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Irrigation minister inaugurates 3rd Mediterranean Water Forum
Date: 2018-01-23 10:27:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7206358
Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati inaugurated the third Mediterranean Water Forum Tuesday to discuss priorities of the Mediterranean region. The event is organized by Egypt's National Water Research Center (NWRC) in cooperation with the ....
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Head of the election authority says presidential vote to be judicially supervised
Date: 2018-01-23 09:15:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7206184
Slated for late March, the presidential election in Egypt will be held under judicial supervision to guarantee transparency and integrity, says head of the National Election Authority Lashin Ibrahim. The vote will be conducted in line with ....
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Alexandria, Dekheila ports still closed over bad weather
Date: 2018-01-23 08:54:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7206125
Alexandria Port Authority decided on Tuesday to maintain the closure of Alexandria and Dekheila ports for the second straight day over bad weather, an official source at the authority said. The ports are closed to avoid collision of ships, the ....
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FM Shoukry returns from Riyadh following Yemen meeting
Date: 2018-01-23 06:57:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7205929
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has returned to Cairo from Riyadh, where he attended a meeting of the Arab coalition for supporting legitimacy in Yemen. The meeting tackled latest developments in the Arab country and ways to deliver more aid to ....
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Parl't panel probes articles of bill on press, media
Date: 2018-01-22 18:34:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:7205581
The parliament's Committee of Media, Culture and Antiquities , led by Member of Parliament Osama Heikal, held on Monday four meetings to discuss the articles of a bill regulating press and media . In statements, Heikal said, the panel mulled 75 ....
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Sisi, French External Security chief discuss fostering ties in confronting terrorism
Date: 2018-01-22 17:19:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:7205477
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Monday Director of the French Directorate-General for External Security Bernard Emie, Presidency Spokesman Bassem Rady said. The meeting was also attended by the acting chief of the General Intelligence ....
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IMO Secretary-General to visit Egypt on Thursday
Date: 2018-01-22 14:11:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:7205020
Secretary-General of International Maritime Organization (IMO) Kitack Lim will arrive here on Thursday on a three-day visit at the invitation of Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat. In a statement, the ministry said that the Secretary-General's ....
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Cabinet panel holds meeting to mull set of economic files
Date: 2018-01-22 13:53:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7205000
The economic ministerial committee convened Monday under acting Prime Minister and Minister of Housing and Urban Communities Mostafa Madbouli to discuss several economic files. The ministerial panel is expected to tackle files relevant to ....
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Mil spox to MENA: report on drone attack on Sinai army post unfounded
Date: 2018-01-22 13:41:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:7204895
Military Spokesman Colonel Tamer el Refai denied reports on Monday of a drone targeting a military site or patrol in central Sinai. These reports are "totally baseless and have nothing to do with reality", he told the Middle East News Agency. ....
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Court sets Feb. 15 for trial of Mokattam police officers over charges of killing Afroto
Date: 2018-01-22 13:14:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:7204883
The Cairo Appeal Court set February 15 to start the trial of two policemen over charges of beating to death Mohamed Abdel Hakim Mahmoud, aka Afroto, while being held at Cairo's Mokattam Police Station on suspicion in a drug-related case. Earlier, ....