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  • 224 Egyptians return home from Libya via Tunisia

    224 Egyptians return home from Libya via Tunisia

    Date: 2015-05-19 12:49:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2620865

    As many as 224 Egyptians arrived at Cairo airport Tuesday coming from Tunisia where they had crossed from war-torn Libya. The Egyptians returned home on an EgyptAir flight that had taken off to bring them back from Tunisia, a source at the ....

  • Defense Minister receives head of US Central Command

    Defense Minister receives head of US Central Command

    Date: 2015-05-19 12:48:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2620809

    Minister of Defense Colonel General Sedki Sobhi on Tuesday held talks with head of the US Central Command Lloyd James Austin and his accompanying delegation, now visiting here. The two sides took up several issues of common concern atop of which ....

  • Egyptian expatriates Union denounces US interference in Egyptian affairs

    Egyptian expatriates Union denounces US interference in Egyptian affairs

    Date: 2015-05-19 12:44:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2620717

    The Egyptian Expatriates Union on Tuesday denounced US interference in the Egyptian internal affairs. In statements to MENA,Union Spokesman Salah Youssef voiced complete rejection to comments on Egyptian judicial rulings. He added that those ....

  • FM says Egypt committed to political solution in Syria

    FM says Egypt committed to political solution in Syria

    Date: 2015-05-19 12:37:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2620669

    Egypt's stance toward the crisis in Syria has not changed, the foreign minister said Tuesday, stressing that Cairo remains committed to efforts to protect the Syrian state against division. Sameh Shoukry said his country is also keen on ending ....

  • Kazakh presidential envoy to Middle East on Cairo visit

    Kazakh presidential envoy to Middle East on Cairo visit

    Date: 2015-05-19 12:29:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2620573

    Baghdad Amreyev, the envoy of the Kazakh president to the Middle East, on Tuesday said his current visit here was part of a tour covering also Turkey and Saudi Arabia along with Russia and Iran. In press statements after meeting with Foreign ....

  • Libyan minister proposes setting up unified Arab TV channel

    Libyan minister proposes setting up unified Arab TV channel

    Date: 2015-05-19 12:26:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2620549

    Libyan Information Minister Omar al Qwery on Tuesday underlined the necessity of setting up a unified Arab TV channel. In statements after a meeting of the Arab Information Ministers Executive Office, he added that he presented the meeting with a ....

  • Mahlab inaugurates Banha power plant at total capacity of 750 MW

    Mahlab inaugurates Banha power plant at total capacity of 750 MW

    Date: 2015-05-19 12:21:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2620513

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Tuesday lauded achievements realized by the electricity sector. The remark was made at the inauguration ceremony of Banha power plant at a total capacity of 750 MW. Attending the ceremony were Minister of ....

  • 2 persons killed, wounded in 2 attacks in North Sinai

    2 persons killed, wounded in 2 attacks in North Sinai

    Date: 2015-05-19 12:18:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2620481

    At least one person was killed and another injured in two separate armed attacks in Sheikh Zuwaid, North Sinai, Tuesday. Seliman M. H., 45, received a gunshot to the hand and was moved to Sheikh Zuwaid Central Hospital, security sources ....

  • Tzipi Livni: Israel is weak, isolated without the US

    Tzipi Livni: Israel is weak, isolated without the US

    Date: 2015-05-19 12:10:01 GMT - Israel - International - SN:8 - ID:2620409

    Israeli MK Tzipi Livni slammed at Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for supposedly ruining Israel's relationship with the United States, the Jerusalem Post reported. Speaking at an Israel Bar Association conference in Eilat on Tuesday, Livni said that ....

  • 64 ships transit Suez Canal

    64 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-05-19 12:04:34 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:2620353

    Sixty-four ships transited the Suez Canal Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of about 3.6 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 30 vessels carrying 1.566 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 34 ships carrying 2.45 tons on ....

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