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  • Army engineering authority: 1st ship crosses New Suez Canal Aug 6

    Army engineering authority: 1st ship crosses New Suez Canal Aug 6

    Date: 2014-10-18 08:27:30 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:1147229

    On August 6, 2015, the first ship will cross the New Suez Canal, says chairman of Egypt's Engineering Authority Emad el-Alfi. Major steps have been taken that helped shrink the timetable set for the project by 66 percent, Alfi told Kuwait's "Al ....

  • MENA concerned about debate between NYT and Ahram over misstated excerpts of NYT article

    MENA concerned about debate between NYT and Ahram over misstated excerpts of NYT article

    Date: 2014-10-18 08:26:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:1147221

    The Middle East News Agency (MENA) is deeply concerned about the ongoing debate between The New York Times and Egypt's Al-Ahram regarding misstated excerpts of an NYT article. In a statement Saturday, MENA said it regrets attempts to drag the ....

  • Security chief denies bomb found on Heliopolis tram rods

    Security chief denies bomb found on Heliopolis tram rods

    Date: 2014-10-17 21:48:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:1146341

    Assistant Cairo security chief Maj. Gen. Ali El Demerdash on Friday denied media reports that a bomb was defused on the Heliopolis tram rods. El Demerdash told MENA that the civil defense department received a report that there was a bomb on the ....

  • Sudan not to sign Entebbe agreement in current form: Minster

    Sudan not to sign Entebbe agreement in current form: Minster

    Date: 2014-10-17 21:44:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:1146333

    Sudanese Electricity Minister Moataz Moussa said Friday Khartoum will not sign the current version of the Entebbe agreement that was signed by the Nile Basin countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania in 2010. Three points of ....

  • 4 fugitives arrested in N. Sinai

    4 fugitives arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2014-10-17 21:34:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:1146313

    North Sinai security forces arrested on Friday four fugitives, a security source said. Four supply cases were seized, the source added The bodies concerned were notified. ....

  • Nour Party urges fair division of electoral constituencies

    Nour Party urges fair division of electoral constituencies

    Date: 2014-10-17 21:29:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:1146297

    Salafi Nour Party called on Friday for fair representation of all provinces in the new electoral constituencies. The division of the constituencies should comply with article no. 102 of the constitution, head of the party's legal committee Talaat ....

  • "Religious minority" term not applicable in Egypt: Mufti

    Date: 2014-10-17 14:15:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:1144561

    Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam on Friday said that "religious minority" as a term has never been acknowledged in Egypt. Delivering Friday's sermon in Sedy Ahmed el-Badawi Mosque in the Delta city of Gharbiya, Allam said that Egyptians are not ....

  • EgyptAir operates 11 flights to ferry pilgrims back home

    EgyptAir operates 11 flights to ferry pilgrims back home

    Date: 2014-10-17 13:36:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:1144357

    Eleven flights will be operated Friday to carry 2,815 Egyptian pilgrims back home, chairman of EgyptAir Airlines Hisham El-Nahhas said. He added that the flights will take off from Jeddah and Medina airports, Efforts are underway to overcome any ....

  • Assistant professor at Azhar univ. referred to disciplinary council for insulting Egyptians

    Assistant professor at Azhar univ. referred to disciplinary council for insulting Egyptians

    Date: 2014-10-17 11:23:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:1143609

    Dean of Islamic and Arabic Studies at Azhar University in Desouk Mohamed el-Tayyeb Khodari referred an assistant professor to disciplinary council for insulting Egyptians. The professor will also be deprived from part of his financial dues for ....

  • Sisi welcomes establishing int'l logistic center for food supplies

    Sisi welcomes establishing int'l logistic center for food supplies

    Date: 2014-10-17 09:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:1142737

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi welcomed a 13.1-billion-pound project to establish an international logistic center for food supplies, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafi said. Hanafi said that he presented the project to Sisi ....

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