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Pro-Morsi protest in Maryoutia district
Date: 2014-04-18 15:46:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:675483
Supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi staged a rally following Friday's prayers in Al- Maryoutia neighborhood in Giza. The protesters chanted anti-police and army slogans, raising Morsi pictures. Security forces beefed up measures ....
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Development of Matrouh valleys to achieve boom in agriculture: minister
Date: 2014-04-18 15:45:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:675481
Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu Hadid said that the development of valleys, which spread in the city of Marsa Matrouh, will achieve a quantum leap in agriculture in Egypt. The development of these valleys will resolve the problem of ....
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Health Ministry on high alert during Easter celebrations
Date: 2014-04-18 15:44:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:675480
The Health Ministry announced in a statement Friday setting up a comprehensive emergency plan to secure Easter and Sham el-Nessim celebrations. Ambulances will be deployed in gathering areas, including, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in ....
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Petroleum min. pays surprise visit to Mineral Resources Authority
Date: 2014-04-18 15:43:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:675478
Petroleum Minister Sherief Ismail paid Friday a visit to the Mineral Resources Authority HQs. During the visit, Ismail met with staffers and senior officers and inspected the body's information and documentation center, urging for protecting ....
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Egypt aborts bid to smuggle Jewish artifacts overseas
Date: 2014-04-18 15:43:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:675471
Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said police aborted an attempt to smuggle Jewish artifacts out of the country. The Jewish artifacts were seized in Damietta river port before being smuggled into Belgium. The artifacts are 11 wooden ....
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Fahmy resumes meetings with intellects, opinion leaders
Date: 2014-04-18 10:07:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:674872
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy received separately renowned writer Gamal el-Ghitani and political science professor Ahmed Youssef Ahmed, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Aati Friday. This comes as part of Fahmy's meetings with intellects ....
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Obama phones Cameron over Ukraine crisis
Date: 2014-04-18 09:49:18 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:9 - ID:674842
US President Barack Obama spoke via phone to British Prime Minister David Cameron late Thursday about Moscow's growing presence in eastern Ukraine, the White House said. Both leaders said they "are prepared to take further measures to impose ....
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Kerry condemns call for Jews to register in Ukrainian city
Date: 2014-04-18 09:44:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:674829
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Jews in a city in eastern Ukraine had been ordered to register with the authorities, calling the idea intolerable, The Washington Post reported. "Just in the last couple of days, notices were ....
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Egyptian bourse up during last week trading
Date: 2014-04-18 09:26:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:674786
All indexes of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) were up during last week trading. During the course of the week, the benchmark EGX 30 index rose by 2.59 percent reaching 8,104 points, said a weekly report issued by the Egyptian Exchange, of which MENA ....
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Heavy security measures ahead of MB protests
Date: 2014-04-18 08:32:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:674653
Army and police forces were highly deployed in all the entrances and exits of Cairo and Giza in anticipation of planned protests by the terrorist-designated Muslim Brotherhood group. Army and police forces erected security checkpoints and ....