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  • Oil sector plans to buy 5 drilling rigs

    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 ....

  • AL receives 26.5 mln dollars from Algeria for Palestine

    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 ....

  • Egypt envoy in London opens art gallery

    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 ....

  • Italy pleads to EU, UN over migrant crisis

    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 ....

  • Mortar shells hit central Damascus, kill 14 and wounded 86

    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 ....

  • Mahlab hails restoring 10 priceless antiquities

    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 ....

  • Ten archaeological masterpieces restored

    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 ....

  • UAE keenness on supporting sustainable development in Egypt -- Ministger

    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 ....

  • Libya's 'Ansar Sharia' group rejects democracy

    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 ....

  • IDSC launches website for presidential candidates

    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 ....

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