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  • Egypt's premier briefs president on domestic situation

    Egypt's premier briefs president on domestic situation

    Date: 2014-03-27 18:35:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:634865

    Interim President Adly Mansour met Thursday with Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab at the presidential palace in Heliopolis. The premier briefed Mansour on the latest developments on the domestic situation, especially the government's preparations ....

  • Improvised explosive device defused before detonating in N.Sinai

    Improvised explosive device defused before detonating in N.Sinai

    Date: 2014-03-27 18:33:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:634862

    Bomb experts managed to defuse a 35-kg improvised explosive device before blowing up, security sources from North Sinai security directorate said on Thursday. No one was harmed, they said. Security forces combed the place where the IED was ....

  • Sabahi congratulates new defense minister

    Sabahi congratulates new defense minister

    Date: 2014-03-27 18:32:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:634861

    Presidential aspirant Hamdeen Sabahi congratulated Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi on the new post. On his Twitter account, Sabahi congratulated Sobhi on the defense portfolio. Sobhi, who was the army chief of staff, has succeeded Field ....

  • Egypt's strategy aims to achieve balanced growth - finance min.

    Egypt's strategy aims to achieve balanced growth - finance min.

    Date: 2014-03-27 18:27:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:634856

    he government is adopting an economic strategy pivoted on achieving balanced growth to face economic structural challenges, said Finance Minister Hany Qadry. In tandem, the government is raising effective spending on social programs while working ....

  • Pope Tawadros meets Lebanese Forces party

    Pope Tawadros meets Lebanese Forces party

    Date: 2014-03-27 18:15:31 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:634836

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese received on Thursday an official delegation from the Lebanese Forces Party. A message from the party leader Samir Geagea was also handed over to the pope. Pope Tawadros is ....

  • Cabinet decides to demolish NDP building, annex its land to Egyptian Museum

    Cabinet decides to demolish NDP building, annex its land to Egyptian Museum

    Date: 2014-03-27 18:09:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:634827

    Egypt's Cabinet decided on Thursday to demolish the building next to the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo and annex its land to that of the museum. The state-owned building served as the main HQ of the now dissolved National Democratic Party and ....

  • Trial of Beltagy, Hegazy, 2 Brotherhood doctors postponed to Sunday

    Trial of Beltagy, Hegazy, 2 Brotherhood doctors postponed to Sunday

    Date: 2014-03-27 18:02:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:634814

    The Cairo Criminal Court decided to postpone the trial of Muslim Brotherhood leaders Mohamed el-Beltagy and Safwat Hegazy and two doctors to a March 30 session. Beltagy, Hegazy and the two doctors, identified as Mohamed Ali el-Zanati and ....

  • France hopes Egypt's roadmap will be fully implemented

    France hopes Egypt's roadmap will be fully implemented

    Date: 2014-03-27 17:53:36 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:634797

    France expressed hope that Egypt's roadmap would be implemented in a way that paves the way for setting up democratically elected institutions according to an announced timetable. Asked by MENA correspondent in Paris about France's view on the ....

  • MENA, KUNA agree on fostering cooperation in press technology

    MENA, KUNA agree on fostering cooperation in press technology

    Date: 2014-03-27 13:32:44 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:634258

    Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Alaa Heidar asserted on Thursday the importance of boosting cooperation with Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) in light of the huge development witnessed in the press technology in the ....

  • PM cuts short cabinet meeting, leaves for presidential palace

    PM cuts short cabinet meeting, leaves for presidential palace

    Date: 2014-03-27 13:29:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:634255

    Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab cut short a cabinet meeting on Thursday and left for the headquarters of the Presidential Palace. Mahlab is reportedly to attend the constitutional oath of Sedki Sohbi as the country's defense minister after ....

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