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CBE: Four-day bank holiday for Ramadan Bairam
Date: 2013-08-01 14:11:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:224779
The Central Bank of Egypt announced banks in the country will be closed from Thursday, August 8 to Sunday, August 11 to mark the Lesser Bairam (Eidul-Fitr). Banks will reopen Monday August 12, a press release by the bank said. ....
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Egypt looks forward to future closer relations with Germany -- FM
Date: 2013-08-01 11:26:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:224479
Egypt looks forward to future closer and deeper relations with Germany, Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Thursday. His remark came at a joint news conference with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle. Germany believes that a ....
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Azhar renews warning of issuing 'erroneous' statements in its name
Date: 2013-08-01 11:21:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:224465
Al-Azhar renewed on Thursday its warning of issuing "erroneous" statements in its name. In a press release, Al-Azhar stressed the necessity of consulting Al-Azhar media center before dealing with any statements attributed to Al-Azhar Sheikhdom ....
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Sabahi stresses importance of backing interim president to implement roadmap for transitional stage
Date: 2013-08-01 11:19:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:224462
Founder of the Popular Current Hamdeen Sabahi urged all parties to back Interim President Adly Mansour to implement the roadmap for the transitional stage as per the timetable stated in the constitutional declaration issued after the June 30 ....
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Egypt welcomes resumption of US-sponsored Middle East talks
Date: 2013-08-01 09:35:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:224329
An Egyptian Foreign Ministry source welcomed the re-start of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks in Washington. "We wish that these US-sponsored talks would lead to a serious breakthrough in the long-stymied Middle East peace process," the source ....
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US Senate rejects proposal to halt Egypt aid
Date: 2013-08-01 09:20:16 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:224313
The US Senate rejected a proposal Wednesday to take money meant for aid to Egypt and instead spend it on building bridges at home, after a potential Republican presidential candidate challenged the Obama administration's refusal to label the ouster ....
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Mansour gets messages from Holland, Kerry - Advisor
Date: 2013-08-01 09:17:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:224310
Interim President Adly Mansour received two letters from French President Francois Hollande and US Secretary of State John Kerry, Presidential media advisor Ahmed Meslemany said. He said the messages tackled the roadmap, the transitional phase ....
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US urges Egypt to respect right to peaceful assembly
Date: 2013-08-01 09:11:21 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:224301
The US State Department urged Egypt's interim government on Wednesday to respect the right of peaceful assembly. "We have continued to urge the interim government, officials, and security forces, to respect the right of peaceful assembly," deputy ....
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Afghanistan, US near agreement on post-2014 force
Date: 2013-08-01 08:58:36 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:224293
The United States and Afghanistan have resolved most issues and are nearing completion of an agreement that paves the way for an American military presence after 2014 that will include a limited U.S. counterterrorism force and military advisers, USA ....
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Copts' rights guaranteed: Egypt's grand mufti
Date: 2013-08-01 08:51:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:224282
Egypt's grand Mufti Shawki Alam underlined that the rights of Egyptian Copts are guaranteed. In press statements on Wednesday, Alam said that he Islamic identity of the country could not undermine the nature of the modern state, which guarantees ....
