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  • Tahrir square closed for cars, pedestrians

    Tahrir square closed for cars, pedestrians

    Date: 2014-12-05 08:02:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:1475045

    Security and army forces closed Tahrir square for cars and pedestrians. Security forces spread military vehicles and barbed wire at all the entrances of the square. There was a limited jam in the traffic in downtown Cairo due to closing the ....

  • Sisi says seeks to preserve rights of people with disabilities

    Sisi says seeks to preserve rights of people with disabilities

    Date: 2014-12-05 07:42:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1474949

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Thursday that the government exerts strenuous efforts to preserve the rights of Egyptians with disabilities, asserting that the economic distress deprives the country from achieving all its targets. The ....

  • Legislative reform panel approves 4 bills, postpones 5 others -- minister

    Legislative reform panel approves 4 bills, postpones 5 others -- minister

    Date: 2014-12-05 07:26:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:1474837

    Minister of Transitional Justice and House of Representatives Ibrahim el-Heneidi announced on Thursday that four draft laws were approved by the supreme committee assigned with the legislative reform. The panel also postponed the approval of ....

  • Egypt condemns attack on Iranian ambassador's house in Yemen

    Egypt condemns attack on Iranian ambassador's house in Yemen

    Date: 2014-12-04 20:55:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:1474105

    Egypt strongly condemned the bombing of the Iranian ambassador's residence in Yemen on Wednesday, that left three people dead and others injured, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Badr Abdel-Atti. The spokesman further reiterated ....

  • Sisi reviews with defense min. national projects

    Sisi reviews with defense min. national projects

    Date: 2014-12-04 20:53:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:1474097

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reviewed on Thursday major national projects with Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi. The president reviewed possibilities of establishing the largest complex for phosphate fertilizers in Aswan province, said Presidential ....

  • Interior min. visits injured policemen

    Interior min. visits injured policemen

    Date: 2014-12-04 20:53:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1474089

    Interior Minister Mohamad Ibrahim visited on Thursday the Maadi Military Hospital and the Police Hospital to inquire after the health of policemen who were injured in the recent terrorist attacks. Ibrahim wished the injured a speedy recovery to ....

  • Shoukri leaves Khartoum for Cairo

    Shoukri leaves Khartoum for Cairo

    Date: 2014-12-04 20:49:10 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:1474065

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri left here on Thursday for homeland wrapping up a two-day visit to Sudan. During his visit, Shoukri took part in the second Arab-Russian Cooperation Forum which started Wednesday in Sudan's capital Khartoum, ....

  • Health min. holds meeting on national health strategy

    Health min. holds meeting on national health strategy

    Date: 2014-12-04 20:48:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:1474061

    Health Minister Adel Adawy met on Thursday with the representatives of some international health bodies. The meeting touched on Egypt's general framework of health policy and the health sector's 2015-2030 strategic plan. The meeting grouped ....

  • Police officer, conscript injured in Ein Shams Univ. blast

    Police officer, conscript injured in Ein Shams Univ. blast

    Date: 2014-12-04 20:41:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:1474033

    A police officer and a conscript were injured Thursday while defusing a home-made bomb near Ein Shams University. They were wounded by shrapnel after the explosive device went off. Both were moved to nearby Ein Shams Specialized Hospital. ....

  • 2 companies awarded contracts to import 10m LED light lamps

    2 companies awarded contracts to import 10m LED light lamps

    Date: 2014-12-04 20:38:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:1474025

    Egyptian Electric Holding Company (EEHC) announced Thursday the names of two companies won a tender to import 10 million LED light lamps as part of the government's plan to overcome the energy shortage. The contracts were awarded to two winners, ....

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