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Boosting gas production next phase in gov't plan: min.
Date: 2014-08-28 14:16:47 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:20 - ID:895777
Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail Thursday inspected a number of projects for natural gas production in the Western Desert and reviewed efforts exerted to increase productivity rates of gas. In statements, Ismail said the coming phase would ....
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Bourse gains EGP 1.2 bn
Date: 2014-08-28 14:14:40 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:19 - ID:895776
The Egyptian Exchange made gains at the close of the week's last trading session backed by purchases by local and foreign mutual funds and institutions of banking and financial services shares. The market capital achieved Thursday gains worth EGP ....
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Erdogan sworn-in as president
Date: 2014-08-28 14:13:45 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:18 - ID:895770
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken the oath of office as Turkey's first president elected by popular vote. Erdoğan, now the 12th president of Turkey, took his oath at Parliament in a ceremony that was boycotted by main opposition Republican People's ....
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PM receives report on Ethiopian dam talks
Date: 2014-08-28 14:07:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:895762
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab received a report from Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi on the outcome of tripartite meetings on Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam held this week in Khartoum. Moghazi had met his Sudanese and Ethiopian ....
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Al-Wasat party withdraws from terrorist MB alliance
Date: 2014-08-28 12:29:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:895572
The Islamist Al-Wasat Party, one of the most prominent members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) -led National Alliance in Support of Legitimacy, withdrew from the coalition on Thursday, citing the need to be part of a wider alliance. The ....
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Sphinx to undergo restoration process as of Friday
Date: 2014-08-28 12:21:17 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:15 - ID:895548
Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Al-Damati said Thursday the Giza Sphinx, better known to Egyptians as Abul Hol, will undergo a restoration process as of Friday for two months. In statements, the minister said the restoration process was part of a ....
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Sisi attends NCCCC meeting
Date: 2014-08-28 11:55:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:895501
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi participated Thursday in the meeting of the National Coordinating Committee to Combat Corruption (NCCCC). Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Chairman of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) Mohamad Wahbi ....
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Singer Sami Yusuf joins WFP as global ambassador against hunger
Date: 2014-08-28 10:58:47 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:13 - ID:895379
Internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter and composer Sami Yusuf has joined the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) as a Global Ambassador Against Hunger. Yusuf, who is a long-term supporter of WFP, will use his status as a hunger ....
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'Daesh' terrorist acts have no link with Islam - Mufti adviser
Date: 2014-08-28 10:55:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:895370
An Adviser to Egypt's Mufi Ibrahim Negm said on Thursday that "Daesh" terrorist acts had no link to Islam. During an interview with a France-owned TV channel, Negm said Darul Iftaa (House of Religious Opinion) launched an international campaign ....
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Egypt FM, US congressional delegation in talks over Mideast developments
Date: 2014-08-28 10:53:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:895366
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri Thursday had talks with a US congressional delegation over the developments in the Middle East and Egypt's stance towards the Palestinian issue and the Syrian crisis. Talks also tackled the situation in Iraq ....
