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Security forces intensify efforts to reveal reasons behind Ramses bombing: official
Date: 2014-05-03 07:16:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:700357
The Interior Ministry announced that a booby trapped Lada Niva car without plates went off Friday night near Ahmed Orabi metro station, killing a man. According to the ministry's media official, the car was driven by two men near the metro entry ....
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Sisi's campaign director denies remarks on Algeria attributed to Egypt's field marshal
Date: 2014-05-03 07:14:11 GMT - Algeria - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:700353
The campaign director of the candidate to Egypt's presidential election, Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, "has categorically denied" the remarks on Algeria attributed by some Egyptian media to el-Sisi, APS quoted Algerian ministry of foreign ....
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1 killed in car bombing in downtown Cairo
Date: 2014-05-03 07:11:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:700346
A man was killed when a car bomb exploded Friday night on Ramsis Street near the premises of the Syndicate of Engineers downtown Cairo, a well-placed security source at the Ministry of Interior said. The booby-trapped car had no plates, the ....
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1 killed, 4 injured in Alexandria, Fayyoum protests -- health ministry
Date: 2014-05-03 07:10:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:700342
The Health Ministry has announced that one person was killed and four others injured during Friday protests in Alexandria and Fayyoum. A man was killed and three injured in Alexandria, while another one was injured in Fayyoum, the ministry said. ....
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Tourism minister mourns Tour blasts victims
Date: 2014-05-03 07:02:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:700331
Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou condemned Friday the two terrorist blasts that occurred in the South Sinai city of Al-Tour and mourned the victims. Zazou said that such attacks target innocent army and police personnel, "who will not be ....
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Presidential decree to regulate social housing projects
Date: 2014-05-03 07:01:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:700330
Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree to assign the Housing Ministry with proposing, planning and offering social housing projects and supervising their implementation. The projects are aimed to provide suitable ....
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Navigation in Suez Canal normal – spokesman
Date: 2014-05-02 19:06:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:700099
Spokesman for the Suez Canal Authority Tarek Hassanein asserted Friday that navigation in the waterway is going well and no accidents disrupt the movement of vessels. In statements to MENA, Hassanein said as many as 59 vessels crossed the ....
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Security Council Holds Emergency Ukraine Meeting
Date: 2014-05-02 18:33:59 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:32 - ID:700062
U.N. Security Council held on Friday its 13th emergency meeting on the growing crisis in Ukraine at the request of Russia. Jeffrey Feltman, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs urged all sides to exercise “maximum restraint” and ....
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Egyptian GDRs in London show mixed performance
Date: 2014-05-02 18:32:48 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:31 - ID:700060
The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) in the London Stock Exchange showed mixed performance at the close of Friday's trading. The GDRs of Orascom Telecom and EFG-Hermes remained unchanged at 0.90 and 3.68 US dollars respectively. ....
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UK concerned by reports of escalation in eastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-05-02 18:32:17 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:30 - ID:700057
The Britain government expressed Friday concern over reports of provocative actions by pro-Russian groups in the east of Ukraine. Speaking ahead of his visit to Ukraine, UK foreign secretary william hague said "I am extremely concerned by ....