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  • Suez Canal's revenues drop due to 28-day month - IDSC

    Suez Canal's revenues drop due to 28-day month - IDSC

    Date: 2014-04-07 17:33:25 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:78 - ID:655146

    The Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) attributed a 7.9% decline in Suez Canal revenues in February to the fact that the month had 28 days only. The revenues were calculated based on 28 days only, against January's 31 ....

  • Mansour meets Mahlab, Sobhi, Ibrahim on Aswan updates

    Mansour meets Mahlab, Sobhi, Ibrahim on Aswan updates

    Date: 2014-04-07 17:29:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:655141

    Interim President Adli Mansour met Monday with Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, Defense Minister Sidqi Sobhi and Interior Minister Mohamad Ibrahim on the latest developments in Aswan after deadly inter-tribal clashes. A truce was reached earlier ....

  • Sabahi receives results of medical tests

    Sabahi receives results of medical tests

    Date: 2014-04-07 17:28:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:655139

    Presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahi has received a report indicating his medical fitness to be nominated for the presidency. Sabahi carried out medical check-ups at one of the Health Ministry's medical centers. He underwent ophthalmology, ....

  • Sabahi calls on Mansour to release revolution youths

    Sabahi calls on Mansour to release revolution youths

    Date: 2014-04-07 17:28:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:655138

    Founder of the Popular Current and presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahi has called on interim President Adli Mansour to immediately issue a presidential pardon to release the youths of the Egyptian revolution who are sentenced to three years in ....

  • Jordan's king, Vatican Pope Francis probe regional developments

    Jordan's king, Vatican Pope Francis probe regional developments

    Date: 2014-04-07 17:27:07 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:655134

    Jordanian King Abdullah II probed on Monday with Vatican Pope Francis I the latest developments in the Middle East region, efforts exerted to achieve peace and stability as well as means of promoting bilateral cooperation. The monarch said that ....

  • Trial of 23 defendants accused of killing deputy security chief in Kerdasa delayed to April 20

    Trial of 23 defendants accused of killing deputy security chief in Kerdasa delayed to April 20

    Date: 2014-04-07 17:26:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:655133

    The Giza Criminal Court decided Monday to postpone until April 20 the trial of 23 defendants accused of killing Major General Nabil Farrag, assistant of Giza security chief. The delay came in order to listen to the testimonies of the ....

  • FAO reveals trilateral food security plan for post-2015 agenda

    FAO reveals trilateral food security plan for post-2015 agenda

    Date: 2014-04-07 17:25:37 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:72 - ID:655132

    The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have unveiled the results of their joint work to develop targets and indicators for a new ....

  • EU does not support any political party in Egypt - ambassador

    EU does not support any political party in Egypt - ambassador

    Date: 2014-04-07 17:22:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:655126

    The European Union (EU) does not support a specific political party in Egypt and the Egyptians alone have the right to choose their next president, affirmed the EU ambassador to Egypt, James Moran. Speaking at a press conference held here ....

  • 41 vessels transit Suez Canal

    41 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-04-07 15:47:20 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:70 - ID:654958

    Forty-one vessels transited the Suez Canal on Monday, carrying a total cargo of 1.519 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 18 ships, carrying 805,000 tons, while the north-bound convoy included 23 vessels with a combined cargo of ....

  • Students arrested for attempting to enter Ain Shams University with 7 improvised bombs

    Students arrested for attempting to enter Ain Shams University with 7 improvised bombs

    Date: 2014-04-07 15:46:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:654956

    Three secondary school students were arrested Monday at Ain Shams University while they were attempting to enter the campus illegally with seven homemade explosives, a projectile launcher and birdshots. The university's security staffers ....

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