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  • Neck-and-neck competition expected for UNESCO top post

    Neck-and-neck competition expected for UNESCO top post

    Date: 2017-10-04 12:39:34 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7023413

    Egypt's Ambassador to France and UNESCO Ihab Badawi expected neck-and-neck competition for the elections of UNESCO general director post, to take place on October 9. Eight candidates are running to succeed UNESCO's Bulgarian Irina Bokova after ....

  • Sisi lays wreaths at Unknown Soldier Memorial, tombs of Abdel Nasser, Sadat

    Sisi lays wreaths at Unknown Soldier Memorial, tombs of Abdel Nasser, Sadat

    Date: 2017-10-04 11:14:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7023167

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi laid on Wednesday a wreath at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the October war victory. Upon arrival, Sisi was welcomed by Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi, Chief of Staff ....

  • Sisi attends SCAF meeting

    Sisi attends SCAF meeting

    Date: 2017-10-04 10:46:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7023193

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended early Wednesday a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). Earlier in the day, Sisi laid a wreath at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the ....

  • EgyptAir offers discounted tickets on US, North Africa flights

    EgyptAir offers discounted tickets on US, North Africa flights

    Date: 2017-10-03 10:55:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7021432

    EgyptAir announced on Tuesday that it will offer a 40-percent discount on tickets of its flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Monday and Wednesday. The offer includes 42 destinations inside the US in cooperation ....

  • Palestine's al Masri thanks Sisi for his efforts to secure Palestinian reconciliation

    Palestine's al Masri thanks Sisi for his efforts to secure Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2017-10-03 10:42:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7021389

    The head of the independent Palestinian figures group, Munib al Masri, thanked President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and officials of Egypt's General Intelligence Service for their efforts to clinch a Palestinian national reconciliation deal. Egypt ....

  • Egypt condemns Manama terrorist attack

    Egypt condemns Manama terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-10-03 09:30:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7021203

    CAIRO, Oct 3 (MENA) - Egypt strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place on Monday night in Manama where a number of policemen were injured. In a statement by the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, Egypt voiced solidarity with the Bahraini ....

  • Al Azhar University president deplores Las Vegas shooting

    Al Azhar University president deplores Las Vegas shooting

    Date: 2017-10-03 08:52:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7021111

    Al Azhar University President Mohamed Hussein el Mahrsawi condemned Monday's mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert which left at least 59 people dead and 527 others injured. In a statement on Tuesday, Mahrsawi urged the international community to ....

  • Egypt was not destination of N.Korea arms: Spokesman

    Egypt was not destination of N.Korea arms: Spokesman

    Date: 2017-10-03 06:58:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7020915

    The Foreign Ministry on Monday denied that a shipment of weapons from North Korea was destined for Egypt, as reported in The Washington Post. "Egyptian authorities indeed intercepted a ship flying the Cambodian flag before it entered the southern ....

  • Two held in custody for 15 days in gay ceremony case

    Two held in custody for 15 days in gay ceremony case

    Date: 2017-10-03 06:37:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7020896

    The prosecution on Monday ordered two defendants to be held in custody for 15 days pending investigations into the case of a gay ceremony recently held in New Cairo. Two other suspects are still under interrogation by the prosecution. The ....

  • Al Azhar welcomes Palestinian national reconciliation

    Al Azhar welcomes Palestinian national reconciliation

    Date: 2017-10-02 15:38:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:7020230

    Al Azhar on Monday welcomed steps taken by the Palestinians toward national reconciliation which led up to the arrival of the head of the Palestinian reconciliation government to the Gaza Strip. Al Azhar praised the key role played by Egypt to ....

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