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Measures taken to ensure smooth voting in parlt polls – min.

Date: 2015-10-13 11:50:02 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:40 - ID:3522021

CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) – All measures were taken to ensure that citizens will be able to cast their ballots smoothly during the parliamentary elections, scheduled for next week, Local Development Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr said. During a meeting of ....

Administrative prosecution club forms central room for parlt polls

Date: 2015-10-13 10:13:22 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:26 - ID:3520513

CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) – The Administrative Prosecution Authority’s Club will form a central control room to follow up the parliamentary elections, which will start on October 18. The room will receive complaints and work on resolving them, and any ....

Interior min. forms branch control room for parlt polls

Date: 2015-10-13 10:09:55 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:23 - ID:3521033

CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar ordered the establishment of a branch operations room at the human rights sector to follow up the course of the parliamentary elections, which kick off next week. The new room will be ....

Georgia seeks reformation of Cairo-Teplisi MPs friendly committee after parl't elections

Date: 2015-10-13 09:33:53 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:14 - ID:3520709

CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) - Georgia is to call for reforming a friendship association between Egyptian and Georgian MPs after the lining up of a new Egyptian parliament, the Georgian envoy here said. In statements to MENA on Tuesday, Arcil Dzolya ....

Gambia supports Egypt's bid to win non-permanent UNSC seat

Date: 2015-10-13 07:51:20 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:5 - ID:3520529

CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) - Gambia voiced support to Egypt's bid to win a non-permanent UN seat in a session that will be held in New York on Thursday. Gambian President Yahya Jammeh received Egypt's presidential envoy Ambassador Ahmed Fadel who ....

Egypt FM arrives in New York for UNSC vote

Date: 2015-10-12 21:07:11 GMT - USA - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:117 - ID:3519653

NEW YORK, Oct 12 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived Monday in New York to take part in a United Nations Security Council vote on the non-permanent UN Security Council seats for the 2016-2017 term, among which Egypt is a ....

Egypt's regional role important to confront terrorism - Lebanese minister

Date: 2015-10-12 15:34:58 GMT - Lebanon - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:78 - ID:3517477

BEIRUT, Oct 12 (MENA) - Lebanese Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi on Monday said the Egyptian regional role is very important in confronting terrorism, extremism and takfiri ideologies in the Arab world and the Middle East. Azzi, who received Egyptian ....

6 missing Egyptian pilgrims confirmed alive

Date: 2015-10-12 15:32:48 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:77 - ID:3516905

CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) – Six Egyptian pilgrims who were unaccounted for during the recent Mina stampede in the Hajj season have been confirmed alive and have returned home, the Foreign Ministry announced. The Egyptian consulate in Jeddah is still ....

Shoukry leaves for New York to take part in election of UN non-permanent members

Date: 2015-10-12 10:18:03 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:25 - ID:3514289

CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left here on Monday for New York on a several days' visit during which he will take part in a UN General Assembly session to elect five non-permanent UN members for 2016-2017, including ....

Foreign Ministry changes Facebook profile picture ahead of UN vote on non-permanent seat

Date: 2015-10-12 08:40:11 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:16 - ID:3513489

CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - The Egyptian Foreign Ministry changed on Monday the profile picture of its Facebook account as part of preparations for the UN vote on non-permanent seats in the Security Council for 2016 – 2017. Egypt is hoping to get a ....