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African leaders elect Egypt as chair of African Union for 2019
Date: 2018-01-28 14:39:27 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7215202
Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency Bassam Rady said that, African leaders unanimously elected Egypt as chair of the African Union assembly for its 31st term in 2019 during a closed session held here on Sunday. Rady explained that this comes in ....
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Border guards foil infiltration, smuggling bids
Date: 2018-01-28 13:57:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7215106
Border guards managed to thwart several smuggling attempts and crossing borders, seizing 16 four-wheel drive and pick-up trucks on the western borders. The vehicles contained 32,000 packages of carcinogenic cigarettes, 300,000 narcotic bills, 50 ....
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11 hot air balloons take off in Luxor
Date: 2018-01-28 10:24:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7214432
Eleven hot air balloon flights took off in Luxor on Sunday after weather conditions improved, carrying 290 tourists of various nationalities. The flights, operated by several travel agencies, flew over the city's archaeological sites. Sunrise ....
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Mahlab greets premier on return to work after two-month medical leave
Date: 2018-01-28 10:23:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7214422
Presidential Assistant for National Projects and Strategies Ibrahim Mahlab extended greetings to Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on resuming his duties after two-month of medical leave. In statements on Sunday following a meeting with Ismail at the ....
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Sisi-Bashir summit very positive, transparent - amb.
Date: 2018-01-28 10:20:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7214411
The summit talks between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Sudanese President Omar Bashir in Addis Ababa on Saturday were positive and transparent, Sudanese Ambassador in Cairo Abdel Mahmoud Abdel Halim said. In press statements on ....
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Al Azhar condemns Kabul checkpoint attack
Date: 2018-01-28 09:12:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7214242
Al Azhar condemned the terrorist attack on a police checkpoint in the Afghan capital Kabul, leaving 100 persons dead and 158 others wounded. In a statement on Sunday, Al Azhar stressed that such terrorist acts contradict with the values of all ....
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Sisi approves amendments on penal code, prison law
Date: 2018-01-27 19:13:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7213827
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has signed a bill amending some provisions of the Penal Code No. 58/1937 to intensify penalty against children kidnappers. The President also signed a bill amending some provisions of the law no. 396 of 1956 ....
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Sisi chairs AU Peace, Security Council meeting
Date: 2018-01-27 19:07:13 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7213816
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi chaired the AU Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa on Saturday. The meeting's agenda tackles a comprehensive approach to combating cross-border security threat in Africa. Sisi arrived in the ....
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Al-Wafd party refuses to field presidential candidate
Date: 2018-01-27 18:30:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7213797
Al Wafd's higher board announced on Saturday its rejection to nominate a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in March. This came in a press statement by Party Spokesman Yasser Hassan on the sidelines of the top panel's meeting to ....
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The National Progressive Unionist Party calls on voters to elect Sisi for a 2nd term
Date: 2018-01-27 16:46:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7213552
General Secretariat of the The National Progressive Unionist Party Saturday called on the Egyptian voters to elect President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for a second presidential term. In a statement, the general secretariat said that, Sisi has proven ....