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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 ....
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Hamas: Israeli recent escalation "cowardly act, absurd reaction"
Date: 2014-06-16 19:19:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:142 - ID:781701
GAZA CITY, June 16 (MENA) – Palestinian Hamas movement said recent Israeli escalation after the disappearance of three Jewish settlers is considered a violation to all international laws and norms, describing the escalation as a "cowardly act and ....
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Azhar official, Lebanese scholar discuss Azhar role
Date: 2014-06-16 19:16:11 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:781699
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Al-Azhar Deputy Imam Abbas Shuman held a meeting Monday with Lebanon's Sheikh Abdul Latif Durban Fayez, head of the Supreme Sunni Sharia Court, to discuss Al-Azhar role. During the meeting, Shuman stressed that Azhar, the ....
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More political participation for youths in coming period: minister
Date: 2014-06-16 19:06:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:140 - ID:781702
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – Minister of Youths and Sports Khaled Abdel-Aziz, who is expected to retain the post in the new government, said on Monday that the coming period will see more political empowerment of youths to take over leading ....
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Profile: New higher education minister
Date: 2014-06-16 19:04:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:139 - ID:781697
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Khaleq who was chosen to be higher education minister in the new Cabinet received his PhD in economy and management from Keele University of England in 1986. Abdel-Khaleq has published a number of books ....
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Sudan to host Nile Basin water resources ministers meeting
Date: 2014-06-16 18:53:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:138 - ID:781694
KHARTOUM, June 16 (MENA) – Sudan will host Thursday meetings of the water resources ministers of the Nile Basin countries: Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania and Kenya. The 22nd ministerial meeting will ....
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Libyan interim government devises plans to secure parliamentary elections
Date: 2014-06-16 18:43:12 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:781645
TRIPOLI, June 16 (MENA) - The Libyan interim government convened Monday under Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thanay to probe preparations for the Lower House election scheduled on June 25. The meeting was attended by President of the Supreme ....
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Khaled Fahmy assumes environment portfolio for 2nd time
Date: 2014-06-16 18:37:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:136 - ID:781663
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – Dr. Khaled Fahmy, who was appointed as new environment minister, took over the same portfolio in Hisham Qandil’s government in January 2013. Fahmy was born in 1953 and was working as the head of Demographic Center. ....
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Profile: New antiquities minister Mamdouh el-Damaty
Date: 2014-06-16 18:33:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:135 - ID:781641
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – Dr. Mamdouh el-Damaty who was chosen to be antiquities minister in the new Cabinet was born in 1961. Damaty has served as head of antiquities department council of the faculty of arts in Ain Shams University since ....
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New bread system to be applied nationwide within months: minister
Date: 2014-06-16 18:28:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:134 - ID:781636
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – A new bread system, which has been successfully applied in canal provinces and southern Cairo, will be implemented nationwide during the coming few months, said Supply Minister Khaled Hanafi. The remarks were made in a brief ....