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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 ....

  • Boreai denies freezing bank accounts of suspended NGOs

    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. ....

  • FM meets heads of African sector in Foreign Ministry

    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 ....

  • White House reportedly struggling to target US citizen with drone attack

    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 ....

  • Jordan PM arrives in Cairo on official visit

    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 ....

  • Mubarak retrial postponed till March 8

    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 ....

  • Mixed performance at EGX at close of trading

    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 ....

  • David Cameron in EU Africa summit dilemma after Robert Mugabe invited

    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 ....

  • EBRD's investments in Egypt stand at 203mln euros

    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 ....

  • Iraqi parliament speaker escapes assassination attempt

    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 ....

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