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Nazif released after paying one million pounds
Date: 2015-02-25 11:12:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2040109
Presiding judge Tharwat Hamad Qadi decided to free former prime minister Ahmed Nazif in connection with Al Ahram gifts case after repaying the value of the gifts he and his wife got from the state-run daily. Nazif, who had been accused of ....
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Cairo governorate bans vehicles parking at Qasr el Nile, Talat Harb streets as of Saturday
Date: 2015-02-25 10:59:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2039953
Cairo governorate decided to ban vehicles parking at Talaat Harb street and the nearby Qasr el Nile in downtown Cairo on both sides as of Saturday. The ban of the parking in Qasr el Nile street will start from its crossroad with Talaat Harb ....
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Tourism Ministry to launch "Egypt is Close" campaign Thursday
Date: 2015-02-25 10:52:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2039869
The Tourism Ministry and Tourism Authority will organize an operetta Thursday as part of a campaign to activate Arab tourism to Egypt. Themed "Egypt is close", the campaign will be launched at the Cairo International Conference Center (CICC) as ....
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Cabinet in talks over security, economic files
Date: 2015-02-25 10:37:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2039701
The cabinet under Ibrahim Mahlab held on Wednesday its weekly meeting to discuss a number of political, economic and security files. The meeting will expound efforts to secure Egyptian streets and fight terrorism. It will also review a number ....
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Federation of Egyptian Banks holds press conf. Thursday to announce achievements in project to upgrade slums
Date: 2015-02-25 10:30:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2039553
The Federation of Egyptian Banks will hold a press conference Thursday to review phase achievements in a project to upgrade slums. The federation signed a deal with the Armed Forces' Engineering Authority in February 2014 to upgrade shanty towns ....
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Egypt, South Sudan succeed to get rid of MB rule
Date: 2015-02-25 10:11:49 GMT - South Sudan - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2039345
Egypt and South Sudan managed to get rid of the Muslim Brotherhood rule, said Rizik Zakaria Hasan, Governor of Western Bahr El Ghazal State of South Sudan. He told MENA on the sidelines of Egyptian Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi's visit that ....
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Jewish settlers set ablaze mosque in western Bethlehem
Date: 2015-02-25 09:42:07 GMT - palestine - International - SN:12 - ID:2039033
Jewish settlers set on fire a mosque in Al Hoda village in western Bethlehem City, southern the West Bank, Sky News reported Wednesday. No further details are available so far on the incident. The all-news network said the attack on the mosque ....
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Egyptian FM starts visit to Moscow
Date: 2015-02-25 09:04:02 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2038709
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived here on Wednesday as part of an overseas tour that has taken him to Tunisia and France so far. Shoukry will meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Thursday for talks on the situation in the ....
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Qatar supports terrorist groups - US lawmaker
Date: 2015-02-25 08:37:17 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2038529
The US Congress has warned that billions of dollars in US arms sales to Qatar could be enabling the Arab country's support for leading terrorist organizations and allies, according to a letter to the administration being circulated on Capitol ....
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Egypt's Irrigation Minister tours development projects in S. Sudan
Date: 2015-02-25 08:15:23 GMT - South Sudan - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2038329
Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi toured on Tuesday a number of joint projects established in South Sudan's cities of Juba and Wau. The projects, including 30 wells for potable water, were carried out under a memorandum of ....