Egypt
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Attempt by 26 Egyptians to illegally migrate to Greece thwarted
Date: 2016-05-16 07:37:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4916261
Security forces foiled an attempt of 26 Egyptians to illegally sneak to Greece via the Mediterranean from Idku city in Beheira governorate. They were arrested while getting ready to go on board of a boat in return of EGP 20,000 from each of them. ....
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Foreign ministry: Verdict on French citizen's killing reflects Egyptian judiciary's independence
Date: 2016-05-16 07:30:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4916217
The Foreign Ministry said Cairo Criminal Court's verdict on sentencing 6 defendants to seven years in prison over the killing of French citizen Eric Lang reflected trust in the Egyptian judiciary's independence. Commenting on what has been ....
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Communication minister arrives in Beijing to open new cooperation spheres with China
Date: 2016-05-15 08:56:46 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4909797
Minister of Communication and Technology Yasser el Qadi arrived here on Sunday leading a high-level delegation of the communication and information technology sector to open up new spheres of cooperation between Egypt and China. The four-day ....
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Egypt Emb participates in Tianjin Univ cultural fair
Date: 2016-05-15 07:57:28 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4909417
The Egyptian Embassy here participated Sunday in a cultural fair at the national Chinese University of Tianjin to mark the 2016 Egyptian-Chinese cultural year. It was attended by Egyptian students from various Chinese universities and local and ....
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Defense minister meets head of Sudanese military intelligence authority
Date: 2016-05-15 07:56:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4909381
Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedqi Sobhi met on Sunday with visiting Head of the Sudanese Military Intelligence Authority Ali Mohammad Salem and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, Sobhi asserted the depth of historic ....
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One policeman killed, another wounded in blast in Arish
Date: 2016-05-15 07:53:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4909373
A policeman was killed and another wounded in a blast targeting a security patrol in Arish early Sunday, an official at the Interior Ministry's Media Center said. Conscript Hossam Ali Hussein Abdel Hamid was killed while lieutenant Mohamed ....
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Shoukri coordinates with Libyan presidential council chairman, UAE FM for Vienna meeting on Libya
Date: 2016-05-15 07:52:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4909369
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri received two phone calls Saturday night from Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez el Sarrag and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdallah ben Zayed as part of coordination for the high-level meeting on Libya in ....
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MENA invites all journalists in press institutions for meeting on Tuesday
Date: 2016-05-14 12:03:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4905565
MENA Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Alaa Heidar is inviting journalists in state-owned and private press institutions to attend a meeting Tuesday at MENA's premises to discuss ways to come out of the crisis between the Journalists' Syndicate and ....
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Shoukry, Kerry confer on boosting bilateral relations
Date: 2016-05-14 08:23:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4903661
Currently on a visit to the US, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has met with Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss means of boosting bilateral relations in a way that serves the mutual interests of both countries. Shoukry and Kerry also talked ....
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Fire at chemicals factory controlled
Date: 2016-05-14 08:23:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4903653
Civil defense troops were able to put out a fire that erupted early Saturday at a chemicals factory in el Nozha district of Cairo. No word of casualties has been reported as a result of the flames, a security source told MENA. The cooling ....