direct air route
Date: 2014-06-18 07:46:03 GMT - south korea - International - SN:21 - ID:784153
South Korea and Saudi Arabia have agreed to more than double the number of weekly flights between the two countries, Yonhap news agency said Wednesday quoting the transport ministry here. In a recent aviation meeting, the two countries agreed to ....
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Afghan President Karzai dismisses 'al-Qaeda comeback'
Date: 2014-06-18 07:43:25 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:20 - ID:784151
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has dismissed the possibility of al-Qaeda linked groups making a comeback in his country in a similar way to Iraq, the BBC reported Wednesday. Asked whether what was happening in Iraq could happen in Afghanistan, the ....
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Israel continues escalation, arrest prisoners freed in Shalit swap deal
Date: 2014-06-18 07:41:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:784148
Israeli forces continued escalation in the West Bank provinces on Wednesday and arrested a large number of Palestinians who were freed in a prisoner swap deal in return for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Israel has been carrying out a massive ....
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Buildings asked from housing ministry for slums residents: Giza governor
Date: 2014-06-18 07:39:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:784144
Giza Governor Ali Abdel Rahman said Wednesday that he called on the ministry of housing to provide residential units for the province's slum residents, pointing out that lands near the slums are limited and not enough. Abdel told MENA that some ....
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Special needs children on board of overturned bus in Beheira
Date: 2014-06-18 07:36:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:784133
Beheira security chief Mohamed Tahoun said the bus that overturned on the Cairo/Alexandria desert road early Wednesday was carrying a number of children of special needs and their families. They were returning to Cairo after a journey in ....
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American woman returns Pharaonic artifacts to Egyptian embassy in Washington
Date: 2014-06-18 07:33:30 GMT - USA - Culture - SN:16 - ID:784126
An American woman brought back a number of Pharaonic artifacts to the Egyptian Embassy here in a gesture that signals growing awareness of American people of the importance of preserving the Egyptian heritage. Deborah Lehr, who acts as president ....
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40 wanted arrested in N. Sinai
Date: 2014-06-18 07:28:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:784113
Forty fugitives and wanted persons have been arrested in raids in North Sinai, a security source has said. The raids were carried out at entrances and exits of el-Arish city to arrest outlaws and supects. Some 192 traffic violations were ....
