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40 ships transit Suez Canal
Date: 2016-04-05 15:22:52 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:11 - ID:4659777
Forty ships transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, with a total cargo of 2,3 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 20 vessels carrying 1,2 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 20 ships carrying 1,1 million tons, according to ....
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Bourse indexes show varied performance
Date: 2016-04-05 14:22:13 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:4659177
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at close of trading on Tuesday amid purchase operations by institutions and local investment funds and selling operations by local, Arab and foreign investors. The market capital gained ....
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France will reopen Tripoli embassy -- FM
Date: 2016-04-05 13:23:27 GMT - France - International - SN:9 - ID:4658613
France is working to reopen its embassy in Tripoli as a sign of support for the country's unity government, The World News Times quoted French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault as saying on Tuesday. "Tunisia has reopened its embassy... We are ....
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France rejects US call to postpone peace initiative - Fatah speaker
Date: 2016-04-05 12:21:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:4657917
France has rejected a US call to put back a French initiative to hold an international peace conference until the end of the US presidential elections, to be held by the end of the year, spokesman for the Fatah Movement Fayez Abu Aita said. In ....
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MP Seif el Yazal’s funeral held in New Cairo
Date: 2016-04-05 12:18:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4657849
The funeral of Major General Sameh Seif el Yazal, head of the parliament's largest bloc “Support Egypt”, was held on Tuesday at the Mosheer Tantawi Mosque in New Cairo. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi dispatched a representative to attend the ....
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Saudi-led coalition bombs al Qaeda targets in yemen
Date: 2016-04-05 11:36:24 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4657281
Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed al Qaeda outposts in Lahij governorate, 27 kilometers away from Aden. The sound of the explosion was heard by residents in the area and surrounding areas. On Monday, two planes launched rockets into an old ....
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King Salman to begin visit to Egypt Thursday as scheduled - IDSC
Date: 2016-04-05 11:34:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4657261
The visit to Egypt by Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz will take place on Thursday, according to the Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), denying reports on any postponement. The center referred to reports on websites and ....
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Helen Clark, former New Zealand PM, enters race for UN secretary general
Date: 2016-04-05 07:24:16 GMT - New Zealand - International - SN:4 - ID:4655013
Helen Clark, the former prime minister of New Zealand, has entered the race to succeed Ban Ki-moon as secretary general of the United Nations in a bid to become the first woman in the role of world’s top diplomat. Clark, who was New Zealand’s ....
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Al Azhar mourns death of MP Seif el Yazal
Date: 2016-04-05 07:20:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4654993
Al Azhar mourned the death of Major General Sameh Seif el Yazal, head of the of the parliament's largest bloc “Support Egypt”, who died on Monday at the age of 70. In a statement Tuesday, Al Azhar extended its deepest condolences to Seif el ....
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Police officer killed in accidental storming of checkpoint in Cairo
Date: 2016-04-05 07:17:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4654969
A police officer died of wounds he suffered on Monday when a car accidentally broke into a checkpoint on a main road in eastern Cairo, the official of the Interior Ministry's security media center said. Captain Zyad Mohamed Hamdy Mohamed Gad was ....