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Electricity Ministry signs two contracts to upgrade Banha, Beni Suef power plants
Date: 2014-08-27 09:52:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:893583
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohammad Shaker on Wednesday attended the signing ceremony of two contracts to upgrade Banha and Beni Suef power stations. In statements on Wednesday, the minister said the first contract is meant to ....
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Egypt's Karate team leaves for Arab championship in Jordan
Date: 2014-08-27 09:10:12 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:37 - ID:893464
Egypt's Karate team left for Jordan on Wednesday to take part in the Arab Championship for Seniors to start later in the day. The Egyptian mission includes 21 players and administrative staffers. Ten Arab teams are competing in the event. ....
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US backs off statement that Egypt, UAE were behind Libya air strikes
Date: 2014-08-27 09:04:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:893442
The US State Department has backed off a statement that Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were behind air strikes on Islamist militants in Libya. At a regular State Department briefing, spokeswoman Jen Psaki had said: "We understand there were ....
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Egypt's financial watchdog gets grant from WB for microfinance
Date: 2014-08-27 09:02:58 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:35 - ID:893435
The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) got a four- million-dollar grant from the Wold Bank for boosting the legislative and institutional framework of microfinance activities in Egypt, the authority said in a statement on ....
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Transport minister arrives at Abu Simbel airport to open Qastel crossing
Date: 2014-08-27 09:00:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:893433
Minister of Transport Hani Dhahi and Minister of Trade and Industry Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour arrived at Abu Simbel airport in Aswan Wednesday to inaugurate "Qastel-Ashket" border crossing between Egypt and Sudan. The two ministers are accompanied ....
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Supply minister visits Bloomberg L.P. factory in Texas
Date: 2014-08-27 08:59:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:33 - ID:893431
Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy visited a factory of Bloomberg L.P. Company in Texas to get firsthand information about advanced storage technologies. Bloomberg L.P. Company is set to execute three logistic projects in Egypt to improve storage and ....
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Libya's central bank denies robbery reports
Date: 2014-08-27 08:30:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:893242
The Central Bank of Libya denied on Wednesday reports that gunmen stormed the building and robbed it. These are rumors that meant to weaken confidence in the banking sector in Libya, the bank said in a statement. The bank is an independent ....
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Cabinet confers on security, Suez Canal files
Date: 2014-08-27 08:29:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:893379
Meeting under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab Wednesday, the government reviewed a number of important files, atop of which security and the New Suez Canal. The Cabinet also discussed the economic situation with focus on some articles of the state ....
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Court renews custody of 8 MB members in Gharbiya
Date: 2014-08-27 08:27:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:893232
A Tanta court decided to renew the detention of eight members of the Muslim Brotherhood for 30 days over riots charges They were referred to Tanta prison. New Valley security forces arrested a member of the Muslim Brotherhood with leaflets ....
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UN Human Rights report cites murder, kidnap, torture in Ukraine
Date: 2014-08-27 08:26:37 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:31 - ID:893375
Separatists in Ukraine and Ukraine government forces are guilty of a wide array of human rights abuses, including torture, a UN report said. The report by the 34-member UN monitoring mission, prepared by the UN human rights office in Geneva, said ....
