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  • US Amb. stresses need for boosting quality criteria to up products' competitive edge

    US Amb. stresses need for boosting quality criteria to up products' competitive edge

    Date: 2013-06-18 18:58:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:161411

    CAIRO (MENA) - US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson has underscored the importance of boosting quality criteria, applied to Egyptian companies to match international firms. Patterson said the move will contribute to promoting the competitive ....

  • Govt mourns officer killed in line of duty

    Govt mourns officer killed in line of duty

    Date: 2013-06-18 18:57:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:161406

    CAIRO (MENA) - The Egyptian cabinet mourned the death of a police officer who has been killed in the line of duty when a gang of thieves opened fire at him and his patrol in Qalyubia on Tuesday. Lt. Mohamed Yasser Hosny was notified by ....

  • Misr Party floats last-ditch initiative before June 30

    Misr Party floats last-ditch initiative before June 30

    Date: 2013-06-18 18:57:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:161394

    CAIRO (MENA) - The Misr Party chaired by prominent Muslim preacher and motivational speaker Amr Khaled floated on Tuesday a last-ditch initiative before the planned June 30 protests. The initiative calls for forming a committee that will ....

  • Ashton to discuss EU aid to Egypt

    Ashton to discuss EU aid to Egypt

    Date: 2013-06-18 18:56:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:161363

    CAIRO (MENA) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she will discuss with President Mohamed Morsi European aid to Egypt in this interim stage. "I look forward to discussing how the European Union can continue to help the ....

  • Bakinam el-Sharqawi: Coming House of Representatives to discuss package of legislations backing women

    Bakinam el-Sharqawi: Coming House of Representatives to discuss package of legislations backing women

    Date: 2013-06-18 18:55:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:161337

    CAIRO (MENA) - Presidential Assistant for Political Affairs Bakinam el-Sharqawi said that the coming House of Representatives will discuss a package of legislations that back the Egyptian women. This came in press statements on Tuesday on the ....

  • Egypt, Ethiopia underline importance of boosting joint cooperation

    Egypt, Ethiopia underline importance of boosting joint cooperation

    Date: 2013-06-18 18:55:29 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:161335

    ADDIS ABABA (MENA) - Ethiopia and Egypt on Tuesday underlined the importance of boosting joint cooperation. Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr, now visiting here, asserted that relations between both countries are time-honored. ....

  • ILO: 8 million child laborers in Egypt

    ILO: 8 million child laborers in Egypt

    Date: 2013-06-18 18:54:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:161329

    CAIRO (MENA) - Kholoud al-Khaldi, an expert at the International Labor Organization (ILO), said that there are nearly 8 million child laborers in Egypt, most of them work in the agricultural sector. On the fringe of a ceremony marking the ....

  • Egypt chief astronomer: Ramadan begins on July 10

    Egypt chief astronomer: Ramadan begins on July 10

    Date: 2013-06-18 12:36:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:161128

    Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, will begin on July 10, Chairman of Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics Dr. Hatem Ouda said Tuesday. The Islamic calendar follows a lunar cycle and the dates of Ramadan, ....

  • Interior Ministry gears up for June 30 protests, raises security alert to highest level

    Interior Ministry gears up for June 30 protests, raises security alert to highest level

    Date: 2013-06-18 12:32:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:161122

    The Interior Ministry geared up for the planned mass protests on June 30 and decided to raise the security alert to its highest level as of Wednesday. Security sources told MENA on Tuesday that all vacations of police personnel will be ....

  • Officer killed in line of duty in Qalyubia

    Officer killed in line of duty in Qalyubia

    Date: 2013-06-18 11:27:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:160933

    An officer was killed in the line of duty when a gang of thieves opened fire at him and his patrol in Qalyubia on Tuesday. Lt. Mohamed Yasser Hosny was inspecting security in Shubra el-Khaima in Qalyubia. Villagers notified him that a ....

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