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President to swear in new govt Tuesday morning

Date: 2014-06-16 20:10:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:151 - ID:781785

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will swear in the new government led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Tuesday at 7 a.m., the presidency said. The new Cabinet groups 34 ministerial portfolios, including 13 taken over by ....

13 new ministers in Mahlab govt, two ministries cancelled, 1 added

Date: 2014-06-16 20:07:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:132 - ID:781575

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – Prime Minster-designate Ibrahim Mahlab finished on Monday meetings with his members of the new Cabinet, who will be sworn in on Tuesday. The new Cabinet line-up groups 34 ministerial portfolios, including 13 taken over by ....

859 persons cross Rafah terminal

Date: 2014-06-16 20:02:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:150 - ID:781766

RAFAH, Egypt, June 16 (MENA) - As many as 859 Palestinians crossed the Egypt-Gaza Rafah terminal on Monday on both directions. Some 392 Palestinians crossed the terminal into the Gaza Strip, while 467 Palestinian pilgrims crossed the terminal ....

E-Finance: 2.3 million smart fuel cards issued

Date: 2014-06-16 19:54:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:149 - ID:781744

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – Ibrahim Sarhan, Chairman and Managing Director of E-Finance Company, said the company has issued 2.3 million fuel smart cards and 5.6 million other cards for distributing pensions. In a press release on Monday, he said the ....

4 female ministers in new govt

Date: 2014-06-16 19:52:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:148 - ID:781763

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – The new Cabinet of Prime Minister-designate Ibrahim Mahlab groups four female ministers. The four are Nahed el-Ashrie, the minister of manpower and migration, Ghada Wali, the minister of social solidarity, Naglaa ....

9 Takfiri elements killed in North Sinai

Date: 2014-06-16 19:45:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:147 - ID:781742

AL-ARISH, Egypt, June 16 (MENA) – Nine Takfiri elements were killed during a wide-scale security crackdown in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah in North Sinai on Monday. One soldier was injured during clashes with the terrorists, said security sources in ....

UN envoy leaves Cairo

Date: 2014-06-16 19:44:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:146 - ID:781740

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry left here on Monday after a two-day visit during which he met with a number of Egyptian officials on the peace developments in the region. The UN envoy ....

ERTU mourns prominent radio figure Wagdy el-Hakim

Date: 2014-06-16 19:40:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:145 - ID:781718

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – The head of Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU), Essam al-Amir, mourned on Monday radio veteran Wagdy el-Hakim and expressed deep sorrow over Hakim’s death. Hakim has died earlier today aged 80 after a short ....

Amr Moussa to partake in Paris International Peace Conf.

Date: 2014-06-16 19:33:01 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:144 - ID:781695

PARIS, June 16 (MENA) – Former foreign minister Amr Moussa will partake in the International Peace Conference on Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, which will be held in Paris on Friday. The conference will be held at the headquarters of the French ....

Interior minister says law to be enforced decisively

Date: 2014-06-16 19:31:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:143 - ID:781717

CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said on Monday that the coming period will see the decisive enforcement of the law on its violators and the restoration of order in the street. In statements following his re-assignment ....