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Feb. 8 set for nominations for parl't polls - HEC
Date: 2015-01-29 11:07:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:1849817
The Higher Electoral Commission (HEC) said on Thursday that nominations for the coming parliamentary elections will open on February 8. The electoral propaganda will be allowed as of February 26 to March 20 in the first round of elections, the ....
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PM meets Arab education ministers in Sharm el Sheikh
Date: 2015-01-29 11:06:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:1849809
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met on Thursday with Arab education ministers participating in the "Regional Conference for the Arab States on Education Post-2015". This comes on the sidelines of Mahlab's visit to Sharm el Sheikh to follow up the ....
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MB failed miserably in Egypt - Moussa
Date: 2015-01-29 11:06:46 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:1849805
The Muslim Brotherhood group had miserably failed during its ruling of Egypt, former Arab League chief Amr Moussa said. Speaking to MENA correspondent here, Moussa said he did not oppose the group because of its orientation but because of its ....
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Egypt, Indonesia FMs discuss African-Asian Summit due next April
Date: 2015-01-29 11:03:39 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:1849765
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi on the sidelines of the ministerial preparatory meeting for the 24th round of the African Summit in Addis Ababa. During the meeting, the ministers discussed ....
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Suez governor decides closing all illegal, unlicenced child care centers
Date: 2015-01-29 11:03:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:1849757
Suez Governor el Arabi Sorouri decided on Thursday to close all illegal and unlicensed nursery schools in the governorate. Sorouri made such remarks during his meeting with directors of social solidarity, education, health and legal affairs, ....
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Britain expresses concern by clashes between Hezbollah, Israel
Date: 2015-01-29 09:15:31 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1848645
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond called on Thursday for restraint after serious casualties, including the death of a UN peacekeeper, in clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli force. Hammond said he is concerned about reports of clashes ....
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Oil price decline to reduce Egypt's fiscal deficit - WB
Date: 2015-01-29 09:06:00 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:1848537
The worldwide drop in oil prices would reduce Egypt's fiscal deficit, the current account balance and rates of inflation and poverty in the state, the World Bank said on Thursday. In its quarterly report on the Middle East and North Africa, the ....
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News about prison escape in Mahalla 'untrue'
Date: 2015-01-29 09:05:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:1848521
A senior security official in Gharbia governorate denied on Thursday claims that three prisoners escaped from a Mahalla police station after setting fire to blankets and fomenting anarchy inside the jail. Such reports are baseless, Head of the ....
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Mahlab arrives in Sharm el-Sheikh to assure preparations for economic conference
Date: 2015-01-29 09:04:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:1848513
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab arrived Wednesday evening in Sharm el-Sheikh to assure the running preparations for the economic conference, slated to be held on March. Accompanying by a ministerial delegations, he inspected the installation of ....
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Obama says not to meet Netanyahu during Washington visit
Date: 2015-01-29 08:59:06 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:1848497
US President Barack Obama says he will not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in March because his trip to Washington comes too close to Israel's upcoming elections, CNN reported. "I'm declining to meet with him simply because ....