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  • Gov't to buy rice from farmers at 2,050 per ton

    Gov't to buy rice from farmers at 2,050 per ton

    Date: 2014-10-30 16:29:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:1233697

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi approved on Thursday purchasing rice from farmers at EGP 2, 050 per ton, said Presidency spokesman Alaa Yousef. During a meeting with Agriculture Minister Adel el-Beltagi, the president approved providing direct ....

  • Chief of staff meets Armed Forces servicemen, police in Arish

    Chief of staff meets Armed Forces servicemen, police in Arish

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:33:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:1233337

    Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt General Mahmoud Hegazy held meetings with Armed Forces servicemen and police in Arish along with Sinai chieftains. He also reviewed the security measures in place to eliminate criminal hotbeds and ....

  • Minister visits army men injured in Sinai terrorist attack

    Minister visits army men injured in Sinai terrorist attack

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:32:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:1233333

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim and senior police officers have visited army men injured in Sinai's terrorist attack on Friday which led to the killing of about 30 soldiers. Ibrahim also inquired after police personnel injured in security ....

  • Azmi's retrial postponed to Dec. 27

    Azmi's retrial postponed to Dec. 27

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:31:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:1233329

    Former chief of presidential staff Zakaria Azmi's retrial has been adjourned until December 27 over charges of illicit gains. The judge delayed the session to appoint an antiquities expert to help determine the value of the statues found at the ....

  • Interior ministry denies raiding house of NCHR member

    Interior ministry denies raiding house of NCHR member

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:30:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:1233317

    The Interior Ministry denied Thursday news circulated by a number of websites which claimed that security forces raided and searched the house of Manal el-Tibi, a member of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR). In a statement issued ....

  • Shoukri meets Algeria minister on regional issues

    Shoukri meets Algeria minister on regional issues

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:29:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:1233313

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri met Thursday with Algeria's Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel for talks on regional issues of mutual interest. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of boosting ....

  • Army, police kill 3 takfiris, injure 3 in N. Sinai

    Army, police kill 3 takfiris, injure 3 in N. Sinai

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:29:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:1233305

    Three takfiri elements were killed and three others injured in North Sinai during a wide-scale campaign launched by the Armed and security forces to eliminate criminal and terrorist hotbeds. Armed and security forces also burnt and destroyed ....

  • New patch of Malaysian Imams graduate from Azhar

    New patch of Malaysian Imams graduate from Azhar

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:28:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:1233301

    Al-Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman has attended the graduation ceremony of a batch of Malaysian Imams. Shoman renewed his call on the media outlets not to use the word "Islamists" when referring to the terrorist groups. He added that the ....

  • Egypt's mufti condemns Israel closure of Aqsa Mosque

    Egypt's mufti condemns Israel closure of Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:27:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:1233297

    Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam has strongly condemned Israel's decision to close Al-Aqsa Mosque. In a statement Thursday, Allam said that this serious escalation from the Israeli occupation forces was considered a move which provoked the ....

  • Cairo gov. partakes in German emb. ceremony in Azhar Park

    Cairo gov. partakes in German emb. ceremony in Azhar Park

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:26:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:1233285

    The German Embassy in Cairo is to organize a celebration on Saturday in Azhar Park. The ceremony is titled "Germany in Azhar Park". The occasion comes in celebration of the 35-years-old friendship agreement between Cairo and Stuttgart. ....

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