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  • Court slaps 5-year prison term against student over Mansoura riots

    Date: 2014-06-26 11:46:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:798976

    MANSOURA, Egypt, June 26 (MENA) - A Dakahlia criminal court sentenced a student to five years in prison over the clashes that erupted in Mansoura University in October. Security forces arrested the student along with 11 others in the clashes. The ....

  • Sisi holds meeting with Gambia president in Malabo

    Date: 2014-06-26 11:43:17 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:62 - ID:799022

    MALABO, June 26 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held talks with his Gambian counterpart Yahya Jammeh on the sidelines of the 23rd ordinary summit of the African Union in the Equatorial Guinean capital on Thursday. Presidential ....

  • 182-, 364-day T-bills auctioned

    Date: 2014-06-26 11:42:44 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:61 - ID:798975

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - The Finance Ministry auctioned on Thursday treasury bills at a total value of EGP 7 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 3 billion of 182-day T-bills. The average yield was 10.827%, it said, ....

  • 3,212 Egyptians arrive at Safaga port

    Date: 2014-06-26 11:19:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:798896

    HURGHADA, June 26 (MENA) - Three ferries arrived at Safaga port on Thursday, carrying 3,212 Egyptians coming from Gulf countries to spend their annual vacation at home, the port director said. The ferries are coming from the Saudi port of Dhaba, ....

  • British Foreign Secretary Hague arrives in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-06-26 11:19:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:798877

    BAGHDAD, June 26 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague has arrived in Baghdad to urge Iraqi politicians to unite against the "existential threat" from Sunni insurgents, ABC reported. Hague said the country must form an inclusive ....

  • Egypt eyes India movie about Egypt tourism

    Date: 2014-06-26 11:17:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:798886

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) – The tourism ministry will organize a tour for an Indian delegation to choose shooting locations for an Indian movie about Egypt. The "Love in Cairo" movie is part of the ministry's efforts to lure more tourists to Egypt, ....

  • 2 sentenced to death over child murder in Sharqiya

    Date: 2014-06-26 11:14:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:798916

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, June 26 (MENA) - A Sharqiya criminal court sentenced two persons to death and three others to 15 rigorous years in prison over kidnapping and murdering a child. The five have abducted a 4-year-old boy outside his house in Sharqiya ....

  • U.S. commandos arrive in Iraq to ‘assess and advise’ Shi’ite government

    Date: 2014-06-26 11:11:51 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:798900

    WASHINGTON, June 26 (MENA) - The United States has deployed commandos to assess the Iraqi military and its ability to combat Al Qaida. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama would send up to 400 special operations troops to ....

  • Interior Ministry reiterates commitment to maximum limit of wages

    Date: 2014-06-26 11:09:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:798897

    CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry reiterated on Thursday commitment to applying the maximum limit of wages (42,000 pounds). The ministry, in a statement, denounced statements attributed to the spokesman for the Central Auditing ....

  • 39 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-06-26 11:07:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:798933

    ISMAILIA, June 26 (MENA) – Thirty-nine vessels transited the Suez Canal Thursday, carrying a total cargo of 2.621 million tons. The north-bound convoy comprised 22 ships, carrying a cargo of 1.456 million tons, while the south-bound convoy ....

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