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  • Minister highlights need for establishing special environment fund

    Date: 2014-06-24 12:34:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:795072

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy asserted that efforts are currently under way to establish a special fund for environmental finance in order to meet environment protection needs and not increase burdens on the ....

  • UN investigates human rights violations as ISIL overtakes key areas of Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-24 12:32:17 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:795181

    GENEVA, June 24 (MENA) - The United Nations said Tuesday at least 1,075 Iraqi citizens, the vast majority of them civilians, have been killed during June as the ISIL overtakes key areas of the country, ABC News reported. According to the UN human ....

  • Communication min., UAE state min. discuss boosting cooperation

    Date: 2014-06-24 12:26:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:794975

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) – Communication Minister Atef Helmy discussed with United Arab Emirates' Minister of State Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber prospects of boosting bilateral cooperation in the communication and information technology fields. They ....

  • EGX indices go down on back of sharp decline at Dubai stock exchange

    Date: 2014-06-24 12:25:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:64 - ID:795191

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices went down at the end of trading Tuesday following the sharp decline at Dubai stock exchange. The capital market lost some 4.85 billion pounds. The EGX 30 benchmark index went down by 1.66 ....

  • Egypt ranks first in sugarcane productivity per acre: Agriculture Min.

    Date: 2014-06-24 12:23:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:794902

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Agriculture Minister Adel El Beltagui said Tuesday that Egypt ranks first among the world's countries having the highest production of sugarcane per acre with an average of 50 tons/acre. Beltagui added that Egypt produced ....

  • Indian cultural center organizes lecture on India through Egyptian eyes

    Date: 2014-06-24 12:15:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:795149

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - The Indian Maulana Azad center for culture in Cairo and an Egypt-based youth group have organized a lecture entitled "India through the eyes of Egypt. Mai Khafagi, founder of the Discover India group, said that her group ....

  • Carcinogenic pesticide containers to be moved from Suez port

    Date: 2014-06-24 12:09:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:794898

    SUEZ, June 24 (MENA) – The Ministry of Environment has decided to transfer carcinogenic pesticide containers from Adabiya port in Suez in preparation for disposing of the hazardous material in a process that is estimated to have a total cost of one ....

  • President of Generation Party welcomes Sisi decision to give up half his monthly salary to Egypt

    Date: 2014-06-24 12:04:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:795144

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Nagy al-Shehaby, President of the Generation Party, has welcomed a decision by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to give up half his monthly salary and half of his property to state coffers. It is a "responsible" decision, ....

  • Trial of 494 MB members set for July 16 on Ramsis violence charges

    Date: 2014-06-24 12:00:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:795005

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Cairo Appeals Court has set for July 16 the trial of 494 members of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group on charges of violence and killing and attacking police troops. The defendants are also accused of setting ablaze ....

  • Cabinet mourns two police martyrs

    Date: 2014-06-24 11:58:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:795131

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - The Egyptian Cabinet on Tuesday mourned the death of police martyr brigadier Elhamy Abdel Menem who was killed on Monday in a security crackdown in the Upper Egyptian city Sohag. The Cabinet also mourned the death of ....

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