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  • Culture minister, S. Sinai governor inaugurate theater festival in Sharm

    Culture minister, S. Sinai governor inaugurate theater festival in Sharm

    Date: 2016-01-09 08:32:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4077333

    Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam and South Sinai governor Khaled Fouda inaugurated the first edition of the Youth Theater International Festival in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh on Friday night. The event is held under the ....

  • Foreign ministry verifies reports about Egyptians' kidnap, arrest in Libya

    Foreign ministry verifies reports about Egyptians' kidnap, arrest in Libya

    Date: 2016-01-08 14:17:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4074861

    The Foreign Ministry said on Friday that it is currently verifying media reports about the kidnapping and arrest of some Egyptian youth in Libya. Spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said Egyptian Ambassador to Libya Mohamed ....

  • 14 terrorists killed, 13 suspects arrested in Sinai

    14 terrorists killed, 13 suspects arrested in Sinai

    Date: 2016-01-08 13:22:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4074457

    As many as 14 terrorists were killed and 13 suspects arrested as part of operation "Martyr's Right" in the cities of Arish, Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid, the Armed Forces announced on Friday. In a press statement, the Armed Forces said the operation ....

  • Awqaf min. opens mosque in Behira

    Awqaf min. opens mosque in Behira

    Date: 2016-01-08 12:00:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4073829

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and Behira Governor Mohamed Sultan opened on Friday a mosque in Koum Hamada city in Behira. The Friday sermon was aired on the state-run TV from the newly-opened mosque. Gomaa honored also 10 employees of ....

  • Alex. governor greets Copts on Christmas

    Alex. governor greets Copts on Christmas

    Date: 2016-01-07 17:19:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4070761

    Alexandria Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher visited the Coptic Church in Alexandria Thursday to extend greetings to the Copts on the occasion of Christmas. During a celebration, attended by the Head of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Roshdy Zahran and ....

  • MB behind assassination bid against Zagazig University head: Interior Ministry

    MB behind assassination bid against Zagazig University head: Interior Ministry

    Date: 2016-01-07 17:12:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4070893

    The terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group is responsible for a failed assassination bid against Acting President of Zagazig University last month, said the media official of the Interior Ministry. In December, Abdel Hakeem Nour Eddin was wounded in ....

  • Tourism min. follows up Giza hotel attack

    Tourism min. follows up Giza hotel attack

    Date: 2016-01-07 16:01:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4070665

    Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou has been following up closely the developments of an attack at a hotel in Giza's Haram district. The ministry's operations room convened immediately after the incident, which left no tourists or hotel guests ....

  • Foreign Ministry brings Egyptian family stranded in Yemen back home

    Foreign Ministry brings Egyptian family stranded in Yemen back home

    Date: 2016-01-07 14:07:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4069877

    The Egyptian Foreign Ministry helped an Egyptian family stranded in war-torn Taiz, Yemen's third largest city, return home safely. The man, identified as Nady Gerges, was brought home along his wife and son on Wednesday night. Foreign Minister ....

  • Environment protection fund to be activated in upcoming period - minister

    Environment protection fund to be activated in upcoming period - minister

    Date: 2016-01-07 13:26:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4069585

    The Environment Ministry will work on activating and supporting the environment protection fund in the upcoming period, announced Minister Khaled Fahmy. In statements to MENA Thursday, Fahmy said that the fund aims to finance environmental ....

  • Pope Tawadros: Sisi honest, serious person

    Pope Tawadros: Sisi honest, serious person

    Date: 2016-01-07 12:56:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4069269

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese said he admires the seriousness, honesty and dedication of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church told "Al Ahram" daily he looks at the president ....

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