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Aswan governor, Swiss diplomat discuss cooperation
Date: 2016-01-22 08:23:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4165293
Aswan Governor Magdy Hegazy met on Thursday with Swiss Ambassador to Egypt Marco Leitner to discuss cooperation. During the meeting, they talked about plans set for development projects funded by the Swiss government. Head of the Swiss ....
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Biden: US to continue supporting Iraqi campign against Daesh
Date: 2016-01-22 07:49:49 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:4165145
The US will continue to support the Iraqi government in its campaign against Daesh terrorists, US Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday. He made the remarks during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi on the sidelines of the ....
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Egyptian-American relations on right track - Foreign Ministry
Date: 2016-01-21 10:58:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4159637
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry stressed on Thursday that relations between Egypt and the US are moving on the right track and that the coming period would witness more joint moves at all levels. Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid ....
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Sisi orders CAPMAS head to remain in office for additional year
Date: 2016-01-21 10:25:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4159233
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issud a presidential decree on allowing Abu Bakr el Gendi to remain in office as the head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) for an additional year. Gendi assumed this post as ....
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Court defers till April 7 Mubarak retrial over killing of protesters in 2011 uprising
Date: 2016-01-21 10:05:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4158969
The Court of Cassation decided on Thursday to postpone till April 7 the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak over killing of peaceful protesters during January revolution. This is the second and final retrial for Mubarak in the case. The ....
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UN envoy: Egypt's role very important to push forward in Libya's political process
Date: 2016-01-21 08:45:40 GMT - Libya - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4158209
Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Martin Kobler asserted the importance of Egypt's role in moving ahead the political process in Libya. In a tweet, Kobler posted a number of photos in which he met with members of ....
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Carter mourns loss of marines on crashed helicopters
Date: 2016-01-21 08:17:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:4157949
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter extended the government's sympathies Wednesday to the families of the 12 Marines missing since two service helicopters apparently collided last week off Hawaii. "While there is no way to comprehend the grief ....
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Egyptian-Chinese summit starts
Date: 2016-01-21 08:16:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4157941
The summit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping began in Cairo on Thursday. An official reception ceremony was held at the presidential palace to welcome President Xi. Xi arrived in Cairo late ....
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Interior Ministry: 5 policemen killed, three injured in terrorist Arish attack
Date: 2016-01-21 07:01:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4157509
Five policemen were killed and three others injured when unknown armed elements opened fire at a police unit in charge of securing Al Atalawi square in North Sinai city of Arish. According to a statement by the Interior Ministry, three police ....
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Tunisian govt takes immediate measures to contain rising unrest
Date: 2016-01-21 07:00:08 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4157501
The Tunisian government decided late on Wednesday to take a series of measures to contain unrest that has been running high in Kasserine and other parts of the North African country following the death of a local man whose name was removed from a ....