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"Egypt in our hearts" to last until Feb. 22: Aviation minister
Date: 2014-02-10 16:23:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:548025
The Ministries of Tourism and Aviation decided to extend "Egypt in our hearts" campaign, which aims to promote domestic tourism, to February 22. The initiative, which was launched by Aviation Minister Adbel-Aziz Fadel on January 24 and ....
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Boreai denies freezing bank accounts of suspended NGOs
Date: 2014-02-10 16:21:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:548023
Social Solidarity Minister Ahmed el-Boraei denied that a decision was issued to freeze the bank accounts of the suspended NGOs. A supervision panel was formed to oversee the funds of all the 1,055 suspended NGOs, he added. ....
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FM meets heads of African sector in Foreign Ministry
Date: 2014-02-10 16:19:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:548017
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi held a meeting Monday with heads of the ministry's African sector to discuss ways to promote relations with African nations and to prepare for Egypt's high-level participation in a number of African meetings and events ....
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White House reportedly struggling to target US citizen with drone attack
Date: 2014-02-10 16:18:46 GMT - USA - International - SN:69 - ID:548015
An American citizen who is a member of Al Qaeda is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, US officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new ....
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Jordan PM arrives in Cairo on official visit
Date: 2014-02-10 16:17:38 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:548010
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour arrived here Monday on an official visit for talks with Egyptian officials on regional conditions and ways to boost cooperation. Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy welcomed him at Cairo airport together ....
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Mubarak retrial postponed till March 8
Date: 2014-02-10 16:17:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:548008
The Cairo Criminal Court postponed the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his sons, former interior minister Habib el-Adly and six of his aides along with fugitive businessman Hussein Salem to March 8 to hear the testimony of Giza Security ....
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Mixed performance at EGX at close of trading
Date: 2014-02-10 16:16:22 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:66 - ID:548007
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) showed mixed performance on Monday affected by increased anticipation over the stance of Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi to run in the presidential elections. The market capital made limited ....
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David Cameron in EU Africa summit dilemma after Robert Mugabe invited
Date: 2014-02-10 16:14:55 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:65 - ID:547998
David Cameron faces a dilemma over whether to attend a summit between Africa and the European Union after President Robert Mugabe was formally invited to attend. The invitation comes despite Zimbabwe's leader being officially banned from ....
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EBRD's investments in Egypt stand at 203mln euros
Date: 2014-02-10 16:13:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:64 - ID:547993
The total investments of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Egypt hit 203 million euros, said EBRD’s managing director for the southern and eastern Mediterranean region Hildegard Gacek. In a speech delivered during the ....
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Iraqi parliament speaker escapes assassination attempt
Date: 2014-02-10 16:12:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:547988
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Ossama al-Nujaifi narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Mosul, 405km north of Baghdad, on Monday, a security source said. A roadside bomb went off targeting Nujaifi's motorcade in Somer neighborhood, eastern ....