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  • New Suez Canal project expands Egypt's growth - Official

    New Suez Canal project expands Egypt's growth - Official

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:34:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2405853

    The new Suez Canal project will expand the economic growth in Egypt, said Ismailia Governor's Media Adviser Ahmed el Yamani. In statements to MENA Saturday, the three cities adjoining the project; Suez, Ismailia and Port Said will be the biggest ....

  • Greek president in Cairo Friday, to hold talks with Sisi -- embassy

    Greek president in Cairo Friday, to hold talks with Sisi -- embassy

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:33:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2405837

    Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos will start a two-day visit to Egypt on Friday. During his stay, he will hold talks with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, according to a statement by Greece's embassy in Cairo on Saturday. He was invited to ....

  • Mahlab chairs ministerial meeting to save Manzala Lake

    Mahlab chairs ministerial meeting to save Manzala Lake

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:31:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2405829

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will chair on Sunday a ministerial meeting to follow up and accelerate the implementation of a governmental program to save Manzala Lake. The meeting will be held at the premises of the Ministry of Water Resources ....

  • Ex-oil minister Fahmy to be retried -- prosecutors

    Ex-oil minister Fahmy to be retried -- prosecutors

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:30:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2405825

    Former oil minister Sameh Fahmy and five leaders of his ministry will be retried under a decision announced on Saturday by the general prosecutor. The defendants are accused of harming the interests of the country and wasting public funds by ....

  • Sisi chairs BA board's annual meeting

    Sisi chairs BA board's annual meeting

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:29:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2405821

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi chaired on Saturday the 16th annual meeting of the board of trustees of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The board comprises international figures including the former presidents of Romania, Colombia, Latvia and Serbia ....

  • Foreign ministry follows up conditions of Egyptian fishermen held in Sudan

    Foreign ministry follows up conditions of Egyptian fishermen held in Sudan

    Date: 2015-04-18 16:28:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2405813

    The Egyptian Embassy in Khartoum and the General Egyptian Consulate in Port Sudan have been following up the issue of arresting Egyptian fishermen by the Sudanese authorities and referring them to court. They face charges of crossing the Sudanese ....

  • Mufti to start European tour Sunday

    Mufti to start European tour Sunday

    Date: 2015-04-18 12:28:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2404017

    Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam will start a European tour on Sunday to clarify the true values of Islam and build bridges of cooperation with the West. The tour will start with the Netherlands and then France, Dar al Iftaa said in a press ....

  • Decisive Storm jets bomb military sites of former president

    Decisive Storm jets bomb military sites of former president

    Date: 2015-04-18 12:09:09 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2403857

    Air jets of “Operation Decisive Storm” bombed several military positions loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Aden’s neighboring city of Abyan. The bombed targets were located in the mountainous area in the governorate ....

  • Egypt's manpower minister arrives in Kuwait to attend Arab labor conf.

    Egypt's manpower minister arrives in Kuwait to attend Arab labor conf.

    Date: 2015-04-18 11:40:02 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2403625

    Egypt's Manpower and Immigration Minister Nahed Ashry arrived here Saturday to take part in the 42nd session of the Arab Labor Conference, which will be held under the sponsorship of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah and in the ....

  • 23 injured as bus overturns in Sharqiya

    23 injured as bus overturns in Sharqiya

    Date: 2015-04-18 11:06:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2403365

    At least 23 people were injured Saturday when their bus overturned and six vehicles crashed into it on Abu-Hamad-el Abbasa road in Sharqiya governorate. Security leaders rushed to the scene. Initial investigations revealed that most of the ....

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