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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....