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  • Giza governor urges citizens to report corruption cases

    Giza governor urges citizens to report corruption cases

    Date: 2014-02-10 19:15:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:82 - ID:548268

    Giza Governor Ali Abdel-Rahman on Monday urged residents of the province to report any corruption cases to the authorities concerned, especially cases of seeking bribes by civil servants. "We will keep cooperating with the supervisory bodies to ....

  • Last batch of bonus for weaving workers paid end of this week: Investment min.

    Last batch of bonus for weaving workers paid end of this week: Investment min.

    Date: 2014-02-10 19:14:02 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:81 - ID:548264

    Egypt’s Investment Minister Ossama Saleh said that the last batch of bonus for workers of the spinning and weaving at public sector companies will be paid at the end of this week. Earlier, cabinet approved paying the delayed bonus in its ....

  • US commander says Osprey training in Okinawa can be halved

    US commander says Osprey training in Okinawa can be halved

    Date: 2014-02-10 19:12:10 GMT - Japan - International - SN:80 - ID:548258

    The top commander of US forces in Japan expressed confidence Monday that around half of their training using MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft can be conducted outside Okinawa Prefecture, Kyodo news agency reported. "I don't have the data but I ....

  • No room for politics in mosques: minister

    No room for politics in mosques: minister

    Date: 2014-02-10 17:28:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:548131

    There is no room for politics in mosques, said Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa. In a statement on Monday following a meeting with Awqaf Ministry officials, Gomaa stressed that the Egyptian society has recently suffered from mixing politics ....

  • Interior min. meets ministry's personnel in Damietta

    Interior min. meets ministry's personnel in Damietta

    Date: 2014-02-10 17:27:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:78 - ID:548127

    Egypt’s Interior Minister met with security leaders, officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers in Damietta to discuss problems concerning health insurance. During the meeting on Monday, Ibrahim promised to provide all needed medications ....

  • Egypt's announcement of 34bln EGP Stimulus Package power up for an economy on the mend -- spokesman

    Egypt's announcement of 34bln EGP Stimulus Package power up for an economy on the mend -- spokesman

    Date: 2014-02-10 16:30:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:77 - ID:548037

    Today, Egypt’s Finance Ministry announced the details of a second stimulus package since the interim government took over the leadership of the country after the June 30th revolution in a step that aimed to further shore up the economy, according to ....

  • Presidency sanctions court sentences against defendants in Al Azhar, Abdel-Moneim Riyad blasts

    Presidency sanctions court sentences against defendants in Al Azhar, Abdel-Moneim Riyad blasts

    Date: 2014-02-10 16:28:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:548035

    The presidency's State Security Affairs Bureau has sanctioned sentences issued by the Higher State Security Criminal Courts "emergency" in a number of terrorist cases, including the Al Azhar and Abdel-Moneim Riyad explosions that occurred in 2005 ....

  • Fahmi, Chatila probe regional developments

    Fahmi, Chatila probe regional developments

    Date: 2014-02-10 16:27:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:548033

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi received here President of the Lebanese People's Congress Kamal Chatila for talks on the latest developments in Lebanon and the region. Egypt is highly concerned with restoring stability to the region and supports ....

  • Ashton stresses need to stop terrorist attacks in Egypt

    Ashton stresses need to stop terrorist attacks in Egypt

    Date: 2014-02-10 16:27:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:548032

    EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton stressed the need to promptly halt what the European Union considers as "terrorist attacks" in Egypt. In statements on the sidelines of the formal EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday, ....

  • Cairo's engineering faculty wins 8th position in int'l competition

    Cairo's engineering faculty wins 8th position in int'l competition

    Date: 2014-02-10 16:25:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:548028

    Cairo University's Faculty of Engineering won the eighth position in the Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2014 competition held in Philippines from February 6 to 9. Egypt participated in the event by two teams; one from Cairo University and the other ....

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