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Egypt bourse records collective rise
Date: 2015-03-17 15:44:52 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:33 - ID:2186161
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices shut Tuesday's session collectively up backed by wide purchases of the shares of the Central Bank of Egypt. The market capital gained about 1.6 billion pounds, hitting 524.2 billion pounds, after transactions ....
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13.7 pct of Israelis cast ballots within 3 hours
Date: 2015-03-17 15:36:32 GMT - Israel - International - SN:32 - ID:2186045
Some 13.7 percent of Israeli voters have cast their ballots in the general elections as of 10:00 AM, which is over 20 percent higher than the voter turnout at that hour than in the previous two elections, Haaretz reported on Tuesday. Israelis are ....
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Lieberman repeats call to put end to Hamas rule in Gaza
Date: 2015-03-17 15:15:38 GMT - palestine - International - SN:31 - ID:2185953
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday repeated his call for Israel to put an end to Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip, Yediot Ahronot reported. Lieberman said that Israel cannot afford a military operation that disrupts daily lives every ....
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Ifta House warns of gravity of religious chants used by Takfiri groups
Date: 2015-03-17 15:07:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2185893
The Takfiri Observatory of Cairo-based Ifta House issued its 14th report on the activities of the terrorist organizations which use religious chants and songs in spreading their thoughts and recruit more terrorists into their ranks. The report ....
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Proceedings of constituent meeting of ALO economic and social councils kick off
Date: 2015-03-17 14:24:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2185445
The Ministry of Manpower and Immigration announced the launch of the activities of the constituent meeting of the economic and social councils of the Arab Labor Organizations (ALO) in the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday. The Ministry said in a ....
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AL chief: Men of culture should enlighten Arab peoples
Date: 2015-03-17 14:16:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2185093
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Araby on Tuesday asserted that the league should play a role to encourage men of Arab culture to undertake their responsibility for enlightening the Arab peoples. In his speech at the first conference ....
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Egyptian min. in Japan for talks on disaster risk reduction
Date: 2015-03-17 14:14:44 GMT - Japan - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2185357
Egyptian Minister of State for Urban Development Laila Iskandar held talks with Japanese and UN officials to discuss cooperation to reduce disaster risks. "I met with members of Japan International Cooperation Organization on the sidelines of ....
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MB teacher accused of inciting violence, riots arrested
Date: 2015-03-17 13:53:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2184553
Cairo security agency arrested on Tuesday a teacher who is a member of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group over charges of inciting violence and riots, the interior ministry said in a statement. This came within the framework of the security ....
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Greek PM to meet Russia’s Putin in Moscow on April 8: Official
Date: 2015-03-17 13:52:09 GMT - Greece - International - SN:25 - ID:2185137
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Moscow on April 8 after being invited to talks by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Greek government official said on Tuesday, according to Euro News. Greece’s government has previously said Putin ....
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EGAS, Russia's Gazprom sign agreement on purchase of LNG
Date: 2015-03-17 13:49:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:24 - ID:2185129
Minister of Oil Sherif Ismail on Tuesday witnessed the signing of an agreement on importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) between the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and Russia's Gazprom. EGAS Chairman Khaled Abdel Badie and ....