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Comprehensive medical insurance plan to workers in new Suez Canal project
Date: 2014-08-10 12:35:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:867031
A comprehensive medical insurance plan is set for new Suez Canal project launched by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Health Minister Adel Adawy said. The plan aims at securing basic health services to workers in the project and being ready to ....
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Lieberman: “We Need To Defeat Hamas”
Date: 2014-08-10 12:30:07 GMT - Israel - International - SN:11 - ID:867018
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated that Israel should defeat Hamas, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. “The demands of the organization are beyond what Israel can agree to,” Lieberman stressed. In the background of the ....
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AL council to hold emergency meeting Monday to discuss Gaza situation
Date: 2014-08-10 12:08:39 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:866977
The Arab League Council will hold an emergency meeting Monday at the permanent delegates' level under Morocco's chairmanship and in the presence of Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi. The meeting will also see the participation of a ....
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Israel shunning truce talks until fire from Gaza stops - Netanyahu
Date: 2014-08-10 12:07:47 GMT - Israel - International - SN:9 - ID:866976
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would stay away from Egyptian-mediated truce talks with Hamas as long as Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks from the Gaza Strip continued, according to Ynet. "Israel will not ....
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Armed Forces starts implementing new Suez Canal project - spokesman
Date: 2014-08-10 12:06:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:866971
The Armed Forces started Wednesday carrying out the new Suez Canal project, the military spokesman has said. The digging work was divided into 33 sectors and assigned to specialized civil companies and two road divisions of the Armed Forces ....
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Environmnet min. confers with Danish amb. to Cairo on means to boost environmental cooperation
Date: 2014-08-10 11:52:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:866940
Environment Minister Khaled Fahmi conferred with the Danish ambassador to Egypt and her accompanying delegation on means to boost cooperation in the environmental field. The Danish ambassador expressed interest in cooperation with Egypt in the ....
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Tourist buses to be used in public transportation soon - minister
Date: 2014-08-10 11:39:14 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:866901
Coordination is under way among the ministries concerned to use tourist buses in longer-distance public transportation, Local Development Minister Adel Labib said Sunday. In press statements, Labib said the new buses will ferry citizens from the ....
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Culture min. meets with Family Library committee
Date: 2014-08-10 10:29:15 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:5 - ID:866778
Culture Minister Gaber Asfour met with the Family Library committee that was recently re-formed. The committee agreed on launching three new book series. The first series is on those with special needs, the second on Egyptian cultural figures and ....
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Absence of political process in Iraq to feed terrorism - King Abdullah
Date: 2014-08-10 10:21:17 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:866759
King Abdullah II of Jordan warned that the absence of a political process in Iraq would feed terrorism and extremism and would complicate chances for reaching a solution to the Syrian crisis. King Abdullah, in an interview with Al-Ghad newspaper ....
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AL denies Arabi was vacationing in London during Gaza aggression
Date: 2014-08-10 09:57:03 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:866714
The Arab League secretariat general denied on Sunday a media report that Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi was vacationing in London during the Israeli aggression on Gaza. This is a groundless report, it said in a statement, stressing that Arabi ....