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  • Defense minister meets South Sudanese counterpart

    Defense minister meets South Sudanese counterpart

    Date: 2015-09-29 16:24:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:3437857

    Egypt's Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi received Tuesday visiting South Sudanese Minister for Defense and Veterans Affairs Kuol Manyang Juuk and his accompanying delegation. The S. Sudan's military ....

  • Sisi meets Greece's PM

    Sisi meets Greece's PM

    Date: 2015-09-29 15:36:46 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:3437461

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has met with Greece's Prime Minister Alexios Tsipras on the sidelines of their participation in the 70th Session of UN General Assembly in New York. The two sides discussed bilateral relations in the various fields ....

  • Israel issues administrative detention orders for 28 Palestinian prisoners

    Israel issues administrative detention orders for 28 Palestinian prisoners

    Date: 2015-09-29 14:18:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:3436649

    Israeli occupation authorities have issued administrative arrest orders for 28 Palestinian detainees. The administrative detention should last for periods ranging between three and six months, according to a statement by the Palestinian ....

  • EGX loses EGP 1.4bn

    EGX loses EGP 1.4bn

    Date: 2015-09-29 14:16:32 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:15 - ID:3436629

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) lost some 1.4 billion pounds at the close of trading on Tuesday pushed by sales of Egyptian and foreign investment funds and Arab investors. The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 1.05 percent reaching 7,331.53 ....

  • Jordanian king meets presidents of Uganda, Nigeria in NY

    Jordanian king meets presidents of Uganda, Nigeria in NY

    Date: 2015-09-29 13:11:40 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:3435957

    King Abdullah II of Jordan has met on the sidelines of his participation in the 70th Plenary Session of the United Nations General Assembly with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The meeting, which was attended by HRH Crown Prince Hussein Bin ....

  • Conscript killed, officer wounded in attack on patrol on Cairo-Assiut road

    Conscript killed, officer wounded in attack on patrol on Cairo-Assiut road

    Date: 2015-09-29 13:08:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:3435869

    A police conscript was killed and an officer wounded in an attack on a patrol on Egypt-Assiut agricultural road Monday night. A number of unidentified gunmen opened fire at the patrol, killing Mahmoud el Amin and inuring Sharaf Abdel ....

  • CBE in 37.8Mln dollars sale at EGP 7.73

    CBE in 37.8Mln dollars sale at EGP 7.73

    Date: 2015-09-29 13:06:24 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:3435829

    The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has sold USD 37.8 Million at 7.73 pounds rate Tuesday. Bankers said the exchange rate settled at 7.83 selling and 7.78 buying. ....

  • Finance Minister says fees of some services to be amended

    Finance Minister says fees of some services to be amended

    Date: 2015-09-29 13:03:06 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:11 - ID:3435773

    Finance Minister Hany Qadry Demian said Tuesday that amendments will be introduced to fees of a number of services that till now cost in piasters. Some of those fees date back to 1958, Demian said as he inaugurated a workshop on the second annual ....

  • Antiquities minister, Luxor governor inspect Valley of Kings

    Antiquities minister, Luxor governor inspect Valley of Kings

    Date: 2015-09-29 11:11:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:3434669

    Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Damati, Minister of Tourism Hesham Zaazou and Luxor Governor Mohammad Badr on Tuesday inspected the Valley of the Kings area at western bank of the Nile. The two ministers will later hold a joint press conference ....

  • Putin and Obama have profound differences on Syria

    Putin and Obama have profound differences on Syria

    Date: 2015-09-29 10:57:02 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:3434517

    Speaking at the United Nations on Monday, President Barack Obama and President Vladimir Putin of Russia affirmed the need for international cooperation. But those sentiments are undermined by profound differences on the nature of the Syrian crisis — ....

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