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  • Cairo University students protest against advancing final exam date

    Cairo University students protest against advancing final exam date

    Date: 2014-04-22 15:22:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:682135

    Scores of Students staged a rally on Cairo University campus on Tuesday to protest against a decision to advance the date of final exams to May 5. In the meantime, security measures have been beefed up across the University in anticipation of ....

  • New talk show on presidential race to be launched Saturday

    New talk show on presidential race to be launched Saturday

    Date: 2014-04-22 15:12:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:682113

    Head of the news sector at the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) Safaa Hegazy said on Tuesday that a new talk show will be launched on Saturday under the title "Egypt Waiting For Its President". This comes as part of the ERTU's plans to ....

  • Saudi CP receives Syrian National Coalition head

    Saudi CP receives Syrian National Coalition head

    Date: 2014-04-22 15:04:49 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:682096

    Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received here Tuesday President of the Syrian National Coalition Ahmad Al-Jarba and his accompanying delegation, the Saudi news agency reported. During the ....

  • Egypt slams Israeli assaults on worshipers in Aqsa Mosque

    Egypt slams Israeli assaults on worshipers in Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2014-04-22 14:48:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:682065

    Egypt has slammed Israeli assaults on worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque. "Such assaults are a provocation to the feelings of millions of Muslims worldwide," said spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Badr Abdel Ati. Abdel Ati called on Israel to stop ....

  • AL chief slams Syria's election plans amid war

    AL chief slams Syria's election plans amid war

    Date: 2014-04-22 14:46:54 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:682064

    Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Nabil al-Araby said that holding elections in Syria while civil war is raging there is a violation of the obligations and commitments of the Syrian government to work under the provisions of the Geneva conference ....

  • AL chief slams UN Security Council double standards

    AL chief slams UN Security Council double standards

    Date: 2014-04-22 14:30:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:682032

    In his speech during an Arab Parliament (AP) meeting, Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Araby said that the current system of the UN Security Council allows for having double standards as it gives the US the right to veto any resolution ....

  • Nile water level drops

    Nile water level drops

    Date: 2014-04-22 14:25:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:41 - ID:682016

    The Nile River water level dropped Tuesday, recording 175.04 meters, two centimeters less than yesterday. Water released from the Aswan Dam reached 175 million cubic meters and the amount of water coming freshly to Lake Nasser reached 71 million ....

  • Brotherhood students protest at Kafr el-Sheikh University

    Brotherhood students protest at Kafr el-Sheikh University

    Date: 2014-04-22 14:19:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:682005

    Scores of students belonging to the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group staged a protest outside Kafr el-Sheikh University building. The students raised photos of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, chanting anti-police and -army slogans. They ....

  • Mansour authorizes minister to sign contracts with petroleum companies

    Mansour authorizes minister to sign contracts with petroleum companies

    Date: 2014-04-22 14:15:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:681984

    Egypt's Interim President Adly Mansour issued on Tuesday three bills authorizing the petroleum minister to sign contracts with four petroleum companies to explore for oil in the Eastern Desert and the Gulf of Suez, presidential spokesman Ihab Badawy ....

  • Port Said ports operating normally – official

    Port Said ports operating normally – official

    Date: 2014-04-22 14:11:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:681979

    Work at ports in Port Said is normal and going on in full swing, said Head of Port Said Harbor Authority Ahmed Naguib on Tuesday. The eastern harbor received nine vessels, while the western harbor received five, he added. ....

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