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Interior Minister attends funeral of lieutenant killed in Ismailia
Date: 2014-02-12 18:19:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:552231
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim attended Wednesday the military funeral held for lieutenant Ahmed Hussein Fahmy. The funeral took place from the police's mosque in Abbasseya district. Top police ranks, military commanders, and senior officials ....
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Ethiopia calls for dialogue with Egypt to resolve controversial dam crisis
Date: 2014-02-12 18:18:05 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:552221
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has called for dialogue with Egypt to get out of the current crisis between the two countries over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Ethiopia's premier ruled out a military ....
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Egypt tourism minister says seeks to achieve 20 percent growth rate
Date: 2014-02-12 18:14:08 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:40 - ID:552192
Egypt's Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said that he seeks to achieve a growth rate in the tourism sector by about 20 percent. In exclusive statements to MENA correspondent here, Zaazou said that the tourism sector in Egypt lost about 2 billion ....
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EGX gains 3.6 billion pounds, hitting 468.7 billion pounds
Date: 2014-02-12 18:12:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:39 - ID:552185
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) continued its upward trend on Wednesday after statements by head of the 50-member committee about plans by Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to run in the coming presidential elections. The market ....
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Number of swine flu infections same as previous seasons - health minister
Date: 2014-02-12 17:56:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:552137
The number of people who had been diagnosed with the virus commonly known as swine flu is the same as the previous seasons, said Health Minister Maha el-Rabat. There is only a difference in complications, added the minister, noting that ....
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Ethiopia turns down Egypt’s request to temporarily suspend Renaissance dam building
Date: 2014-02-12 17:55:47 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:552135
Spokesman for Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Dina Mufti said that his country has turned down Egypt’s request to temporarily halt the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Walta Information Center reported. Egypt’s Irrigation Minister ....
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Communications, heath ministries sign cooperation protocol
Date: 2014-02-12 17:52:13 GMT - Egypt - Science - SN:36 - ID:552125
Prime Minister Hazem Beblawy witnessed on Wednesday the signing ceremony of a protocol between the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and the Ministry of Health. The protocol, aiming to use technological applications to provide ....
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Interior ministry denies report attributed to senior police official
Date: 2014-02-12 17:49:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:552114
The Interior Ministry denied a report circulated by Facebook pages run by the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood about a letter attributed to Deputy Interior Minister for Cairo Security Department General Ahmed Helmi. "This report is baseless," the ....
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Cabinet approves deal for combating money laundering in Arab world
Date: 2014-02-12 17:24:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:552070
Egypt's Cabinet approved on Wednesday the Arab Agreement on Anti-Money Laundering and Counterterrorism Financing approved earlier in December 2010 by Arab interior and justice ministers meeting. The agreement aims to eliminate money laundering ....
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Egypt mufti condemns Muslim genocide in Central Africa
Date: 2014-02-12 17:19:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:552062
Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam has strongly condemned the Muslim genocide by extremist militias in Central Africa. In a statement Wednesday, Allam urged the government and officials in Central Africa to swiftly intervene and shoulder the ....
