Egypt
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Tourism Ministry hosts ceremony at pyramids plateau
Date: 2015-04-01 11:43:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2291165
The Ministry of Tourism hosted a ceremony to promote for tourism at the Giza pyramids plateau in the presence of Bollywood star Amitab Bachchan as part of activities of the "India by the Nile 2015" Festival in its third round. Minister of Tourism ....
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SCA: Current events in Bab el-Mandeb strait did not affect navigation in Suez Canal
Date: 2015-04-01 11:39:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2291133
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Wednesday asserted that the current events taking place in Bab el Mandeb strait did not affect navigation in the Suez Canal. In statements during a visit by sports reporters to the canal, board member of the SCA ....
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Defense minister approves new batch of army volunteers
Date: 2015-04-01 11:26:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2290961
Minister of Defense General Sedqi Sobhi on Wednesday agreed to accept a new batch of volunteers who wish to join the Armed Forces as of April 4 this year. Applicants should be holders of preparatory school degree or its equivalents or having a ....
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Foreign Ministry: Request to join AIIB aims at attracting more investments in infrastructure
Date: 2015-04-01 11:19:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2290845
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that a request by Egypt to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) comes within the framework of efforts by the Egyptian government to attract more foreign investments in the sector of ....
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Egypt seeks Ghana support for UN non-permanent seat
Date: 2015-04-01 11:13:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2290781
Egypt seeks to get Ghana's support for its UN non-permanent seat bid for 2016/2017. This was made clear during a meeting between Egyptian Ambassador in Accra Mohamed Haider and Ghanaian Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur on Wednesday. The ....
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Chinese president's visit to Egypt postponed
Date: 2015-04-01 10:40:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2290401
Chinese President Xi Jinping postponed his visit to Egypt that was scheduled to take place mid April, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef said Wednesday. The Cairo visit was part of a tour to include other countries, the spokesman added. ....
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Egypt works on restoring all its stolen antiquities, says minister
Date: 2015-04-01 10:05:55 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2290049
Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Al Damati said Egypt's policies are currently focusing on restoring all antiquities which have been smuggled from the country over the past period. In statements to MENA on the fringe of his three-day visit to ....
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Menufiya investigators continue search for killers of policeman in front of his house
Date: 2015-04-01 09:45:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2289781
Menufiya investigators are intensifying their efforts to hunt down the attackers of a policeman at dawn Wednesday in front of his house in Shebin El Kom district of Meit Khagan. Menufiya Security Director Momtaz Fahmy said the attackers knocked ....
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Pope Tawadros II meets Alexandria governor
Date: 2015-04-01 08:02:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2289001
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese met on Tuesday with Alexandria Governor Hany el Messeiry. The meeting took up plans adopted by the governor to carry out development projects in Alexandria. The Pope ....
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Egypt stocks gain EGP6bn in first quarter
Date: 2015-04-01 06:56:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2288529
Egypt’s stock market indices showed mixed performance while equities gained around EGP 6.2 billion ($810.2 million) in capitalization during the first quarter of 2015. The benchmark index EGX30 rose 2.3% or 208.2 points to close the quarter at ....