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  • Chances of reaching final agreement on Iran's nuclear program high: Lavrov

    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 ....

  • Obama, US House Speaker discuss Iran's Nuke deal over phone

    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 ....

  • Bourse indexes show mixed performance last week

    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 ....

  • Sisi meets S. Africa's Zuma

    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 ....

  • Al Azhar decries Sinai terror attacks

    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 ....

  • East Jerusalem pilgrimage ban still effective - Pope

    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 ....

  • PM: Gov't keen to hold parl't polls very soon

    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 ....

  • More proactive policing needed: Interior min.

    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 ....

  • PM meets political powers over election laws

    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 ....

  • Antiquities min. receives smuggled Egyptian artifacts in Germany

    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 ....

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