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Clashes erupt in Tripoli district
Date: 2015-04-17 12:01:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2398581
Fierce clashes erupted Friday between a Libyan army brigade and “Libya Dawn” forces in Tripoli’s eastern suburb of Tajoura. The clashes have been raging since dawn in Tajoura between Brigade 101 and Libya Dawn forces over an anti-crime camp, ....
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IMF: Positive indicators for Egypt economy
Date: 2015-04-17 10:56:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Economy - SN:10 - ID:2398169
Head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde lauded the positive indicators achieved by the Egyptian economy recently, asserting the readiness of the IMF to offer Egypt the needed loans to push the national economy forward. In an ....
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Gharbia security chief: Vital facilities fully secured
Date: 2015-04-17 10:35:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2398053
Gharbiya Security Chief Abdel Hamid Abdel Azim said on Friday that all governmental and vital facilities in the governorate have been fully secured. Many fixed and mobile checkpoints have been set up at the entrances to and exits of the Nile ....
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Bourse indexes lose EGP 400 mn last week
Date: 2015-04-17 10:04:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:8 - ID:2397897
The Egyptian Exchange closed last week with losses amounting to EGP 400 million and its indexes were all down due to Sham El Nessim and Easter holidays. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 declined 0.06 percent to 8,887 ....
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Egypt's FM wraps up visit to Hungary
Date: 2015-04-17 10:03:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2397889
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry concluded his one-day visit to Hungary Thursday night, ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Aati said on Friday. Shoukry's visit to Hungary is the second leg of his European tour of Poland, Hungary and the Czech ....
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Sisi: Egypt keen on political solution in Yemen
Date: 2015-04-17 09:05:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2397485
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted that Egypt is keen on a political solution for the crisis in Yemen. This came Friday during his visit to the Egyptian Military Academy. Sisi said that only air and naval forces were sent to participate ....
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Egypt FM meets Hungarian deputy speaker
Date: 2015-04-17 08:45:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2397369
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Friday met with János Latorcai, the deputy speaker of the Hungarian parliament, at the end of his visit to Hungary. They discussed ways to boost bilateral ties and the latest developments in the region, the ....
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PM to open int'l Quran competition Saturday
Date: 2015-04-17 08:43:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2397349
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa will inaugurate on Saturday the 29th International Quran Recitation Competition, organized by the Awqaf Ministry. About 100 contestants from 70 states in addition to juries ....
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Manpower min. heads for Kuwait to attend Arab Labor Conference
Date: 2015-04-17 08:42:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2397341
Minister of Manpower and Immigration Nahed Ashry will head Saturday for Kuwait to attend the 42nd round of the Arab Labor Conference. The event will run until April 25 under the auspices of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah at ....
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Egypt min. reviews energy reform measures with WB experts
Date: 2015-04-17 07:21:18 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2396825
Egyptian International Cooperation Minister Naglaa el Ahwany reviewed Egypt's measures to reform the energy sector and cut down subsidy on fuel taken in July 2014. The government has reduced wasted energy subsidy by 30%, equivalent to 2% of the ....