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Awqaf Ministry saves EGP 400 million in 2014/2015 budget
Date: 2015-08-13 18:51:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:3155369
The Ministry of Awqaf saved EGP 400 million in its budget of the fiscal year 2014/2015, a report submitted to Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab read Thursday. The prime minister received the report from Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa as part of ....
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Egypt's mufti, Pakistani amb. probe joint coop.
Date: 2015-08-13 18:48:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:3155353
Egypt's Mufti Shawky Allam discussed during his meeting with the Pakistani Ambassador here Mushtaq Ali Shah means of promoting joint cooperation in the field of fatwa (religious edit). Allam underlined that Dar el Ifta is ready to cooperate with ....
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Sisi greets Congo on National Day
Date: 2015-08-13 18:47:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:3155345
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated presidential secretary Karim el Diwany to Congo's Embassy here to offer greetings on its National Day. ....
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Int'l fatwa conf. to confront takfiri thoughts - Mufti
Date: 2015-08-13 11:39:24 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:3152217
Egypt's Dar al Iftaa will hold on Monday an international conference under the title "The Fatawa: Current Realities and Future Prospects" with an aim to disintegrate takfiri thought, Egypt's Mufti Shawqy Allam said. In statements to Asharq Al ....
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Telecom Egypt works on restoring Attaba telephone exchange service
Date: 2015-08-13 08:21:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:3150801
Telecom Egypt tasked a team with assessing damage in the burnt telephone exchange building in Attaba in central Cairo to restore the facility's service as soon as possible. In a statement Thursday, Telecom Egypt said investigations are underway ....
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Health Ministry: Deaths hit 76 since start of heatwave
Date: 2015-08-13 08:17:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3150757
A total of 447 persons were hit on Wednesday by heat exhaustion due to the heatwave in Egypt, the Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Fifteen persons out of the 447 were killed while 220 were discharged from hospital after receiving ....
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Communications not affected by Attaba fire - official
Date: 2015-08-13 08:17:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:3150749
Communications were not be affected by the fire that gutted the telephone exchange building in Attaba in central Cairo, the Telecom Egypt board chairman said. Mohamed Salem made the remark on Thursday while accompanying Telecommunications ....
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Cairo Metro not affected by Attaba fire
Date: 2015-08-13 08:16:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:3150733
Cairo Metro in the central Cairo square of Attaba is not affected by fire that gutted Attaba telephone exchange building late Wednesday, the Cairo governor said Thursday. In statements after inspecting the fire scene, Galal Moustafa said there is ....
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Huge fire breaks out at Attaba telephone exchange
Date: 2015-08-13 08:14:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:3150717
A huge fire erupted at Attaba telephone exchange building in central Cairo, causing suffocation cases, security a source said in statements to MENA on Thursday. No casualties were reported from the blaze, the source added. Civil protection ....
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Palestinian PM urges US to back two-state solution
Date: 2015-08-12 16:45:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:3148609
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah urged the US administration on Wednesday to support the two-state solution and force Israel to stop its settlement activities in the Palestinian territories. During a meeting with a delegation from the US ....