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  • 5 terror suspects in Sharqiya remanded for 15 days pending probe

    5 terror suspects in Sharqiya remanded for 15 days pending probe

    Date: 2014-09-29 15:35:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:1037761

    Five terror suspects were remanded for 15 days pending investigations over charges of joining a terror group and receiving military training abroad to commit terror crimes in Egypt. The leader of the group and four members also face charges of ....

  • Egypt, World Bank discuss environment cooperation

    Egypt, World Bank discuss environment cooperation

    Date: 2014-09-29 15:34:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:1037745

    Environment Minister Khaled Fahmi met on Monday with a delegation of the World Bank. The meeting took up main projects to protect environment in Egypt. They also discussed the implementation of an agreement signed between Cairo and the ....

  • Suez Museum to revive tourism, says minister

    Suez Museum to revive tourism, says minister

    Date: 2014-09-29 15:33:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:1037737

    Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damati said the National Suez Museum will contribute to the tourism industry. "The museum will lure Egyptians and tourists in the coming period as the government is implementing major projects," he said. ....

  • Gov't vows tightened security for water plants

    Gov't vows tightened security for water plants

    Date: 2014-09-29 15:29:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:1037689

    Security will be beefed up in water plants across the country to avoid sabotage acts that could disrupt service, said a minister on Monday. The measures follow an outage that hit a water plant in Cairo. The cut left Nasr City and other main ....

  • Retrial of 161 defendants over riot charges in Minya postponed to January

    Retrial of 161 defendants over riot charges in Minya postponed to January

    Date: 2014-09-29 15:29:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:1037685

    Minya Criminal Court decided to postpone until January the retrial of 161 defendants of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group over involvement in riot acts which took place in Matai. Earlier, 151 defendants in the case turned themselves in to the ....

  • Security bodies faced several challenges over past period - interior ministry official

    Security bodies faced several challenges over past period - interior ministry official

    Date: 2014-09-29 12:48:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:1036229

    Security bodies faced a number of challenges over the past period, said an Interior Ministry official said on Monday. Speaking at the 10th Money and Finance Conference, 2014 under the rubric "Economic Growth Management in Egypt", Gamal Mokhtar, ....

  • Iskandar stresses importance of cooperation with private sector to modernize solid waste management system

    Iskandar stresses importance of cooperation with private sector to modernize solid waste management system

    Date: 2014-09-29 12:39:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:1036109

    Urban Development Minister Laila Iskandar underlined the importance of continued cooperation and consultation with the private sector with the aim of modernizing the solid waste management system. Speaking during a workshop held Monday to benefit ....

  • Prime minister probes cooperative stores development

    Prime minister probes cooperative stores development

    Date: 2014-09-29 12:35:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:1036061

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab stressed the need to renovate the cooperative stores system to confront hikes in prices of commodities. During a meeting held here on Monday, attended by the minister of supply and internal trade, with leaders of the ....

  • Gov't to re-draft legislation - minister

    Gov't to re-draft legislation - minister

    Date: 2014-09-29 12:20:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:1035893

    Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali underlined that the government will re-draft laws that have grown useless and archaic. The current legislation magnifies the role of the state and trifles with that of the private sector, she noted. These ....

  • Morsi trial over espionage charges delayed

    Morsi trial over espionage charges delayed

    Date: 2014-09-29 11:58:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:1035693

    Cairo Criminal Court decided Monday to postpone until October 14 the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 35 defendants of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders on charges of spying. The postponement decision came as security ....

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