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  • Arab League anti-piracy meeting kicks off

    Arab League anti-piracy meeting kicks off

    Date: 2015-05-06 13:25:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:2531569

    An Arab League meeting on combating sea piracy and organized crime kicked off here on Wednesday. The two-day meetings, attended by representatives of Arab ministers of justice and interior, will review a protocol on combating sea piracy as part ....

  • Chinese FM, EU official probe promoting joint coop.

    Chinese FM, EU official probe promoting joint coop.

    Date: 2015-05-06 13:22:54 GMT - China - International - SN:46 - ID:2531489

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a meeting Wednesday with European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. The get-together took up means of boosting joint cooperation as well as regional and ....

  • Iraqi PM invited to World Economic Forum in Jordan

    Iraqi PM invited to World Economic Forum in Jordan

    Date: 2015-05-06 13:18:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:2531437

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi received an invitation from Jordan's King Abdullah II for the World Economic Forum on the Middle East to be held in Jordan on May 21-23. Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al Jabouri received a similar invitation. ....

  • CBE says net int'l reserves up to $20.525bn at end of April

    CBE says net int'l reserves up to $20.525bn at end of April

    Date: 2015-05-06 12:59:17 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:44 - ID:2531173

    The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said Wednesday that the net international reserves increased to 20.525 billion dollars at the end of April compared to 15.290 billion at the end of March. International reserves are used to secure basic ....

  • 35 wounded as earthquake rocks Iranian city

    35 wounded as earthquake rocks Iranian city

    Date: 2015-05-06 12:54:54 GMT - Iran - International - SN:43 - ID:2531129

    At least 35 people have been injured after an earthquake measuring 5.2 points hit the city of Kashmar in Iran’s eastern province of Khorasan Razavi earlier Tuesday. The Seismological Center of Institute of Geophysics at Tehran University said the ....

  • Egypt main gate for Saudi products into Africa - diplomat

    Egypt main gate for Saudi products into Africa - diplomat

    Date: 2015-05-06 12:48:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:2531077

    Saudi Ambassador here Ahmed Abdel Aziz Qattan said Egypt is the main gate for Saudi products into the African markets. Speaking to reporters while opening the Saudi pavilion in Food Africa exhibition, he said Saudi investments in Egypt total ten ....

  • Infiltration bid to Libya foiled

    Infiltration bid to Libya foiled

    Date: 2015-05-06 12:45:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:2531037

    Border guards forces foiled an attempt by 67 persons, including five Sudanese, to illegally sneak out of the country into the Libyan territories through rough mountainous and desert routes in Salloum. All of them are now being held in police ....

  • Unidentified people policeman's car in Mahallah

    Unidentified people policeman's car in Mahallah

    Date: 2015-05-06 12:42:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:2530957

    Unidentified assailants threw Molotov cocktails on a car owned by a policeman in Mahallah police station. The car was parked outside a traffic checkpoint in el Shoun Square. Firefighters rushed to the scene and managed to control the fire. ....

  • Committee urges truth behind missing Tunisian reporters

    Committee urges truth behind missing Tunisian reporters

    Date: 2015-05-06 12:14:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2528429

    The Libyan National Committee of Human Rights urged Libyan authorities to exert more efforts to find the fate of the Tunisian reporters who went missing in Libya since September. Reports over the fate of the two journalists were conflicting, ....

  • 65.7% of dredging at New Suez Canal finalized

    65.7% of dredging at New Suez Canal finalized

    Date: 2015-05-06 12:11:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:2530673

    Up to 166.145 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have been dredged so far as part of the Suez Canal Development Project, said Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Memish Wednesday. This represents 65.7 percent of a total 250 ....

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