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Sisi to meet visual media representatives Saturday
Date: 2014-08-08 13:21:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:864505
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi is set to meet with representatives of the visual media Saturday, presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy said Friday. ....
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Awqaf min. praises launch of Suez Canal project
Date: 2014-08-08 13:19:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:864500
Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has praised the launch of the New Suez Canal project. "The Suez Canal project is a hope sent by Allah to realize comprehensive development in Egypt," Gomaa said in Friday's sermon. He called on all ....
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2 new bridges to be established in Benha at cost of EGP 80 million - Governor
Date: 2014-08-08 12:13:47 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:864391
Qalyubia Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher said Friday two new bridges are scheduled to be established in Benha to solve the traffic crisis inside the city's entrances. In statements, he added that the projects will be carried out the Engineering ....
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Sisi inspects location of New Suez Canal
Date: 2014-08-08 12:12:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:864388
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi inspected digging operations of the New Suez Canal early Friday. Presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy said Sisi met workers and listened to explanation about their work. Sisi also asked if they were facing any ....
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Israeli warplanes resume bombing Gaza
Date: 2014-08-08 11:09:55 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:864269
Israeli warplanes resumed bombing the Gaza Strip on Friday after a 72-hour truce expired at 8 am. Israeli aircraft launched raids on agricultural land in Tal al-Hawa west of Gaza City, northern Gaza and agricultural Land in Nuseirat refugee ....
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PM Mahlab back home from US
Date: 2014-08-08 10:38:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:864241
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab returned home on Friday, coming from the US where he took part in the US-Africa Leaders Summit. During his visit, Mahlab met with US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry. He has held talks with ....
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Rafah crossing still open to injured Palestinians
Date: 2014-08-08 10:15:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:864211
Rafah crossing is still open to receive Palestinians injured in the continued Israel offensive on Gaza Strip. The crossing has been opened since July 10. The Palestinian injured are allowed into Egypt via the crossing to receive treatment in ....
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MENA chief editor hails new Suez Canal project
Date: 2014-08-08 09:47:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:864144
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s project to develop the Suez Canal has foiled an Israeli plan to establish a waterway that links the Dead Sea with the Red Sea to replace the Suez Canal that connects the Red and Mediterranean Seas, MENA Chief Editor ....
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Bourse indexes up last week
Date: 2014-08-08 09:44:53 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:11 - ID:864141
The Egyptian Exchange indexes closed last week up and the market capital gained EGP 9 billion to hit EGP 510 billion. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 jumped 3.7 percent to 9,153 points, said a weekly report issued by the ....
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Russians mock Obama with racist birthday message
Date: 2014-08-08 09:26:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:864110
In further evidence of the faltering of Russian-American relations, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was lit up for a brief period with birthday wishes for President Obama — that came with racist slants, The Washington Times reported. The first message ....