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  • Fahmy holds talks with Tanzanian FM

    Fahmy holds talks with Tanzanian FM

    Date: 2014-02-21 17:30:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:568921

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy held talks Friday with his Tanzanian counterpart Bernard Membe. Fahmy embarked Thursday night on a tour of the Nile Basin countries of Tanzania and Congo. He is visiting the two countries as part of efforts to ....

  • Dozens support Sisi run for president in Alexandria

    Dozens support Sisi run for president in Alexandria

    Date: 2014-02-21 14:39:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:568631

    Dozens of citizens gathered on Friday outside the Al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque in Alexandria to call on Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi to run for president. They raised Egyptian flags and pictures of Sisi. In the meantime, ....

  • 24 injured in Cairo Stadium clashes – Health Ministry

    24 injured in Cairo Stadium clashes – Health Ministry

    Date: 2014-02-21 13:21:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:568477

    The clashes that erupted Thursday between security forces and Al-Ahly football club fans after a football match left 24 persons injured and no deaths, the Health Ministry said. Twenty-two are still in hospital under medical observation, while two ....

  • Manpower minister denies support for Sabahi presidential bid

    Manpower minister denies support for Sabahi presidential bid

    Date: 2014-02-21 10:46:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:568109

    Manpower Minister Kamal Abu-Eita has denied reports claiming that he is affiliated to the Popular Current and supports its founder Hamdeen Sabahi in his presidential bid. These reports are false and unfounded, the minister has said. Sabahi ....

  • Darul-Iftaa: Tourism is not forbidden

    Darul-Iftaa: Tourism is not forbidden

    Date: 2014-02-21 10:43:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:568102

    Islam does not prohibit tourism as learning about other civilizations and exchanging benefits are ordered by Allah in the Holy Quran, the Egyptian Darul-Iftaa (Iftaa House) said. The fatwa (religious edict) was issued in response to extremist ....

  • Planning, agriculture ministers attend meeting on development in Egypt Tue.

    Planning, agriculture ministers attend meeting on development in Egypt Tue.

    Date: 2014-02-21 09:46:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:568029

    Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ashraf el-Araby, Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu-Hadid and Director General for the Middle East and Europe at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Akihiro Koenuma will attend a ....

  • Interior Ministry considers decision on football games fans

    Interior Ministry considers decision on football games fans

    Date: 2014-02-21 09:12:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:567954

    Egypt's Interior Ministry is considering a previous decision allowing fans to attend football games after clashes that erupted between el-Alhy fans and security forces after a match between the Egyptian team and Sfaxien of Tunisia, said a statement ....

  • Mansour meets US senator

    Mansour meets US senator

    Date: 2014-02-20 20:04:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:567539

    Interim President Adly Mansour met Thursday with visiting US Senator Tim Kaine, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee, who visits Egypt for the first time as part of a regional tour that includes Jordan, Palestine and ....

  • Trial of 20 Al-Jazeera journalists postponed to March 5

    Trial of 20 Al-Jazeera journalists postponed to March 5

    Date: 2014-02-20 19:49:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:567518

    A Giza criminal court postponed the trial of 20 defendants, including four foreigners, to March 5 over spreading fabricated news through Qatar’s “Al-Jazeera” channel. Twelve of the defendants are fugitives. The detention of the remaining eight ....

  • Mansour meets former Lebanese PM

    Mansour meets former Lebanese PM

    Date: 2014-02-20 14:43:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:567040

    Interim President Adly Mansour received former Lebanese prime minister and head of the Lebanese Future Party Saad al-Hariri at the presidential palace in Heliopolis on Thursday. During the meeting, Hariri was keen to congratulate Mansour on ....

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