Egypt
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Hot meals, air-conditioned tents for lottery pilgrims: official
Date: 2014-09-05 11:25:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:907562
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has agreed to provide lottery pilgrims with hot meals and air-conditioned tents for the first time, an Interior Ministry official said on Friday. Shaker el-Kayyal, the assistant interior minister for ....
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Thursday power outage crisis over, says minister
Date: 2014-09-05 10:12:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:907503
Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said the power outage that hit Egypt on Thursday has ended. "The situation is stable now," the minister said. "No power loads are being reduced now on the national electricity network," he said. On ....
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Egypt asserts "win-win" principle in talks with Ethiopia over Nile water file: FM
Date: 2014-09-05 09:09:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:907416
Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri said that during his visit to Ethiopia he asserted the "win-win" principle in the Nile water file. The interests and needs of both states should not be affected, he said in statements after returning to Egypt Friday ....
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Joint projects between Egypt, UAE
Date: 2014-09-05 08:58:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:907396
Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafy met with CEO of a leading UAE company for talks on joint projects in Egypt. The minister said he agreed with the UAE delegation to set up an alliance in launching logistic projects. He said ....
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Antiquities Ministry official arrested over bribery
Date: 2014-09-05 08:57:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:907393
The Administrative Control Authority arrested the secretary of Islamic antiquities sector at the Ministry of Antiquities on charges of taking bribes. The official is accused of receiving kickbacks from people to issue legal documents proving that ....
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Security forces spread in Suez squares
Date: 2014-09-05 07:42:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:907269
Security forces spread in Suez to protect squares and the Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel to arrest outlaws. The security forces also placed checkpoints on the roads linking Suez with Ismailia, Cairo, the Red Sea and Sinai. Suez Security Director Tareq ....
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New Suez Canal project opens new markets for Egyptian insurance companies
Date: 2014-09-05 07:38:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:907259
The new Suez Canal project expands unprecedented horizons for Egypt's development as it opens new markets for Egyptian insurance companies, former assistant foreign minister Mokhles Qotb said. The project will increase development rates in ....
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Amr Abul-Atta presents credentials as Egypt's new representative at UN
Date: 2014-09-05 07:37:36 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:907258
Ambassador Amr Abul-Atta presented his credentials to the United Nations secretary general as Egypt's new representative to the international organization. During his meeting with the UN secretary general, Abul-Atta took up Egypt's strenuous ....
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Firefighters put out fire at Giza power transformers
Date: 2014-09-05 07:35:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:907254
Firefighters controlled a fire that erupted at dawn in seven power transformers in the Giza district of Hadayek El-Ahram. Technicians have reported a malfunction in “Transformer 4” in the district on Thursday morning and fixed it by 6 p.m. but ....
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High demand on Suez Canal investment certificates
Date: 2014-09-04 14:18:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:906561
Investment certificates meant to finance a project to extend the Suez Canal have witnessed a very high demand on the first day of their issuance. The five-year investment certificates, with an interest rate of 12 percent, will be used to finance ....