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Egypt endorses African free trade deal once parliament is elected, says minister
Date: 2015-06-10 12:48:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:2769877
The African Free Trade Area (AFTA) agreement between COMESA-EAC-SADC will be endorsed once a parliament is elected in Egypt, an Egyptian minister said on Wednesday. The parliament approval is one of the agreement's terms, Minister of Industry ....
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Tourism min. slams Luxor terror attack
Date: 2015-06-10 12:47:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2769853
Tourism Minister Khalid Ramy slammed on Wednesday the terrorist attack that targeted the Karnak Temple in Luxor. Such attacks will not undermine the determination of the Egyptian people and government to uproot terrorism, he said. Ramy further ....
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83.56% of dredging at New Suez Canal finalized
Date: 2015-06-10 12:29:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2769613
Up to 215.583 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have been dredged so far as part of the Suez Canal Development Project, said Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish. This represents 83.56 percent of a total 258 million cubic ....
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Yemen's FM: Jeddah conf. to probe forming Islamic observation force
Date: 2015-06-10 12:28:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:2769601
Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin said on Wednesday that the Jeddah extraordinary ministerial conference on Yemen will discuss a Yemeni proposal to form an Islamic observation force to maintain any possible truce that might be reached before the ....
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Palestinian MP welcomes reopening Rafah crossing for 3 days
Date: 2015-06-10 12:27:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:2769585
Head of the Popular Committee against the Siege Jamal al Khodary welcomed Egypt's decision to reopen Rafah border crossing in two directions for three days starting from the beginning of next week. In press statements on Wednesday, al Khodary ....
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Head of Cairo, Giza antiquities denies foiling terrorist attack near Pyramids area
Date: 2015-06-10 12:25:01 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:33 - ID:2769529
Head of Cairo and Giza Antiquities Kamal Waheed denied news fanned by some websites about aborting a terrorist attack near the Pyramids area in Giza. The antiquities area is safe and the tourist movement is going on normally, he added. The ....
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Egypt PM attends signing ceremony of WB loan agreement
Date: 2015-06-10 12:18:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:2769429
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended Wednesday the signing ceremony of a $500-million loan agreement with the World Bank, for the social housing program. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the third COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit, ....
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Iraqi army seizes 8 car bombs in Anbar
Date: 2015-06-10 12:05:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:2769205
An Iraqi force confiscated eight booby-trapped cars and arrested a number of terrorists in Nukhayb city of Anbar province, Media Adviser to Iraqi Defense Ministry Naseer Nori said in a statement on Wednesday. Acting upon intelligence ....
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EAC member state to host coming summit
Date: 2015-06-10 12:03:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2769161
Egyptian Minister of Industry and Trade Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour on Wednesday said that the trade ministers of the three African economic blocs COMESA, SADC and EAC have agreed that an EAC member state will host the coming EAC summit for the year ....
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Transport minister: Study to be devised to established railway line linking African countries
Date: 2015-06-10 12:02:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2769169
Minister of Transport Hani Dahi said the COMESA-EDC-SADC Summit has included a plan to establish a railway line linking the African continent as part of the summit agenda. In statements to MENA on the fringe of COMESA-EDC-SADC Summit, currently ....
