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  • Protest law amendment to be fullfilled Thu. – min.

    Protest law amendment to be fullfilled Thu. – min.

    Date: 2016-06-13 15:58:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:5092313

    The committee assigned with amending the protest law will complete its work on Thursday and will submit the amendment to the Cabinet next week, Legal Affairs Minister Magdy el Agaty said. The minister said the amended law can be applied on those ....

  • Egyptian boat 'Abu Hamada' leaves Tunisia for Egypt - ambassador

    Egyptian boat 'Abu Hamada' leaves Tunisia for Egypt - ambassador

    Date: 2016-06-13 15:57:27 GMT - Tunisia - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:5092301

    The Egyptian boat ''Abu Hamada'' left the fishing port of Sfax on Saturday for Egypt, after tireless efforts exerted by the Egyptian Embassy in Tunisia to release it, said Egypt Ambassador in Tunisia Ayman Musharafa. In statements to MENA ....

  • Petroleum min. follows up development of Mediterranean oil field

    Petroleum min. follows up development of Mediterranean oil field

    Date: 2016-06-13 15:16:23 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:5091969

    Petroleum Minister Tareq el Molla chaired the third meeting of a committee following up progress at the development project of Zohr, the largest gas field in the Mediterranean Sea. The meeting reviewed the progress in digging development wells at ....

  • Pope calls delivery of weapons, not food a 'strange paradox'

    Pope calls delivery of weapons, not food a 'strange paradox'

    Date: 2016-06-13 15:15:36 GMT - Italy - International - SN:8 - ID:5091953

    Pope Francis of the Vatican told thousands of workers and diplomats Monday at the U.N. agency that delivers food to crisis areas it is "a strange paradox" that food often cannot get through to those suffering due to war but weapons can. Francis' ....

  • Egypt auctions T-bonds

    Egypt auctions T-bonds

    Date: 2016-06-13 14:09:27 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:5091417

    The Finance Ministry auctioned on Monday treasury bonds at a total value of EGP 4.75 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 3 billion of 3-year, EGP 500 million of 7-year and EGP 1.25 billion of zero-coupon treasury ....

  • AL chief's visit to Ramallah cancelled

    AL chief's visit to Ramallah cancelled

    Date: 2016-06-13 14:08:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:5091405

    Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el Araby said Monday he cancelled a visit, was scheduled to kick off Tuesday, to Ramallah. The visit was cancelled due to scheduling difficulties on el Araby part, a statement said Monday. The AL chief was ....

  • Agriculture minister receives new FAO representative in Egypt

    Agriculture minister receives new FAO representative in Egypt

    Date: 2016-06-13 10:21:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:5089129

    Agriculture Minister Essam Fayed met Monday with newly appointed Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in Egypt Hussein Gadain, who submitted a copy of his credentials to the minister. Gadain had served as a civil engineer before ....

  • Hariri: Beirut terror blast aims at destabilizing banking sector in Lebanon

    Hariri: Beirut terror blast aims at destabilizing banking sector in Lebanon

    Date: 2016-06-13 09:22:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:5088649

    Head of the Lebanese "Future" Bloc Saad el Hariri condemned the terror attack outside the headquarters of Lebanese Blom Bank in central Beirut on Sunday, noting that it aimed at destabilizing the country. In statements on Sunday night, Hariri ....

  • UNICEF decries killing of children in recent attacks on Syria

    UNICEF decries killing of children in recent attacks on Syria

    Date: 2016-06-13 08:46:13 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:3 - ID:5088361

    The UN Children's Rights & Emergency Relief Organization (UNICEF) condemned the killing of a number of children in recent attacks on Syria. In a press release on Sunday, UNICEF Representative in Syria Hanaa Singer said according to reports, one ....

  • Orlando shooter has valid firearms licenses as security guard

    Orlando shooter has valid firearms licenses as security guard

    Date: 2016-06-13 08:14:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:5088161

    Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old US-born citizen, has been identified as the suspect in today’s mass shooting that left at least 50 dead and more than 50 others wounded at the Pulse Orlando, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Officials said Mateen ....

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