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  • Abbas, Abul Gheit confer on steps taken to end Palestinian division

    Abbas, Abul Gheit confer on steps taken to end Palestinian division

    Date: 2017-09-19 12:01:21 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6998789

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas conferred with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on the latest developments of the Palestinian issue topped by the current steps taken to end the Palestinian division, Spokesman of the Arab League ....

  • 44 ships transit Suez Canal

    44 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:55:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:6997064

    Forty-four ships transited the Suez Canal on Monday, with a total cargo of 2.4 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 16 vessels carrying around one million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 28 ships laden with about 1.4 million ....

  • Retrial of Ezz over siphoning off public funds delayed to January

    Retrial of Ezz over siphoning off public funds delayed to January

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:51:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:6997055

    Cairo Criminal Court delayed on Monday the retrial of steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz and five others to January on charges of siphoning off public funds. Ezz is charged also with making illegal gains of about five billion Egyptian pounds. The retrial ....

  • Moustafa Waziery named SCA secretary general

    Moustafa Waziery named SCA secretary general

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:44:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:6997033

    Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anany issued a decision to appoint Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Moustafa Amin as his assistant for technical affairs, while Luxor antiquities general director Moustafa Waziery was ....

  • Court adds 215 MB members to terror list: Gazette

    Court adds 215 MB members to terror list: Gazette

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:40:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:6997014

    The Cairo Criminal Court on Monday, under Counselor Mustafa Abdel Ghaffar, added 215 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group to the terror list. The 215 MB members will remain on the list for three years, according to the ruling that ....

  • AL chief welcomes end to Palestinian division

    AL chief welcomes end to Palestinian division

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:27:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:6996976

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has welcomed positive developments to end Palestinian division, praising the Hamas decision to dissolve the administrative committee in the Gaza Strip. Arab League spokesman Mahmoud Afifi said both ....

  • Kuwait urges more in-depth int'l focus on Syrian children's suffering

    Kuwait urges more in-depth int'l focus on Syrian children's suffering

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:25:58 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6996964

    Kuwait on Monday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to look more closely and effectively into the situation of the children of Syria, which is deteriorating day by day, KUNA News Agency reported. The remarks were made by the ....

  • UNICEF dedicates ‎€ 10mn for supporting education: NCCM

    UNICEF dedicates ‎€ 10mn for supporting education: NCCM

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:22:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:6996924

    The grant of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) to the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) has increased by Euros 10 million, Deputy Minister of Health and Head of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) ....

  • CBE governor to Bloomberg: Egypt economy responding very nicely to reform

    CBE governor to Bloomberg: Egypt economy responding very nicely to reform

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:06:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:18 - ID:6996880

    Egyptian Central Bank Governor Tarek Amer said the economy was responding “very, very nicely” to the reform measures. Gross domestic product accelerated to 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year that ended June 30, from 4.3 ....

  • Egypt's exports to Nile basin countries reached EGP 11,3 bln in 2016 - CAPMAS

    Egypt's exports to Nile basin countries reached EGP 11,3 bln in 2016 - CAPMAS

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:03:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:6996861

    The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said that Egypt's exports to the Nile basin countries reached EGP 11,3 billion in 2016 compared to EGP 8,2 billion in 2015, an increase of 37,1 percent. This came in the annual ....

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