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Oil sector plans to buy 5 drilling rigs
Date: 2014-04-29 13:26:18 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:28 - ID:694445
The Petroleum sector is planning to buy five drilling rigs with total investments hitting $74 million. This came in a report submitted by SinoTharwa Drilling Company to Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sharif Ismail over the company's ....
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AL receives 26.5 mln dollars from Algeria for Palestine
Date: 2014-04-29 13:21:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:694432
The Arab League announced Tuesday that it received a sum of 26.5 million dollars from the Republic of Algeria as a contribution to the Palestinian Authority's budget. Deputy Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Ben Helli said that such step ....
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Egypt envoy in London opens art gallery
Date: 2014-04-29 13:15:51 GMT - United Kingdom - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:694415
Egypt's ambassador in London Ashraf el-Kholy inaugurated an art gallery for three Egyptian artists at the Egyptian Cultural Center. The idea of the exhibit is to brief the Western world, namely the British people, on Egyptian contemporary art as ....
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Italy pleads to EU, UN over migrant crisis
Date: 2014-04-29 13:06:00 GMT - Libya - International - SN:23 - ID:694397
Italy has urged for a European and UN role to face the flow of migrants to its south coasts. Well-informed sources said that an international delegation could be sent to Libya, the main pathway for migrants, to study solutions for this ....
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Mortar shells hit central Damascus, kill 14 and wounded 86
Date: 2014-04-29 13:02:06 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:694388
A series of mortar shells slammed into central Damascus on Tuesday, killing 14 people and wounding scores, Fox News Network reported. The attacks in the Syrian capital came a day after President Bashar Assad announced his candidacy for the June 3 ....
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Mahlab hails restoring 10 priceless antiquities
Date: 2014-04-29 12:54:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:694373
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Tuesday expressed satisfaction at commended efforts to policemen that led to restoring 10 priceless antiquities that were stolen from the Egyptian Museum on January 28, 2011 during unrest at the time. The PM ....
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Ten archaeological masterpieces restored
Date: 2014-04-29 12:47:47 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:16 - ID:694300
Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim announced on Tuesday restoring ten archaeological masterpieces that have been stolen from the Tahrir-based Egyptian Museum on January 28, 2011, during the unrest that broke out at the time. At a press ....
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UAE keenness on supporting sustainable development in Egypt -- Ministger
Date: 2014-04-29 12:46:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:694345
Minister of State at the United Arab Emirates Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber on Tuesday underlined his country's keenness on supporting sustainable development in Egypt. The remark was made while inspecting the second phase of a housing project in ....
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Libya's 'Ansar Sharia' group rejects democracy
Date: 2014-04-29 12:41:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:694333
The extremist 'Ansar al-Sharia' in Libya has rejected democracy and all its mechanisms and tools. "Democracy is forbidden in Islam," the group said in a statement on Facebook. The group slammed the democracy for destroying the concept of Shura ....
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IDSC launches website for presidential candidates
Date: 2014-04-29 12:37:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:694324
The Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) on Tuesday launched a website for the candidates of the forthcoming presidential elections. The website is meant to provide the necessary information for voters on the planned ....