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  • 160,777 tourists transferred via Red Sea ports during tourism season

    160,777 tourists transferred via Red Sea ports during tourism season

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:10:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2659457

    Spokesman of the Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel Rahim Mostafa said that the ports of the authority transferred 160,777 tourists during the past tourist season via shuttle trips. As many as 80,901 tourists were received and 79,876 tourists left the ....

  • 4 killed, wounded in bomb blast in Zawya city

    4 killed, wounded in bomb blast in Zawya city

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:08:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2659441

    Two brothers were killed and as like wounded in a bomb blast in Al Zawya city west of the Libyan capital. The four brothers found a grenade inside their house that soon blew up in their face, a security source in the city said. The two wounded ....

  • President Sisi greets Jordan on Independence Day

    President Sisi greets Jordan on Independence Day

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:00:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2659385

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday delegated presidential secretary Ahmad Al Ansari to the Jordanian Embassy in Cairo to extend greetings on Jordan's Independence Day. On May 25, 1946, Jordan became an independent sovereign state ....

  • CAPMAS: 94.3% increase in Egyptian cotton exports during 2nd quarter of season

    CAPMAS: 94.3% increase in Egyptian cotton exports during 2nd quarter of season

    Date: 2015-05-25 09:47:25 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:21 - ID:2659301

    The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) stated Monday that Egyptian cotton exports during the second quarter of the agricultural season of 2014-2015 totaled 246,000 metric quintals compared to 126,006 metric quintals ....

  • Egypt expects $45 bn investments in renewable energy in 10 years – min.

    Egypt expects $45 bn investments in renewable energy in 10 years – min.

    Date: 2015-05-25 09:44:29 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:20 - ID:2659273

    Egypt is expecting $45 billion investments in new and renewable energy in the coming ten years, Investment Minister Ashraf Salman said. McKinsey Consulting Company has issued a recent study that emerging markets need $60 trillion for investments ....

  • Soldier opens fire at Tunis base

    Soldier opens fire at Tunis base

    Date: 2015-05-25 09:06:20 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2658889

    A Tunisian soldier has opened fire on other troops at a military base in Tunis, the Tunisian Defense Ministry said Monday. It was not immediately clear if there were any fatalities at the Bouchoucha base. The shooting sparked an evacuation of ....

  • China calls for setting up nuclear-free ME

    China calls for setting up nuclear-free ME

    Date: 2015-05-25 09:00:28 GMT - China - International - SN:15 - ID:2658821

    China said it hopes all parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to promote dialogue and hold an international conference on establishing a region free of nuclear weapons in the Middle East as soon as possible. Responding to a question by ....

  • Egypt, France in contact to render climate change conference success

    Egypt, France in contact to render climate change conference success

    Date: 2015-05-25 08:59:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2658853

    Egypt and France are continuing contacts to render the coming conference on climate change a success, Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy said on Monday. "We have been preparing for the conference, to take place in Paris in December, for nine ....

  • More than 30 persons killed in oil tanker blast in Taiz

    More than 30 persons killed in oil tanker blast in Taiz

    Date: 2015-05-25 08:52:03 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:2658797

    More than 30 people were killed when an oil tanker exploded in al Masbah area in the southern Yemeni governorate of Taiz late Sunday. A group of Houthi militants raided the tanker, according to Mandab Press. A huge fire erupted as a result ....

  • Sudan confiscates many papers before hitting newsstands

    Sudan confiscates many papers before hitting newsstands

    Date: 2015-05-25 08:42:08 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2658681

    Sudanese authorities confiscated on Monday a number of newspapers before hitting newsstands. No reason was given for the motion. The confiscated papers are Al Sudani, Al Intibaha, Al Watan, Alwan, Al Jareeda, Akhirlahza and Al Youm Al ....

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