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  • Metro operation suspended due to technical fault

    Metro operation suspended due to technical fault

    Date: 2015-02-02 19:22:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:1881693

    The spokesman for the National Authority For Tunnels said that operation of the first underground Metro line was suspended Monday due to a technical fault in Ghamra station. Ahmed Abdel Hady said in statements to MENA that efforts are underway to ....

  • 3 MB members in custody for 15 days pending investigation

    3 MB members in custody for 15 days pending investigation

    Date: 2015-02-02 19:20:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:1881681

    The public prosecution has ordered three members of the terrorism Muslim Brotherhood group to be remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigation. The Brotherhood loyalists are accused of planting a bomb on Farshout railway station. They ....

  • Angela Merkel to visit White House next week

    Angela Merkel to visit White House next week

    Date: 2015-02-02 19:19:40 GMT - USA - International - SN:53 - ID:1881669

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with President Obama at the White House on Feb. 9, Washington Post reported, citing officials as saying on Monday. Merkel and Mr. Obama will discuss Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine, ....

  • Minya governor offers condolences to slain conscript

    Minya governor offers condolences to slain conscript

    Date: 2015-02-02 19:17:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:1881641

    Minya Governor Salaheddin Zeyada offered condolences to the family of a slain conscript, who was killed in the terror attacks in North Sinai last week. In statements, Zeyada said that the incident will not undermine the will of ....

  • Israeli decision to freeze Palestinian tax revenues is piracy - Fatah

    Israeli decision to freeze Palestinian tax revenues is piracy - Fatah

    Date: 2015-02-02 19:02:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:1881569

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to withhold the monthly transfer of Palestinian tax revenues, totaling some 400 million shekels, for the second month is piracy and theft, Palestinian movement Fatah said. The total amount of ....

  • Agriculture Ministry to enforce ‘contract farming’ on cotton

    Agriculture Ministry to enforce ‘contract farming’ on cotton

    Date: 2015-02-02 18:56:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:1881533

    The Agriculture Ministry said it will apply the 'contract farming' system on the next cotton harvest. Fifteen state-run weaving and spinning companies have agreed to buy 700,000 quintals of extra-long staple cotton, Agriculture Minister Adel el ....

  • Obama’s words on power transition in Ukraine confirm US involvement in state coup — Lavrov

    Obama’s words on power transition in Ukraine confirm US involvement in state coup — Lavrov

    Date: 2015-02-02 18:55:16 GMT - Russia - International - SN:49 - ID:1881521

    The statement of US President Barack Obama on the United States role in "brokering power transition" in Ukraine confirms that Washington was involved in the February state coup, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted by TASS news agency ....

  • Experts detonate bomb in Qalubiya

    Experts detonate bomb in Qalubiya

    Date: 2015-02-02 18:53:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:1881517

    Bomb disposal teams detonated a highly-explosive bomb planted beneath an overhead power line in the Qalubiya city of Shebin al Qanater on Monday. The area was sealed off as the bomb was being detonated. No human losses were reported. ....

  • Tourism Ministry gears up for planned economic conf.

    Tourism Ministry gears up for planned economic conf.

    Date: 2015-02-02 18:51:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:1881505

    The Ministry of Tourism will prepare a list of five investment projects in the field of tourism for being presented during the planned economic conference in Egypt. The projects is expected to cost 5.3 billion pounds, said Tourism Minister Hisham ....

  • PM: Economic conference is launch pad for Egypt's economy

    PM: Economic conference is launch pad for Egypt's economy

    Date: 2015-02-02 18:49:19 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:1881489

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said on Monday that the economic conference slated for March in Sharm el Sheikh is a launch pad for the Egyptian economy. "Investment projects in 11 sectors will be offered during the conference," Mahlab said during ....

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