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  • US concerned over Egypt NGOs law

    US concerned over Egypt NGOs law

    Date: 2013-06-01 13:39:46 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:135296

    US State Department Spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki expressed on Friday her country's concerns over a new draft of a controversial NGOs law in Egypt that was presented by Egypt's presidency this week to Egypt’s Shura Council. The State Department ....

  • Qandil, UN official discuss conditions of Syrian refugees

    Qandil, UN official discuss conditions of Syrian refugees

    Date: 2013-06-01 13:37:27 GMT - Japan - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:135292

    Prime Minister Hisham Qandil met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres to discuss the conditions of Syrian refugees. Cabinet spokesman Alaa el-Hadidi said Qandil stressed to Guterres the Syrian refugees in Egypt are treated ....

  • Egypt firm on maintaining Nile water interests -- Amb.

    Egypt firm on maintaining Nile water interests -- Amb.

    Date: 2013-06-01 13:35:57 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:135288

    Negotiating its water share of the Nile River, Egypt is firm its interests must never be harmed. A delegation of Egyptian experts has been working as part of a technical group of the trilateral committee studying impacts, if any, Ethiopia's ....

  • Defendants in Khaled Saied murder case released after ending provisional detention

    Defendants in Khaled Saied murder case released after ending provisional detention

    Date: 2013-06-01 13:17:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:135248

    Alexandria Criminal Court Saturday released policemen Mahmoud Salah and Awad Ismail after they ended their provisional detention over charges of killing Khaled Saied. The two have spent more than 35 months in prison pending investigations into ....

  • Qandil heads for Japan on several days' visit

    Qandil heads for Japan on several days' visit

    Date: 2013-05-30 14:08:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:132642

    Prime Minister Hisham Qandil left here on Thursday for Japan on a several days' visit during which he will lead an Egyptian delegation to the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TECAD). On Wednesday, the Egyptian delegation ....

  • President orders to employ holders of PhD, master degrees

    President orders to employ holders of PhD, master degrees

    Date: 2013-05-29 11:23:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:130606

    President Mohamed Morsi issued an order on Tuesday to employ holders of MA and PhD degrees in the state institutions. The government will take all necessary procedures to carry out the decree, official cabinet spokesman Alaa El-Hadidy said. ....

  • Morsi to open today conf., exhibit of NGOs

    Morsi to open today conf., exhibit of NGOs

    Date: 2013-05-29 11:22:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:130601

    President Mohamed Morsi will inaugurate later in the day the conference and exhibition of civil work institutions in Egypt. Morsi will deliver a word on activities of NGOs and their main role in achieving comprehensive economic and social ....

  • 2 killed, injured when fire erupts at shoe workshops at Derb Al Ahmer

    2 killed, injured when fire erupts at shoe workshops at Derb Al Ahmer

    Date: 2013-05-29 10:58:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:130539

    Two citizens were killed and injured when fire broke out inside a number of shoe making workshops at Derb Al Ahmer area in Cairo on Wednesday. Assistant Interior Minister Abdel-Aziz Tawfiq told MENA that civil defense forces rushed to the ....

  • Cairo hosts meeting on Thursday to discuss violations in Gaza, W.Bank

    Cairo hosts meeting on Thursday to discuss violations in Gaza, W.Bank

    Date: 2013-05-29 10:50:37 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:130527

    The Public Freedoms Committee will hold a meeting in Cairo on Thursday, with the participation of Fatah and Hamas leaders, to discuss violations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. In statements on Wednesday, Member of Hamas Political Bureau ....

  • Mubarak's lawyer leaves for Bahrain

    Mubarak's lawyer leaves for Bahrain

    Date: 2013-05-28 14:20:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:129249

    Farid el-Deeb, former president Hosni Mubarak's lawyer, left Cairo Monday for Bahrain on a several days' visit to the Gulf Arab country. The visit came 12 days before a retrial session of Mubarak and his interior minister Habib al-Adly and six ....

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