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  • Exhibitions of basic commodities to be held this week - minister

    Exhibitions of basic commodities to be held this week - minister

    Date: 2015-05-23 09:03:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2646377

    Coordination is underway with the Supply and Internal Trade Ministry to provide all basic commodities nationwide as the holy fasting month of Ramadan approaches, said Local Development Minister Adel Labib. Several exhibitions of foodstuffs and ....

  • Current developments discouraging for Geneva talks -- Yemeni president

    Current developments discouraging for Geneva talks -- Yemeni president

    Date: 2015-05-23 09:02:47 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2646357

    The current developments in Yemen do not help in taking a decision to participate in peace talks to take place in Geneva on Thursday, exiled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi said. In a letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban ....

  • Egypt to host meetings of Syrian opposition in June

    Egypt to host meetings of Syrian opposition in June

    Date: 2015-05-23 09:01:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2646345

    Cairo will be hosting meetings of the Syrian opposition on June 8-9, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry has said. Talks will be held under the auspices of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdel Aati said on Saturday. The ....

  • 283 Egyptians return home from Libya over past 24 hours - official

    283 Egyptians return home from Libya over past 24 hours - official

    Date: 2015-05-23 08:59:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2646337

    As many as 283 Egyptians have returned home from Libya via Salloum crossing along the border between Egypt and Libya over the past 24 hours, Matrouh security chief Anani Hamouda said Saturday. He further said that 120 of the returnees had ....

  • Min.: 88 tons of spoiled food seized this month

    Min.: 88 tons of spoiled food seized this month

    Date: 2015-05-23 08:57:43 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:2646317

    Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy said supply inspectors had seized 88 tons of spoiled food products and 200,000 bottles of expired juice during campaigns across the nation this month. The campaigns also seized 50 tons and 343,000 items unfit for ....

  • Berri on electing president: 'I see no light on horizon'

    Berri on electing president: 'I see no light on horizon'

    Date: 2015-05-23 08:56:12 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2646297

    Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri lamented the lawmakers' failure to fill the vacuum at the top state post in the country saying that he “still does not see light on the horizon.” “Leaving the democratic game is what brought us to this end. ....

  • Sisi to sign important agreements during Berlin visit

    Sisi to sign important agreements during Berlin visit

    Date: 2015-05-23 08:53:58 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2646277

    Egypt's minister plenipotentiary in Germany Mohamed Khalaf has said that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will sign a number of important agreements in the fields of energy on the first day of his anticipated visit to Berlin next ....

  • Release of Nusra-taken captives reaches crucial moment

    Release of Nusra-taken captives reaches crucial moment

    Date: 2015-05-23 08:37:20 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2646169

    The release of captives taken hostage by al Nusra Front reached zero hour as the Lebanese state is carrying out the necessary measures to conduct a prisoner swap deal with the group. Judicial sources told al Mustaqbal newspaper published Saturday ....

  • Egypt's exports to UK hit £199m in 2015 Q1

    Egypt's exports to UK hit £199m in 2015 Q1

    Date: 2015-05-23 08:17:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:10 - ID:2646013

    Egypt's exports to the UK hit £199 million in the first quarter of 2015, the same figure of the same period last year. Egypt's imports, meanwhile, from the UK were down by 7.5% recording £223 million in the described period against £241 million ....

  • Roadside bomb kills 2, including Afghan district chief

    Roadside bomb kills 2, including Afghan district chief

    Date: 2015-05-23 07:53:38 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:2645793

    An Afghan official says a roadside bomb has killed two people, including a district administrative chief, in the country's south, according to ABC News. Dost Mohammad Nayab, spokesman for the provincial governor of Uruzgan province, said Saturday ....

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