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Finance Ministry denies reversal of cigarettes tax hike
Date: 2015-02-25 07:58:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2038197
The Finance Ministry on Tuesday denied media reports about the reversal of a presidential decree raising the tax imposed on cigarettes. "The new tax hike is still in effect and was not cancelled or withdrawn," the ministry stressed in a ....
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Israeli PM rebuffs Senate Democrats' meeting request
Date: 2015-02-25 07:38:08 GMT - Israel - International - SN:7 - ID:2038077
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declined an invitation to meet with two top Democratic senators, Radio Israel reported. Senators Dianne Feinstein, of California, and Dick Durbin, of Illinois, invited Netanyahu for a closed-door ....
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51 British firms to take part in March economic conference: BEBA
Date: 2015-02-25 07:29:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2038001
As many as 51 British companies will take part in the Sharm el Sheikh economic conference slated for March, head of the British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) Sameh Seif el Yazal said on Tuesday. "There are serious promises from British ....
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Activist Abu Saada to run for parliament
Date: 2015-02-25 07:05:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2037805
Human Rights activist Hafez Abu Saada decided to freeze his chairmanship of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights to run in the coming parliamentary elections. He said the decision aims at guaranteeing the independence and the integrity of ....
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Explosion takes place near Gaza police station
Date: 2015-02-25 06:58:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2037773
An explosion took place near a Palestinian police station in Gaza Strip late on Tuesday but no casualties were reported, local sources said. Sources said the blast is caused by a mortar shell that was mistakenly fired near the station by ....
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Obama nominates 1st US ambassador to Somalia since 1991
Date: 2015-02-25 06:43:02 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:2037701
US President Barack Obama has nominated a career diplomat to be the first U.S. ambassador to Somalia in nearly 25 years, filling a post that has been vacant since the Horn of Africa country collapsed into chaos in 1991, forcing the closure of the ....
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Shoukry arrives in Paris as part of tour
Date: 2015-02-25 06:27:40 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2037649
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived Tuesday night in Paris coming from Tunisia. During his short stay, Shoukry will meet Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Al-Faisal. The meeting is expected to take up preparation for Sharm El ....
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US defense secy phones Egypt's Sedki Sobhy
Date: 2015-02-25 06:14:37 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2037589
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter spoke with Egypt's Minister of Defense Gen. Sedki Sobhy today. In a statement, the spokesman at the US Department of Defense said Secretary Carter expressed condolences to Egypt for victims of recent terrorist ....
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Sisi, Luxembourg FM discuss situation in Egypt: Spokesman
Date: 2015-02-24 19:00:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:2036541
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting Tuesday with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn on the situation in Egypt during the last four years Presidential adviser Alaa Youssef said that President Sisi stressed during the meeting ....
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Antiquities min. opens Sun Cult Complex in Luxor
Date: 2015-02-24 18:53:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:65 - ID:2036501
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty opened on Tuesday the Complex of the Sun Cult at Deir el-Bahari temple in Luxor. The inauguration ceremony came after the Egyptian-Polish archaeological mission finished the restoration process of the ....
