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  • Sisi meets intelligence chief, orders hard work for Egypt's safety

    Sisi meets intelligence chief, orders hard work for Egypt's safety

    Date: 2016-01-06 07:10:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4059445

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Tuesday with the intelligence chief at the headquarters of the Egyptian General Intelligence. During the meeting, Sisi discussed the current challenges facing Egypt and the latest developments in the region ....

  • Renowned actor Mamdouh Abdel Alim dies of heart attack

    Renowned actor Mamdouh Abdel Alim dies of heart attack

    Date: 2016-01-06 06:59:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4059349

    Renowned actor Mamdouh Abdel Alim died on Tuesday at the age of 60. Head of the actors syndicate Ashraf Zaki told MENA that Abdel Alim died of a heart attack while practicing sports. His family has not specified a date for the funeral or ....

  • Finance Ministry to auction T-bills worth EGP 8.5bn on Wednesday, Thursday

    Finance Ministry to auction T-bills worth EGP 8.5bn on Wednesday, Thursday

    Date: 2016-01-05 18:27:41 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:4058041

    The Finance Ministry will auction T-bills on Wednesday and Thursday on the occasion of Christmas. The Ministry said on its website Tuesday that 182-day and 364-day T-bills will be auctioned at a total value of 8.5 billion pounds. ....

  • Transport min. opens dock for general cargoes in Damietta

    Transport min. opens dock for general cargoes in Damietta

    Date: 2016-01-05 17:27:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:4057629

    Transport Minister Saad El Gioushi opened on Tuesday a dock for general cargoes in Damietta. Damietta Governor Ismail Abdel Hamid participated in the inaugural ceremony. The 90-meter-length dock cost 11 million pounds. ....

  • Trial of Morsi in espionage case adjourned until tomorrow

    Trial of Morsi in espionage case adjourned until tomorrow

    Date: 2016-01-05 16:26:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:4057369

    Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned until Wednesday the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood group on charges of leaking classified documents on Egypt's national security and the Armed Forces to ....

  • AL chief slams terrorist attacks in Iraq

    AL chief slams terrorist attacks in Iraq

    Date: 2016-01-05 15:27:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4056897

    Arab League (AL) Chief Nabil el Araby condemned on Tuesday the terrorist bombings that targeted three mosques in Iraq. Such terrorist attacks aim at breaking the unity of the Iraqi people and undermining social peace there, he said. Araby ....

  • EGX gains EGP 2.1bn

    EGX gains EGP 2.1bn

    Date: 2016-01-05 14:27:59 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:8 - ID:4056289

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) gained 2.1 billion pounds at the end of Tuesday's trading after the government announced it would restructure public and business sector companies, many of which are listed on the EGX. The EGX 30 benchmark index went ....

  • Daesh uses chemical weapons in Syria with 'very high' probability - Moscow

    Daesh uses chemical weapons in Syria with 'very high' probability - Moscow

    Date: 2016-01-05 13:28:59 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:4055809

    Moscow believes the probability that militants from Daesh have used chemical weapons in Syria to be “very high,” the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department for issues on the nonproliferation and control over weapons said ....

  • 41 vessels transit Suez Canal

    41 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2016-01-05 13:01:29 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:4055461

    Forty-one ships transited the Suez Canal in both directions on Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of 2.445 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 23 vessels, carrying about 1.605 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 18 ships, ....

  • China: Current situation in Middle East became so complicated

    China: Current situation in Middle East became so complicated

    Date: 2016-01-05 12:30:19 GMT - China - International - SN:5 - ID:4055205

    China on Tuesday said that the current situation in the Middle East became so complicated and ambiguous after Bahrain and Sudan severed relations with Iran while the UAE has downgraded its diplomatic representation with Tehran, over a dispute that ....

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