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  • Electricity grids in Baer Abd replaced, renewed -- official

    Electricity grids in Baer Abd replaced, renewed -- official

    Date: 2015-04-07 12:49:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2330781

    Electricity grids in Baer Abd city have been replaced and renewed, municipality chairman Adly el Yamani said Tuesday. The replacement and renovation cost a total of five million pounds, Yamani said, noting that 60 percent of the work has already ....

  • Egypt hands over AARDO presidency to Mauritius

    Egypt hands over AARDO presidency to Mauritius

    Date: 2015-04-07 12:42:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2330661

    Egypt's Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali handed over the presidency of the African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) to Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth. During the AARDO's annual conference, Wali provided a review of the ....

  • 51 ships transit Suez Canal

    51 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-04-07 12:35:07 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:2330589

    Fifty-one vessels crossed the Suez Canal on Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of 2,341 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 32 ships carrying 1,429 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 19 vessels carrying 912,000 tons. ....

  • Iran nuke deal positive for S. Korean firms: finance minister

    Iran nuke deal positive for S. Korean firms: finance minister

    Date: 2015-04-07 12:32:50 GMT - south korea - International - SN:9 - ID:2330577

    A landmark deal on limiting Iran's nuclear program is expected to help South Korean companies make inroads into the key Middle Eastern market, Seoul's economic czar said Tuesday, according to Yonhap News Agency. Chairing a meeting of ....

  • Aswan governor allots EGP 3 mln for roads' maintenance projects

    Aswan governor allots EGP 3 mln for roads' maintenance projects

    Date: 2015-04-07 12:22:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2330441

    Aswan Governor Mostafa Yousri allocated on Tuesday EGP 3,800 million for the completion of projects of paving roads in Aswan city. The projects will be completed by the end of April 2015, Head of Aswan City Mohamed Atef Barakat said in ....

  • Iranian warships exercise targeting hostile flying objects in Sea of Oman

    Iranian warships exercise targeting hostile flying objects in Sea of Oman

    Date: 2015-04-07 09:46:39 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2328781

    Iran's 33rd fleet of warships exercised firing artillery shells at flying targets in the Sea of Oman last night in the last stage of its mission which took the flotilla to international waters. Since one of the main missions of the Iranian fleets ....

  • Syrian rivals eye Geneva-3 conference

    Syrian rivals eye Geneva-3 conference

    Date: 2015-04-07 09:41:07 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2328741

    General Coordinator of the National Coordination Body Hasan Abdel Azem said the main aim of the current meetings in Moscow is to pave the way for a possible Geneva-3 international conference. In a statement to MENA on Tuesday, he added that the ....

  • Legalizing hashish threatens societal peace: Anti-addiction fund

    Legalizing hashish threatens societal peace: Anti-addiction fund

    Date: 2015-04-07 07:59:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2327965

    The Drug Control and Addiction Treatment Fund of the Solidarity Ministry voiced on Monday its deep concern over recent calls to legalize the hashish trade in Egypt. "Legalizing hashish threatens the peace of the community as hashish was a major ....

  • Upper Egypt businessman wanted for seizing mlns of pounds from citizens

    Upper Egypt businessman wanted for seizing mlns of pounds from citizens

    Date: 2015-04-07 07:38:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2327793

    CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) – An arrest warrant has been issued for a fugitive businessman over charges of seizing millions of pounds from citizens in Upper Egypt and other areas on claims that he would invest them. Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim, aka Ahmed el ....

  • PM says there is accord to hold parl't polls before Ramadan

    PM says there is accord to hold parl't polls before Ramadan

    Date: 2015-04-07 07:33:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2327749

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab stressed on Monday that there is a consensus to hold the parliamentary elections before the holy fasting month of Ramadan. "The government is keen to hold the elections as soon as possible and there will be a ....

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