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Pope Tawadros meets SMOM amb.
Date: 2014-05-01 19:29:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:698574
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received on Thursday an ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM). The meeting tackled latest developments on the Coptic orthodox church and its activities ....
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Awqaf minister inspects restoration of Luxor historic hotel
Date: 2014-05-01 19:21:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:698564
Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa paid a visit Thursday to Luxor to inspect restoration work carried out at Luxor historic hotel. The minister stressed that the restoration of the hotel, which is estimated at EGP100 million, will be finalized ....
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Sisi campaign panel holds meeting, launches initiative to create equal opportunities for youths
Date: 2014-05-01 19:20:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:698562
The youths committee at the campaign of presidential runner Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi held a meeting Thursday in the presence of Tamarod's founder Mahmoud Badr, the panel's secretary general Hazem Abel-Azeim along with a host of political ....
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EU not financing Ethiopia Renaissance Dam - ambassador
Date: 2014-05-01 19:17:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:698560
European Union (EU) Ambassador to Egypt James Moran denied that the EU funds the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. In press statements at the end of his visit to Luxor on Thursday, Moran said that the EU stands fully ready to mediate, if asked from all ....
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Egypt bourse gains EGP 8.5bln in February
Date: 2014-05-01 19:17:33 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:15 - ID:698559
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) achieved gains worth 8.5 billion pounds during April. The total market capital achieved gains about 478.04 billion pounds against 469.52 billion pounds by the end of March. The EGX 30 benchmark index went up by 5.78 ....
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Suez Canal begins applying new transit fees for all ships
Date: 2014-05-01 19:13:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:698555
The Suez Canal Authority began Thursday applying new transit fees on all ships passing at the strategic international commercial water way. The new list of fees, that was declared in February, will be effective as of today. The Suez Canal ....
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Putin calls stopping violence in Ukraine most important thing in conversation with Merkel
Date: 2014-05-01 19:05:03 GMT - Russia - International - SN:13 - ID:698546
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that today the most important thing for the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis was the withdrawal of military units from the country’s southeast, ....
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Condemnation no more enough to face continued Israeli aggressive acts against Quds - Jordanian MP
Date: 2014-05-01 19:03:51 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:698544
Jordanian lawmaker Yahia el-Saud stressed on Thursday that statements of condemnation are fruitless in face of continued Israeli aggressive acts against al-Quds and Palestinians. "What was taken by force only regained by force", Saud, who heads ....
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Sabahi delays Labor Day visit over electioneering timetable
Date: 2014-05-01 19:01:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:698541
Presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahi decided to delay his scheduled visit to the Nile Delta province of Gharbiya to mark the May Day that fell on Thursday. His campaign said the delay is due to the decision to start electioneering on May ....
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4 MB members arrested in Alexandria
Date: 2014-05-01 18:57:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:698537
Alexandria prosecutors on Thursday decided to remand four Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members into custody for 15 days pending investigations over riot charges. They are also accused of joining a terrorist group, storming public and governmental ....