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PM chairs meeting to discuss preparations for Hajj season
Date: 2017-03-02 11:13:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6618501
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail chaired on Thursday a meeting of the Higher Ministerial Committee for Hajj to discuss preparations for the 1438H pilgrimage season. The meeting was attended by the ministers of Awqaf, social solidarity, health, civil ....
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EGX gains EGP 10 bn by mid day trading
Date: 2017-03-02 11:12:32 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:6618485
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes gained EGP 10 billion by Thursday's mid day trading. Th bourse boosted as the crisis of the stamp duty on trading is about to be settled. The EGX 30 benchmark index went up by 2.2 percent to close at ....
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Pakistani PM opens economic cooperation summit in Islamabad
Date: 2017-03-01 08:16:15 GMT - Pakistan - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6609845
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has opened a key economic summit aimed at improving trade ties amid unprecedented security, ABC news reported. Islamabad is hosting the 10-nation Economic Cooperation Organization summit Wednesday to finalize ....
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Pope Tawadros II to receive Merkel Thursday
Date: 2017-03-01 08:13:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6609813
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese will receive on Thursday German Chancellor Angela Merkel - during her visit to Cairo - at the Baptist HQ of the Abbasiya Cathedral. Merkel will start on Thursday a visit to Cairo ....
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Two women charged with murder of North Korean leader half-brother
Date: 2017-03-01 08:12:32 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:4 - ID:6609805
Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, have been charged with his murder, the BBC reported. The women, Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam and Siti Aisyah from Indonesia, allegedly smeared deadly VX ....
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FM meets in Washington with representatives of Jewish American organizations
Date: 2017-03-01 08:08:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6609785
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has conferred with representatives of the Jewish American organizations at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said talks covered means of activating and enhancing the ....
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Cabinet convenes to discuss political, economic, social files
Date: 2017-03-01 08:07:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6609773
The Cabinet convened Wednesday under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to discuss a number of political, economic, social and security files. The meeting will also tackle reports on the quality of services and efforts to secure basic commodities and ....
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Trump vows teamwork with allies in Muslim world to demolish Daesh
Date: 2017-03-01 08:06:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6609765
During his address to a special joint session of Congress Tuesday, President Donald Trump vowed to use his position as commander in chief to eradicate Daesh terrorist group and work with America’s “friends and allies in the Muslim world” to combat ....
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Census project aims at forming comprehensive population database - CAPMAS head
Date: 2017-02-28 06:41:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6602177
Chairman of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Abu Bakr El Gendy said Monday the current census project aims at surveying the characteristics of the population and forming a comprehensive database on the population, ....
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Turkey says US-based cleric may be planning to escape to Canada
Date: 2017-02-28 06:31:03 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:3 - ID:6602097
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Monday his country has "serious" intelligence suggesting that US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen; who is wanted by his country, may be planning to escape to Canada. Kurtulmus told reporters that ....
