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  • Attempt to smuggle SR 1 million to Egypt foiled

    Attempt to smuggle SR 1 million to Egypt foiled

    Date: 2015-06-02 17:59:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:2717753

    An attempt to smuggle one million Saudi Riyals into Egypt was foiled on Tuesday at Cairo international airport. Customs officers suspected a 43-year-old Egyptian passenger, coming from Riyadh, with heavy-wight juice boxes in his ....

  • France supports Tunisia in democratic transition- amb.

    France supports Tunisia in democratic transition- amb.

    Date: 2015-06-02 17:57:48 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:2717729

    French Ambassador to Tunisia Francois Gouyette underscored his country's support to Tunisia in its transitional democratic period and establishing an institutional and law state. During a recent visit by Tunisia's President Beji Caid El-Sebsi to ....

  • Hammond calls for intensifing work with Iraqis to defeat Daesh

    Hammond calls for intensifing work with Iraqis to defeat Daesh

    Date: 2015-06-02 17:55:26 GMT - France - International - SN:58 - ID:2717709

    UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Tuesday said the Iraqis needed support in terms of logistics, air cover and training, but insisted that offering ground troops was not an option, the BBC reported. Britain already has more than 100 personnel ....

  • Egyptian GDRs in London show mixed performance

    Egyptian GDRs in London show mixed performance

    Date: 2015-06-02 17:12:37 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:57 - ID:2717449

    The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) traded on London Stock Exchange showed mixed performance at the close of Tuesday's trading. The GDRs of Commercial International Bank (CIB) and of EFG Hermes went down by 0.86 percent to 7.06 U.S. ....

  • Egypt, US discuss boosting military cooperation

    Egypt, US discuss boosting military cooperation

    Date: 2015-06-02 17:11:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:2717433

    Egyptian Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazi held Tuesday talks with visiting US Naval Forces Central Command Commander and US 5th Fleet John Miller talks on boosting military cooperation. Attended by Egyptian top brass and a US delegation accompanied ....

  • Trial of Ansar al Sharia militants postponed

    Trial of Ansar al Sharia militants postponed

    Date: 2015-06-02 17:10:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:2717421

    The Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday postponed until Wednesday the trial of 23 defendants of the so-called 'Ansar al Sharia Brigades'. The defendants face charges of murdering an 12 policemen, attempted murder of nine others, possessing firearms ....

  • Hamas critical of performance of consensus govt

    Hamas critical of performance of consensus govt

    Date: 2015-06-02 16:56:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:2717209

    A year after its formation, the Palestinian national consensus government has drastically failed to secure the minimum needs of the Palestinian people, the spokesman for Hamas has said. The government performance has been week and disappointing, ....

  • Iran’s nuclear stockpile grows, complicating negotiations

    Iran’s nuclear stockpile grows, complicating negotiations

    Date: 2015-06-02 16:52:51 GMT - USA - International - SN:54 - ID:2717301

    With only one month left before a deadline to complete a nuclear deal with Iran, international inspectors have reported that Tehran’s stockpile of nuclear fuel increased about 20 percent over the last 18 months of negotiations, partially ....

  • US-led coalition holds talks in Paris to tackle 'foreign dominated' Daesh

    US-led coalition holds talks in Paris to tackle 'foreign dominated' Daesh

    Date: 2015-06-02 16:41:04 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:2717193

    US-led coalition members carrying out air raids against Daesh held crunch talks in Paris Tuesday as Iraq's leader pleaded for more support against what he said was now a foreign-dominated group, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday. Iraqi Prime ....

  • Orange to pump new investments in Egypt

    Orange to pump new investments in Egypt

    Date: 2015-06-02 16:28:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:2717077

    The board chairman of France's Orange Communications said Tuesday that his company intends to pump new investments in Egypt and provide new communications services. Orange Communications is looking forward to cooperating with Telecom Egypt with ....

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