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Muft: Egypt taking steady paces towards restoring leading role
Date: 2014-06-15 14:32:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:779383
Egyptian Mufti Shawqi Allam said on Sunday that Egypt is taking steady paces towards restoring its leading role at the regional and international levels. These remarks came during a meeting with a UK parliamentary delegation. "While Egypt is ....
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Bourse indexes down
Date: 2014-06-15 14:08:10 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:32 - ID:779321
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes went down collectively Sunday due to intensive share sales by foreign investors. The market capital lost about EGP 2.9 billion to reach EGP 493 billion after transactions reached EGP 774 million. The main ....
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Azhar "patriotic" institution, cares about concerns of Arab, Islamic nations - Tayyeb
Date: 2014-06-15 13:48:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:779279
Al-Azhar is an Islamic and patriotic institution that cares about the concerns of Egypt and all other Arab and Islamic nations, affirmed Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Dr Ahmed el-Tayyeb. Al-Azhar also works on maintaining national unity throughout the ....
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Army chief opens scientific fair at Military Technical College
Date: 2014-06-15 13:42:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:779257
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi opened a scientific exhibition at the Military Technical College on Sunday. The expo showcases the latest scientific and research applications by the college's ....
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Iran vice president says extremist groups threaten global peace
Date: 2014-06-15 13:20:27 GMT - Bolivia - International - SN:29 - ID:779216
Extremist and terrorist groups pose serious threat against world peace and stability, IRNA quoted visiting Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri as saying in a meeting with Bolivian President Evo Morales, here Sunday. The Iranian first vice ....
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British PM issues powerful new pledge to combat extremism
Date: 2014-06-15 13:10:55 GMT - United Kingdom - Variety - SN:28 - ID:779194
Muslim clerics in the UK who inflame terrorism by denouncing free speech, equality and democracy will be opposed in a ‘muscular’ new defense of ‘British values’, the Daily Mail quoted British Prime Minister David Cameron as pledging Sunday. In a ....
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Egypt, Hungary probe restitution of 3 artifacts
Date: 2014-06-15 12:59:13 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:27 - ID:779174
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim discussed with Hungarian Ambassador here Peter Kveck the possibility of retrieving three Egyptian artifacts displayed at the Hungarian National Museum through diplomatic channels. The three relics were ....
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Trial of Beltagui, Hegazi in torturing 2 policemen suspended
Date: 2014-06-15 12:57:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:779170
Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday decided to suspend the trial of two leading figures of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group; Mohamad el-Beltagui and Safwat Hegazi, over torturing two policemen during Rabaa el-Adawiya sit-in till a request on a ....
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Army chief attends Command and Staff College graduation
Date: 2014-06-15 11:59:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:779061
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi attended the graduation of three batches from the Egyptian Command and Staff College. The graduating batches include cadets from 11 countries: France, Iraq, Jordan, ....
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FM meets high ranking British delegation
Date: 2014-06-15 11:57:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:779056
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met on Sunday with a high-level British delegation visiting Cairo. During the meeting, the head of the 18-member delegation congratulated Fahmy on the occasion of electing Abdel Fatah El Sisi as Egypt's new president, ....