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Chances of reaching final agreement on Iran's nuclear program high: Lavrov
Date: 2015-04-03 09:42:03 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:2303953
Moscow sees the chances of reaching a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear program as being very good after an interim agreement was hammered out by the P5+1 group and Iran in Lausanne, Switzerland, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ....
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Obama, US House Speaker discuss Iran's Nuke deal over phone
Date: 2015-04-03 07:45:36 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2303201
US President Barack Obama made a phone call on Friday with U.S. House Speaker John Boehner to discuss the framework agreement concluded between Iran and the six world powers over its nuclear program. In a statement, Obama said that he would stay ....
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Bourse indexes show mixed performance last week
Date: 2015-04-03 07:26:55 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:2303101
The Egyptian Exchange closed last week with gains amounting to EGP 9.4 billion and its indexes showed mixed performance. The capital market increased 1.9 percent to hit EGP 509.3 billion. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX ....
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Sisi meets S. Africa's Zuma
Date: 2015-04-02 16:58:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2301065
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Thursday South African President Jacob Zuma. The meeting took up recent domestic and regional developments, said Spokesman for the president, Alaa Yousef. The meeting also touched on boosting ....
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Al Azhar decries Sinai terror attacks
Date: 2015-04-02 16:57:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2301045
Al Azhar condemned Thursday the terror attacks earlier in the day in Al Arish and Sheikh Zuweid cities of North Sinai that left a number of army servicemen and civilians dead and injured. In a press release, the world's highest Sunni seat said ....
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East Jerusalem pilgrimage ban still effective - Pope
Date: 2015-04-02 16:54:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2301029
The Coptic Orthodox Church still upholds a ban imposed by the later patriarch on the travel of Copts to occupied East Jerusalem to mark the Holy Week, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese said. Responding to a question ....
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PM: Gov't keen to hold parl't polls very soon
Date: 2015-04-02 16:52:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2301025
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab asserted the government's keenness to hold parliamentary elections as soon as possible. Mahlab was speaking Wednesday during a meeting that grouped political parties and a committee tasked with amending the electoral ....
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More proactive policing needed: Interior min.
Date: 2015-04-02 16:48:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2301013
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said Thursday the current security situation prompts taking variety of proactive crime prevention and control measures. The minister was speaking during a meeting with top security officials on the current ....
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PM meets political powers over election laws
Date: 2015-04-02 16:45:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2300961
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting Thursday with a number of political parties and powers for consultations on election laws. The meetings will continue with different political powers to get acquainted with everyone's vision on the ....
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Antiquities min. receives smuggled Egyptian artifacts in Germany
Date: 2015-04-02 11:23:04 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2298197
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty received on Thursday a number of monuments smuggled from Egypt to Germany earlier. This came during a ceremony held on this occasion in Berlin, where Egypt's Ambassador to Germany Mohamed Hegazy was ....