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  • Arab League: Forming anti-terror force to top Sharm summit

    Arab League: Forming anti-terror force to top Sharm summit

    Date: 2015-03-03 15:25:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:2082881

    The Arab League shed light on Egypt's proposal on forming an Arab force to protect the national security of Arab states and fight terrorism. In press statements on Tuesday, the league's assistant secretary general Ahmed bin Heli said the proposal ....

  • Court to issue verdict on depriving Egyptians with dual nationality of elections candidacy

    Court to issue verdict on depriving Egyptians with dual nationality of elections candidacy

    Date: 2015-03-03 15:23:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:2082865

    The Supreme Constitutional Court set next Saturday for a verdict on a suit for unconstitutionality of depriving citizens with dual nationality of running in the coming parliamentary elections. The court heard on Tuesday a pleading by lawyer Isam ....

  • Communication minister meets Master Card chief

    Communication minister meets Master Card chief

    Date: 2015-03-03 15:16:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:2082789

    Minister of Communications and Information Technology Atef Helmi received on Tuesday Ajay Banga, the President and Chief Executive Officer of world Master Card company. They discussed measures related to the financial merging services with the ....

  • Sisi meets members of Economic Development Council

    Sisi meets members of Economic Development Council

    Date: 2015-03-03 15:14:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:2082777

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Tuesday with members of a recently established specialized Economic Development Council. In his first meeting with the council, Sisi stressed the importance of the role played by the economy in enhancing the ....

  • EGX indexes show mixed performance

    EGX indexes show mixed performance

    Date: 2015-03-03 15:13:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:45 - ID:2082761

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) witnessed varied performance at the close of trading on Tuesday amid purchase operations by local investment institutions and funds and profit-taking operations by foreign and Arab investors. The benchmark index EGX ....

  • New floating hotel for New Suez Canal workers

    New floating hotel for New Suez Canal workers

    Date: 2015-03-03 15:11:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:2082733

    A 450-suite floating hotel coming from Greece arrived Tuesday at the location of the New Suez Canal. Ocean Majesty is the fifth floating hotel that arrives in Egypt to serve as a shelter for foreign workers at the New Suez Canal project. The ....

  • World forum for tolerance, moderation formed in Cairo

    World forum for tolerance, moderation formed in Cairo

    Date: 2015-03-03 14:16:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:2082277

    The Ministry of Awqaf announced on Tuesday the formation of the board of trustees of the world forum for tolerance and moderation under minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and membership of scholars from Arab, African and Muslim countries. Ministry ....

  • Spokesman meets Japanese reporters over terror

    Spokesman meets Japanese reporters over terror

    Date: 2015-03-03 14:12:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:2082189

    Spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Badr Abdel Aati met on Tuesday with representatives of several Japanese media outlets. During the meeting, Abdel Aati briefed the Japanese journalists on the latest developments in Egypt as well as ....

  • US committed to providing Iraq with logistic support, advanced weapons -- US commander

    US committed to providing Iraq with logistic support, advanced weapons -- US commander

    Date: 2015-03-03 14:04:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:2082097

    A US commander met on Tuesday with Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army General Babikir Zebari. During their meeting, the US commander stressed that the US is committed to providing Iraq with all logistic support and advanced weapons to improve ....

  • Italy supports UN efforts for resuming Libya dialogue

    Italy supports UN efforts for resuming Libya dialogue

    Date: 2015-03-03 13:45:52 GMT - Italy - International - SN:38 - ID:2081905

    Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Tuesday called on the international community to support UN efforts for resuming dialogue between warring rivals in Libya, the Italian news agency AKI reported. Libya's General National Congress (GNC) said ....

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