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  • Port Said traders to pay taxes based on actual value of imported goods

    Port Said traders to pay taxes based on actual value of imported goods

    Date: 2014-09-01 06:45:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:900417

    Port Said traders will pay taxes based on bills that show the actual value of imported goods, the government said on Sunday. The government issued the decision in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and the ministers of trade, ....

  • Ex-Ahram head remanded in custody

    Ex-Ahram head remanded in custody

    Date: 2014-08-31 15:30:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:899946

    Investigating judges decided Sunday to remand former board chairman of the state-run Al-Ahram institution Mamdouh al-Wali in custody for 15 days pending investigations. He is standing accused of illegally seizing the public funds of Al-Ahram by ....

  • PM visits Shoubra fire site

    PM visits Shoubra fire site

    Date: 2014-08-31 15:06:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:899911

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab visited on Sunday al-Rai al-Saleh street in Shoubra, where a huge fire erupted Saturday burning dozens of shops. The visit aimed at checking on citizens and estimating losses caused by the fire. Mahlab said that ....

  • Defense min. honors retired commanders

    Defense min. honors retired commanders

    Date: 2014-08-31 15:04:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:899908

    Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi attended on Sunday the honoring ceremony of a number of commanders who have served in the Armed Forces and retired on July 1, 2014. The top commander awarded the ....

  • Trucks allowed to cross in, out of Libya -- Security chief

    Trucks allowed to cross in, out of Libya -- Security chief

    Date: 2014-08-31 15:01:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:899900

    Egyptian authorities at Salloum crossing allowed on Sunday all types of trucks in and out of Libyan territories after a 40-day suspension due to deteriorating security situation in Libya. In a press release, Mersa Matrouh Security Director ....

  • Darul-Iftaa not under pressure - Mufti

    Darul-Iftaa not under pressure - Mufti

    Date: 2014-08-31 14:56:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:899894

    Egypt's Mufti Shawky Allam said on Sunday that Darul-Iftaa (House of Religious Opinion) is not subjected to any pressure. Darul-Iftaa is an independent body and its fatwas express the reality of Egypt and its people, the Mufti said in ....

  • Dangerous takfiri element killed in N. Sinai

    Dangerous takfiri element killed in N. Sinai

    Date: 2014-08-31 14:42:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:899873

    An Interior Ministry source has said that a dangerous takfiri element was killed Sunday in a security campaign on North Sinai's Arish city. El-Sayed Abo Shetit is a prominent figure in the terrorist Ansar Beit al-Maqdes group, the source ....

  • Youth foundation appeals to Sisi to salvage Alex shores

    Youth foundation appeals to Sisi to salvage Alex shores

    Date: 2014-08-31 10:20:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:899374

    Shabab Betheb Misr or "Youths Love Egypt" Foundation has appealed to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to salvage the Mediterranean sea shores off Al-Raml station in Alexandria from high rates of pollution in the waters. In a statement released on ....

  • FM leaves Cairo on three-leg European tour

    FM leaves Cairo on three-leg European tour

    Date: 2014-08-31 09:27:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:899279

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left here on Sunday embarking on a three-leg European tour that will take him to Germany, France and Italy. During the tour, the Egyptian top diplomat will meet with a number of officials in the three states to ....

  • Fire in EETC tower in Khanka controlled

    Fire in EETC tower in Khanka controlled

    Date: 2014-08-31 09:09:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:899241

    Civil protection forces controlled a fire that broke out in an energy tower of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) in Khanka. No damage or life losses were reported. The fire started in a pile of garbage by the tower. ....

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