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  • EU grants 70 million euros for emergency labor intensive investment project

    EU grants 70 million euros for emergency labor intensive investment project

    Date: 2013-12-19 16:00:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:451048

    The European Union (EU) offered around 70 million euros to fund the Emergency Labor Intensive Investment Project, which is implemented by the Social Fund for Development (SFD). Deputy Prime Minister and International Cooperation Minister Ziad ....

  • Egypt started contacts to resume provision of rest of Qatari-funded fuel aid to Gaza - foreign ministry

    Egypt started contacts to resume provision of rest of Qatari-funded fuel aid to Gaza - foreign ministry

    Date: 2013-12-19 15:59:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:451046

    Egypt started to hold the necessary contacts in order to resume the provision of the rest of the Qatari-funded fuel aid offered to the Gaza Strip, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Badr Abdel-Atti. Fuel shortages have caused daily life in the ....

  • Ahmed Shafiq, 10 others acquitted in land corruption case

    Ahmed Shafiq, 10 others acquitted in land corruption case

    Date: 2013-12-19 15:46:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:451019

    The Cairo Criminal Court decided Thursday to acquit former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq along with ten other defendants, who are members of the board of the Cooperative Housing Association for Military Pilots (CHAMP), along with their relatives, of ....

  • Investigations against Zend over seizing lands in Marsa Matrouh shelved

    Investigations against Zend over seizing lands in Marsa Matrouh shelved

    Date: 2013-12-19 15:27:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:450986

    Prosecutors have shelved investigations into complaints against chairman of the Judges’ Club Counselor Ahmed el-Zend accusing him of personally benefiting from his post and illegally seizing a land in the Hammam area in Marsa Matrouh on Egypt’s ....

  • Egypt forms essential part of Arab nation - minister

    Egypt forms essential part of Arab nation - minister

    Date: 2013-12-19 15:18:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:450951

    Egypt forms an essential part of the Arab nation, affirmed Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Moteleb. He, meanwhile, pointed out to the great support of the Arab countries to Egypt during the current period. The ....

  • Police presence intensified to curb violence against women - official

    Police presence intensified to curb violence against women - official

    Date: 2013-12-19 15:02:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:450917

    Assistant Justice Minister for Haman Rights Affairs Ahmed el-Sergani underlined the importance of collecting data about abuses against women and the significance of intensifying police presence to curb violence against women. He underscored ....

  • Fire erupts at Azhar's Engineering Faculty

    Fire erupts at Azhar's Engineering Faculty

    Date: 2013-12-19 14:47:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:450879

    Fire broke out on Thursday in one of the buildings of the Faculty of Engineering at Al-Azhar University in Nasr City. Fire trucks and ambulances rushed to the site and the flames were brought under control without anybody being harmed. The ....

  • 14 killed as microbus hits truck in Minya

    14 killed as microbus hits truck in Minya

    Date: 2013-12-19 14:23:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:450818

    Fourteen people were killed and two others wounded as a microbus hit a truck in Minya, a police official said Thursday. The tragic accident occurred due to over-speeding and loss of control over vehicles and bad weather conditions, Minya police ....

  • Arabi stresses importance of AL urgent ministerial meeting on Palestine

    Arabi stresses importance of AL urgent ministerial meeting on Palestine

    Date: 2013-12-19 14:17:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:450804

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi underlined the importance of the AL urgent ministerial meeting to be held on Saturday. The meeting will be held on the request of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to probe the ....

  • EgyptAir participates in Star Alliance meeting in Austria

    EgyptAir participates in Star Alliance meeting in Austria

    Date: 2013-12-19 13:55:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:450750

    Chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company Hossam Kamal El-Din said Thursday that EgyptAir effectively contributes to implementing the Star Alliance's strategies for the Middle East and North Africa region. After a meeting with heads of companies who ....

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