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  • Mubarak retrial postponed till March 8

    Mubarak retrial postponed till March 8

    Date: 2014-02-10 16:17:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:548008

    The Cairo Criminal Court postponed the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his sons, former interior minister Habib el-Adly and six of his aides along with fugitive businessman Hussein Salem to March 8 to hear the testimony of Giza Security ....

  • 17 cases suspected to be infected with swine flu in Assiut

    17 cases suspected to be infected with swine flu in Assiut

    Date: 2014-02-10 14:33:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:547726

    Assiut Governor Ibrahim Hamad issued directives to offer sufficient quantities of Tamiflu medicine used to treat cases infected with swine flu (H1N1). He ordered that the drug must be distributed in the hospitals affiliated to the Health ....

  • Army destroys more smuggling tunnels on border with Gaza enclave

    Army destroys more smuggling tunnels on border with Gaza enclave

    Date: 2014-02-10 13:03:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:547478

    Border guard troops have discovered and destroyed eight smuggling tunnels with the Gaza Strip, said the army on Monday. Quantities of commodities prepared to be sneaked into the the Palestinian enclave were also seized. A criminal with 12kg of ....

  • Appeal by political activists adjourned to March 10

    Appeal by political activists adjourned to March 10

    Date: 2014-02-10 13:01:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:547472

    A Cairo misdemeanor appellate court has adjourned to a March 10 session its hearing on the appeal by three political activists to annul a previous court ruling sentencing them to three years in prison. Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Doma and Mohamed Adel are ....

  • Amendments needed to plug legal loopholes to preserve historical buildings -- official

    Amendments needed to plug legal loopholes to preserve historical buildings -- official

    Date: 2014-02-10 12:50:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:547448

    Chief administrative prosecutor Islam Ihsan said that the pulling down of the Aegean Villa in Alexandria is an act that calls for introducing amendments to plug loopholes in the present laws and help in the preservation of the country's cultural ....

  • Star Alliance CEO hails transit services at Cairo International Airport

    Star Alliance CEO hails transit services at Cairo International Airport

    Date: 2014-02-10 12:30:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:547402

    Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab praised efforts exerted to improve the services offered to transit passengers at Cairo International Airport which helped increase their number over the past few months. The operation of the new Terminal II at the ....

  • Fahmy meets senior officials of African affairs

    Fahmy meets senior officials of African affairs

    Date: 2014-02-10 12:18:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:547364

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met on Monday with senior officials of the African affairs sector at his ministry. The meeting took up ways of promoting relations with the African countries, said the ministry's spokesman Badr Abdel-Atti. Fahmy ....

  • Culture minister asserts importance of Egyptian-Mauritanian cooperation

    Culture minister asserts importance of Egyptian-Mauritanian cooperation

    Date: 2014-02-10 12:10:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:547344

    Culture Minister Mohamed Saber Arab asserted the importance of Egyptian-Mauritanian cooperation and cultural and artistic exchanges. Culture is the soft power that has helped in boosting cordial bonds among people and enriching civilizations for ....

  • Japan says allocated 2 $bln for 4th Metro line in Egypt

    Japan says allocated 2 $bln for 4th Metro line in Egypt

    Date: 2014-02-10 12:08:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:547341

    The Japan International Development Agency has allocated $2 billion to finance a planned fourth line of the Cairo Metro, its representative in Cairo told a conference here. Hideki Matsunaga said Egypt has received soft loans at a total of $5.3 ....

  • Pro-Sisi campaign prints book entitled

    Pro-Sisi campaign prints book entitled "Best soldiers on earth"

    Date: 2014-02-10 11:52:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:547288

    The "Yes to Field Marshal" campaign, which supports the presidential candidacy of Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, printed a book under the title "Best soldiers on earth". The book describes el-Sisi ....

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