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UAE state minister leaves Cairo
Date: 2014-08-15 13:42:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:875507
UAE Minister of State Sultan bin Ahmed Sultan Al Jaber left here Friday back home winding up a three-day visit to Egypt. During his visit, Jaber inspected a raft of development and service projects nationwide. His visit comes as part of the ....
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EGP 160mn allocated for journalists' allowance in 2014-2015 budget- ministry
Date: 2014-08-15 13:38:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:875497
The Finance Ministry has allocated 160 million pounds for journalists' allowance, known as allowance of training and technology, in its 2014-2015 budget. The allocation rose by 10 million pounds on the last fiscal year. The allowance was ....
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Interior Minister forms team to identify "Helwan Brigades"
Date: 2014-08-15 12:52:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:875409
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has decided to form a team to study and analyze a statement issued by the so-called "Helwan Brigades," a senior Interior Ministry official said Friday. The team will be tasked with identifying members of this ....
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Bourse indexes up last week
Date: 2014-08-15 12:48:24 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:875405
The Egyptian Exchange indexes closed last week up and the market capital gained EGP 6.9 billion to hit EGP 516.9 billion. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 jumped 2.55 percent to 9,387 points, said a weekly report issued ....
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Palestinian support moral, humanitarian, national duty, says Algerian president
Date: 2014-08-15 12:00:57 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:875321
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika asserted his country's support to the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip which has been hit by Israeli airstrikes for more than a month before the Palestinians and Israel reached a five-year ....
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Nasrallah: ISIL would be in Beiruit if Hezbollah not intervened in Syria
Date: 2014-08-15 11:55:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:875315
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that if Hezbollah hadn’t intervened in Syria at the right time, ISIL would be in Beirut now. During an interview with a Lebanese newspaper, Nasrallah said intervention in Syria aimed at ....
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NUCA budget doubled - min.
Date: 2014-08-15 11:29:58 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:875271
Housing Minister Mostafa Madboly said on Friday that the budget dedicated to the development plan of the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) will be increased from 7.3 to 14 billion pounds. "This is to accomplish the underway projects as soon ....
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Seasonal employment visas back to Egyptian approved companies - Minister
Date: 2014-08-15 11:23:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:875258
Minister of Manpower Nahed Ashry managed to obtain the approval of Saudi ambassador Ahmed Kattan to restore seasonal employment visas to Egyptian recruitment approved companies. In statements on Friday, the minister said these companies can deal ....
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UN lauds Maliki for relinquishing power in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-15 11:12:22 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:875235
The United Nations (UN) has lauded Nouri al-Maliki’s decision to step down as Iraq’s prime minister as indicative of his commitment to democracy. The world body’s special representative for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, said in a statement, “The ....
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41 killed, wounded in Iraqi air strikes
Date: 2014-08-15 11:08:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:875227
Eleven people have been killed and 30 more injured in military raids on western Kirkuk. Sky News carried the news Friday without giving further details. The US embassy here has confirmed that Iraq got more than 15 million pieces of artillery ....