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Egypt to restore 7 smuggled artifacts from Germany - minister
Date: 2015-03-31 15:28:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:2285953
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El Damaty on Tuesday said Egypt is due to restore seven stolen artifacts from Germany. The artifacts had been smuggled from Egypt illegally, where they were offered for sale at an exhibition in Berlin in November ....
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Matrouh governor, Libyan delegation probe reopening road for trucks
Date: 2015-03-31 14:42:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:2285509
Matrouh Governor Alaa Fathi Abou Zaid met on Tuesday with a delegation of Libyan security and executive apparatuses at the Salloum border crossing. They carried out consultations about the entry of Egyptian trucks to Libya. The visit of the ....
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EGX indexes show mixed performance
Date: 2015-03-31 14:41:06 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:55 - ID:2285521
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) witnessed varied performance at the close of trading on Tuesday amid limited operations due to liquidity shortage. The benchmark index EGX 30 upped by 0.17 percent to 9,134.78 points. The broader EGX 70 index of the ....
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UNDP administrator urges backing countries hosting Syrian refugees
Date: 2015-03-31 14:35:32 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:2285425
The Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Helen Clark called on supporting the countries that host the Syrian refugees including Egypt. The official's remark came in speech which she delivered in the third ....
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Int. ministry: 26 terrorists arrested for storming police stations, inciting violence
Date: 2015-03-31 14:31:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:2285385
Security forces arrested 26 mid-ranking members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group and its supporters in the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. In a press release, the ministry said the security campaign managed ....
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Cassation court looks on Thursday into prosecution challenge to acquaittance of Mubarak, his sons
Date: 2015-03-31 14:28:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:2285365
The Court of Cassation will look on Thursday into an appeal presented by the prosecution against verdicts issued earlier by the Cairo Criminal Court to acquit former president Honsi Mubarak and his sons Alaa and Gamal, along with former interior ....
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Anonymous vows 'Electronic Holocaust' against Israel
Date: 2015-03-31 14:25:00 GMT - Israel - International - SN:49 - ID:2285321
A video released this week by the Anonymous hacker collective vowed to inflict an "Electronic Holocaust" on Israel. The video shows a masked individual in a suit delivering a prepared statement, in which he announces April 7 as the date of a ....
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Shourki meets with Kuwaiti counterpart
Date: 2015-03-31 14:22:39 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:2285293
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri on Tuesday met with Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sabah Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah, on sidelines of the third International Pledging Humanitarian Conference for Syria. The meeting ....
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Zeid warns of total collapse in Yemen, calls for urgent protection of civilians
Date: 2015-03-31 14:20:18 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:2285253
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein on Tuesday expressed alarm about the fast deteriorating human rights situation in Yemen since January 22 when the legitimate Government under President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi was removed by ....
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Suicide blast targeting bus with Iranian pilgrims kills two in Baghdad
Date: 2015-03-31 13:52:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2283897
A suicide bomber blew himself on board a bus with Iranian Shiite pilgrims, killing two and wounding 10 others in the north of Baghdad on Tuesday. The interior ministry spokesman said Tuesday's attack happened in the town of Taji. He added the ....