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  • Egypt's bourse loses 1.7 billion pounds; index down 0.22%

    Egypt's bourse loses 1.7 billion pounds; index down 0.22%

    Date: 2015-06-15 15:01:20 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:18 - ID:2802753

    All bourse indices showed on Monday a downward trend amid sales of corporations and investors and plans by Emaar Misr to float shares worth 2.7 billion pounds. At closing today, the bourse reported 1.7 billion pound losses. The EGX 30 ....

  • Iraqi interior minister, WB representative confer on ways to secure reconstruction projects

    Iraqi interior minister, WB representative confer on ways to secure reconstruction projects

    Date: 2015-06-15 14:49:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2802641

    Iraqi Interior Minister Mohamed Salem al Ghaban met Monday with World Bank Special Representative for Iraq Robert Bou Jaoude. Talks took up means to provide security needed to implement reconstruction projects in areas liberated from Daesh ....

  • Egypt's bourse announces trading hours during Ramadan

    Egypt's bourse announces trading hours during Ramadan

    Date: 2015-06-15 14:47:41 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:16 - ID:2802621

    Egypt Exchange announced on Monday trading hours during the fasting month of Ramadan. In a statement, the bourse set the new trading hours as follows: Listed Securities Market (Main Market) Official Trading Session from 10:00 a.m 01:30 ....

  • 221 mn cubic meters of water-saturated sand removed from new Suez Canal

    221 mn cubic meters of water-saturated sand removed from new Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-06-15 14:44:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:15 - ID:2802585

    A total of 221.569 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have so far been lifted by 39 dredgers at the new Suez Canal lane project, head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish said. The figure represents 85.88% of the target of 258,000 ....

  • Implementation mechanism for UNSC resolution needed before meeting Houthis in Geneva - Yemeni FM

    Implementation mechanism for UNSC resolution needed before meeting Houthis in Geneva - Yemeni FM

    Date: 2015-06-15 14:42:57 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:2802569

    Yemen's Foreign Minister Riad Yassin on Monday said his country's official delegation would not meet with a Houthis delegation before an implementation mechanism for the Security Council Resolution 2216 is agreed through Special Envoy to Yemen ....

  • Egypt PM meets South African businessmen

    Egypt PM meets South African businessmen

    Date: 2015-06-15 14:38:06 GMT - South Africa - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2802541

    Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met with leading South African businessmen and investors, hailing ties and cooperation binding both countries. Egypt and South Africa are keen on boosting bilateral cooperation, he said, adding Egypt is ....

  • Tunisian president, interior minister probe security conditions

    Tunisian president, interior minister probe security conditions

    Date: 2015-06-15 13:48:50 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2802181

    Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi discussed with Interior Minister Mohamed Nagem the security conditions in the country as well as the developments of the latest terrorist attack that took place at dawn Monday in Sidi Bou Said. Earlier, number ....

  • Sisi orders opening Rafah terminal for another two days

    Sisi orders opening Rafah terminal for another two days

    Date: 2015-06-15 13:30:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2802045

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ordered the opening of the Egypt-Gaza Rafah terminal for another two days – Tuesday and Wednesday - on both directions to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and ease their suffering. The Egyptian authorities ....

  • Antiquities minister following up development works of Aswan, Luxor archaeological places

    Antiquities minister following up development works of Aswan, Luxor archaeological places

    Date: 2015-06-15 09:39:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2799797

    Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Damaty agreed to lighten the road leading to Al Cab archaeological area, which houses many graves, and replacing outdated guidance signs. The minister spoke after noticing the poor-lighted area while on his way to ....

  • UN chief calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen

    UN chief calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen

    Date: 2015-06-15 09:37:42 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2799773

    United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opened political talks on Yemen here on Monday by calling for a humanitarian ceasefire to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan. He said that one of the parties, the Houthis, had not yet arrived ....

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