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  • Police arrest impostor posing as Mahlab's secretary

    Police arrest impostor posing as Mahlab's secretary

    Date: 2014-08-07 11:58:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:862883

    Police arrested an impostor who pretends to be the personal secretary of Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. The man, identified as Belal A., 28, a production operator at a Ras Ghareb petroleum company and a resident of Meleig village in Shebin El ....

  • Egypt bourse continues upward trend

    Egypt bourse continues upward trend

    Date: 2014-08-07 11:57:01 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:862879

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) continued its upward trend at the end of trading on Thursday, backed by intensive purchases by institutions and foreign investment funds. The market capital gained about 3.6 billion pounds to hit 510.4 billion pounds ....

  • More than 2 billion foreign funding for associations since January 25th Revolution - ministry

    More than 2 billion foreign funding for associations since January 25th Revolution - ministry

    Date: 2014-08-07 11:42:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:862840

    Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali underlined that the ministry approved 2011 foreign donations for 560 Egyptian civil association estimated by 2.175 billion pounds since January 25th, 2011 Revolution. This remark came in a statement sent by ....

  • Sisi inquires after health of veteran actress Faten Hamama

    Sisi inquires after health of veteran actress Faten Hamama

    Date: 2014-08-07 11:17:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:862795

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated on Thursday presidential secretary Ahmed al-Ansari to Dar El-Fouad hospital in the 6th of October to inquire after the health of veteran actress Faten Hamama. Ansari will convey Sisi's speedy recovery ....

  • MB Supreme Guide, 13 others get death sentence over Istiqamah mosque clashes

    MB Supreme Guide, 13 others get death sentence over Istiqamah mosque clashes

    Date: 2014-08-07 11:12:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:862771

    Giza Criminal Court has confirmed death sentence for terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group Supreme Guide Mohamad Badie and 13 others over violence, murder, incitement, terror and sabotage. The incidents took place close to al-Istiqamah Mosque, ....

  • Boko Haram Kills ‘Dozens’ in Nigeria

    Boko Haram Kills ‘Dozens’ in Nigeria

    Date: 2014-08-07 10:10:45 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:8 - ID:862658

    Residents from the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza say Boko Haram militants killed dozens of locals on Thursday, Leadership newspaper reported. “The soldiers guarding us just went away as the militants advanced against our town,” a resident ....

  • Court sentences two of Tahrir sexual assaulters to life in jail

    Court sentences two of Tahrir sexual assaulters to life in jail

    Date: 2014-08-07 10:08:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:862656

    Cairo Criminal Court handed down on Thursday a life jail sentence against two of the three defendants charged with sexually assaulting a group of women at Tahrir Square during the inauguration of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Life sentences in ....

  • Health min. orders intensifying inspection tours to hospitals

    Health min. orders intensifying inspection tours to hospitals

    Date: 2014-08-07 10:04:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:862651

    Health Minister Adel El Adawy has ordered the clinical medicine sector to intensify its inspection tours to hospitals within the framework of a ministry's initiative dubbed, "Towards Clean Hospitals". This comes as part of Adawy's endeavors to ....

  • Egypt agrees to host regional office of UN Women

    Egypt agrees to host regional office of UN Women

    Date: 2014-08-07 09:30:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:862549

    A presidential decree was issued on Thursday approving Egypt's hosting of the UN regional office of women in the Arab world. On May 2 of 2013, the Egyptian government and the UN Agency for Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment signed an ....

  • Iran, US planned to hold nuclear talks in Geneva

    Iran, US planned to hold nuclear talks in Geneva

    Date: 2014-08-07 07:17:31 GMT - Iran - International - SN:4 - ID:862280

    Representatives from Iran and the United States are scheduled to sit down for bilateral negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear energy program, IRNA reported. The talks are slated to be held in the Swiss capital of Geneva later on Thursday. Iran’s ....

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