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  • Investment min. expects growth rate to hit 4 pct

    Investment min. expects growth rate to hit 4 pct

    Date: 2015-02-13 11:46:25 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:1955581

    Investment Minister Ashraf Salman said on Friday that the government will impose a 10-percent tax on industrial, logistics and tourist companies working in the Suez Canal Corridor Development project. During the Egyptian-Lebanese Business Forum, ....

  • US press body calls for trial of reporter killers - Min.

    US press body calls for trial of reporter killers - Min.

    Date: 2015-02-13 10:46:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:1955153

    Transitional Justice Minister Ibrahim el Henidy said on Friday that the delegation of the US Committee to Protect Journalists, which visited Egypt last week, called for bringing criminals involved in killing Egyptian journalists to trial as soon as ....

  • Study offers on Renaissance Dam to be received next week - minister

    Study offers on Renaissance Dam to be received next week - minister

    Date: 2015-02-13 10:45:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:1955149

    Technical and financial bids, offered by the five consultative offices recommended for resuming environmental studies on Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam, will be received next week, the minister of irrigation said Friday. Hossam Moghazy said the ....

  • Dangerous criminal killed in Assiut

    Dangerous criminal killed in Assiut

    Date: 2015-02-13 10:44:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:1955145

    A hardened criminal was killed during a fire exchange with the police in the Assiut city of Dairout, a security source said. Security forces headed to the residence of the dangerous criminal, who is wanted over several charges of mugging and ....

  • Govt institutions 'fully secured' in Gharbiya

    Govt institutions 'fully secured' in Gharbiya

    Date: 2015-02-13 10:43:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:1955141

    Gharbiya security chief Osama Bedier said on Friday that all government and vital institutions are fully secured. Many fixed and mobile checkpoints have been set up at the entrances to and exits of the Delta city and in public squares with the ....

  • Homemade bomb explodes in Cairo

    Homemade bomb explodes in Cairo

    Date: 2015-02-13 08:45:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:1954413

    A homemade bomb went off targeting a police patrol in the interception of Ain Shams and Gesr El Suez streets in Cairo. The explosion left a policeman and seven conscripts injured along with a civilian passerby, a security source told ....

  • Egypt PM stresses strong ties with UAE

    Egypt PM stresses strong ties with UAE

    Date: 2015-02-13 08:45:24 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:1954409

    Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab underlined the depth of relations between Egypt and the UAE. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a visit to the UAE, which he concluded Thursday, Mahlab said the UAE had supported Egypt during hard ....

  • French president confirms selling 24 Rafale fighter jets to Egypt

    French president confirms selling 24 Rafale fighter jets to Egypt

    Date: 2015-02-13 07:45:00 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:1954005

    French President Francois Hollande confirmed on Thursday a deal to sell 24 Rafale fighter jets to Egypt. In a statement issued by Elysee, the French president said the equipment will enhance Egypt's military capabilities to maintain regional ....

  • Sisi orders airlifting Egyptians seeking to leave Libya

    Sisi orders airlifting Egyptians seeking to leave Libya

    Date: 2015-02-13 07:43:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:1953989

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ordered on Thursday to airlift Egyptians who want to leave Libya back to their country, an official source said. The Foreign Ministry renews its call on Egyptians to avoid travel to Libya, the source said. The ....

  • Egypt to continue supporting Lebanon's security, unity -- minister

    Egypt to continue supporting Lebanon's security, unity -- minister

    Date: 2015-02-13 07:42:22 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:1953981

    Industry and Trade Minister Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour stressed on Thursday Egypt's continued support for Lebanon's security and unity. The minister made the remarks during a reception held by the Egyptian embassy in Lebanon. He highlighted the ....

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