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MENA Agenda for Wednesday, Dec 13
Date: 2017-12-13 06:42:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7137896
ISTANBUL, The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) holds an extraordinary summit on Jerusalem to discuss the repercussions of US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as a capital of Israel. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry ....
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Education minister heads to Amman for WB event
Date: 2017-12-12 20:07:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:95 - ID:7137568
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Education Minister Tarek Shawki left Cairo Tuesday heading for Jordan's Amman to take in a World Bank event. During the event, the World Development Report 2018 would be launched. Spokesman for the Education Ministry ....
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Environment minister says Egypt rapidly turns to renewable energy
Date: 2017-12-12 19:13:19 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:92 - ID:7137565
PARIS, Dec 12 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy said Tuesday Egypt is rapidly turning to using new and renewable energy. According to plans, renewable energy would provide up to 20 percent of Egypt's electricity need by 2022 and 35 ....
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Pope Tawadros back home following spinal surgery in Germany
Date: 2017-12-12 16:02:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:7137389
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark returned home on Tuesday after undergoing a spinal surgery in Germany. The pope also visited Austria for a few days before returning to homeland, wrapping ....
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Security source to MENA: Casualties of Rod el Farag collapsed building rises to 7
Date: 2017-12-12 12:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:7136714
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Civil Protection Forces in Cairo rescued two persons from the rubble of a building that collapsed early on Tuesday in Geziret Badran area in the Rod el Farag district of Shubra, a security source told MENA. The source said ....
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Health Ministry: 2 killed, 4 injured in collapse of 2 houses in Shubra
Date: 2017-12-12 12:16:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:7136688
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health on Tuesday announced that two persons were killed and four others injured when two houses collapsed in Rod el Farag area in the Cairo district of Shubra. The Ministry's spokesman Khaled Megahed said ....
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Trade exchange between Egypt, Ukraine hit dlrs 1.255 bn in 1st half of 2017
Date: 2017-12-12 11:56:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:7136451
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - The volume of trade exchange between Egypt and Ukraine recorded dlrs 1.255 billion from January to June 2017, compared to dlrs 1.206 billion during the same period last year. This was announced by Trade and Industry ....
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Sisi directs to expand building of new universities in 2018
Date: 2017-12-12 11:47:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:7136530
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Minister of Education Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi gave directives to expand the building of new universities according to international standards in 2018. Sisi directed that the ....
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Miss Russia leaves Cairo
Date: 2017-12-12 10:11:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:7136452
CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - Miss Russia Victoria Lopyreva left Cairo International Airport on Tuesday after a three-day visit to Egypt. The visit aimed at promoting Russian tourism in Egypt and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Lopyreva visited a ....
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Vessel traffic at Alex. port not affected by dense fog - source
Date: 2017-12-12 08:59:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7136231
ALEXANDRIA, Dec 12 (MENA) - Vessel traffic at Alexandria Port was not affected by the heavy fog while navigation operations proceeded as normal despite poor visibility, a port official said. Earlier in the day, the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, ....