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  • Abbas tours Jericho

    Abbas tours Jericho

    Date: 2015-05-01 17:33:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2498421

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began on Friday an inspection tour of Jericho. Abbas inaugurated the mosque of former Palestinian president Yasser Arafat. Abbas performed Friday prayers at Yasser Arafat's Mosque with Prime Minister Rami ....

  • Azhar grand imam returns home from UAE

    Azhar grand imam returns home from UAE

    Date: 2015-05-01 17:32:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2498417

    Al Azhar Grand Imam Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb on Friday returned Cairo Friday after a visit to the United Arab Emirates. During the visit, el Tayyeb attended the second Annual Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies. The forum grouped 350 ....

  • Mahlab appoints new secretary general of NCDA

    Mahlab appoints new secretary general of NCDA

    Date: 2015-05-01 13:28:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2497037

    Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab issued a decision to appoint Heba Hagras Ahmed Hagras as secretary general of the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA). He also approved reforming the higher committee for human organ ....

  • SCA says navigation movement in canal not affected by ship fire

    SCA says navigation movement in canal not affected by ship fire

    Date: 2015-05-01 13:24:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2496997

    The navigation movement in the Suez Canal has not been affected by a limited fire that erupted on a US vessel crossing the international waterway earlier on Friday, an official said. Spokesman for the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Tareq Hassanein ....

  • Palestinian FM in New Zealand to discuss going to UNSC

    Palestinian FM in New Zealand to discuss going to UNSC

    Date: 2015-05-01 13:23:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2496989

    Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh al Malki has started talks with a raft of New Zealander officials to discuss means of providing support for the Palestinians, who want to go to the UN Security Council to issue a resolution to establish their ....

  • Adel Yassin Mahmoud named head of Maritime Transport Sector

    Adel Yassin Mahmoud named head of Maritime Transport Sector

    Date: 2015-05-01 12:43:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2496761

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Friday issued a decree appointing Adel Yassin Mahmoud as head of the Maritime Transport Sector. Mahmoud was the head of the General Authority for Alexandria Port. ....

  • Highly-explosive bomb defused on train tracks in Ain Shams

    Highly-explosive bomb defused on train tracks in Ain Shams

    Date: 2015-05-01 12:41:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2496749

    Bomb disposal squads dismantled a highly-explosive bomb planted on the rail tracks in Ain Shams district of eastern Cairo before a train coming from Suez drove by. Director of the transport police el Sayed Gad el Haq told MENA security forces had ....

  • Aviation min. meets with WB delegation

    Aviation min. meets with WB delegation

    Date: 2015-05-01 10:37:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2495929

    Minister of Civil Aviation Hossam Kamal met with a visiting delegation of the World Bank. The visit comes within the framework of periodic visits of WB officials to follow up projects funded by the bank. The visit aims at checking the work ....

  • Aviation min. meets with WB delegation

    Aviation min. meets with WB delegation

    Date: 2015-05-01 09:40:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2495625

    Minister of Civil Aviation Hossam Kamal met with a visiting delegation of the World Bank. The visit comes within the framework of periodic visits of WB officials to follow up projects funded by the bank. The visit aims at checking the work ....

  • Egypt's amb. to Germany meets with young diplomats from Egypt, Arab states

    Egypt's amb. to Germany meets with young diplomats from Egypt, Arab states

    Date: 2015-05-01 09:40:09 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2495613

    Egypt’s Ambassador to Germany Mohamed Hegazy met Thursday with a group of young diplomats from Egypt and Arab states. The youths are participating in a training program organized by the German Foreign Ministry annually. Hegazy asserted his ....

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