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  • Retrial of 5 suspects over Suez Canal attack plot adjourned

    Retrial of 5 suspects over Suez Canal attack plot adjourned

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:55:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:1155049

    Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday decided to adjourn to October 30 the retrial of five suspects over charges of planning attacks against the Suez Canal waterway. The five suspects, out of 26 suspects who were sentenced to death in absentia in the ....

  • Sisi, Bashir agree to upgrade ministerial committee

    Sisi, Bashir agree to upgrade ministerial committee

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:48:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:1154601

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir agreed to upgrade the Egyptian-Sudanese committee from a ministerial level to a presidential one to better serve the interests of the two peoples. Sisi, in a statement at ....

  • Talawi confers with US official on combating violence against women, means to improve conditions of Egyptian women

    Talawi confers with US official on combating violence against women, means to improve conditions of Egyptian women

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:28:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:1154717

    Head of the National Council for Women Mervat el-Talawi conferred with a US embassy official on combating violence against women and means to promote the conditions of the Egyptian women. Meanwhile, the US official who heads the department on ....

  • First stage of 1-million-unit project to start by year end

    First stage of 1-million-unit project to start by year end

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:27:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:1154713

    The Housing Ministry and the UAE Arabtec Construction L.L.C agreed to start the first stage of the one-million-unit social housing project by the year end. The ministry, represented by the Urban Communities Authority, will supply the UAE company ....

  • Interior Ministry denies defusing charge in ministry's vicinity

    Interior Ministry denies defusing charge in ministry's vicinity

    Date: 2014-10-19 11:16:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:1154577

    Assistant Interior Minister for Media Affairs General Abdel Fattah Othman denied reports on defusing an explosive charge found inside a car parked at Ismail Hegazi and Mansour crossroad in the vicinity of the Interior Ministry. In statements to ....

  • FM welcomes formation of Iraqi gov't

    FM welcomes formation of Iraqi gov't

    Date: 2014-10-19 10:27:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:1153977

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri renewed Egypt's support of the newly formed Iraqi government under Haider Abadi. In statements on Sunday, Shoukri voiced relief over the completion of the Iraqi government lineup, voicing hope that such step could ....

  • Fire at Banha-Ismailia train contained; no casualties

    Fire at Banha-Ismailia train contained; no casualties

    Date: 2014-10-19 10:24:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:1153949

    Civil defense troops on Sunday have successfully contained a fire that broke out at Banha-Ismailia train while stationed at Banha, with no casualties reported. Qalubiya security director said he received a report that a fire broke out in three ....

  • Arab transport ministers to meet in Alex Tuesday

    Arab transport ministers to meet in Alex Tuesday

    Date: 2014-10-19 10:06:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:1153781

    Alexandria will host on Tuesday the 53rd meetings of the executive office of the Arab Transport Ministers Council and the 27th session of the Arab Transport Ministers Council. In Press statements, Egyptian Transport Minister Hani Dahi said the ....

  • German Foreign Ministry amends warning on Luxor, Aswan Nile cruises

    German Foreign Ministry amends warning on Luxor, Aswan Nile cruises

    Date: 2014-10-19 10:00:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:1153729

    The German Foreign Ministry has amended its travel warning as regards Luxor-Aswan and Aswan-Abu Simbel Nile cruises. In a statement released on Sunday, the Egyptian Embassy in Berlin said the step crowns intensive contacts with the German side ....

  • Moussa meets Bashir over bilateral ties

    Moussa meets Bashir over bilateral ties

    Date: 2014-10-19 09:52:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:1153629

    Amr Moussa, head of the 50-member committee tasked with amending 2014 constitution, met with Sudanese President Omar Hassan Bashir here. The meeting, that took place late on Saturday, tackled the Egyptian-Sudanese relations and the current ....

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