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  • FM, UN chief confer on Syria, Libya, problem of Ethiopian dam

    FM, UN chief confer on Syria, Libya, problem of Ethiopian dam

    Date: 2014-04-02 17:01:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:646062

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met Wednesday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Brussels to discuss Egypt's contribution to peacekeeping operations in a number of areas around the world. Regional issues, such as the Syrian crisis, the ....

  • FM takes up developments of Egypt in a speech in Brussels

    FM takes up developments of Egypt in a speech in Brussels

    Date: 2014-04-02 16:36:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:646012

    The Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels has invited Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy to deliver a speech, said Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Badr Abdel Aati on Wednesday. In his speech, Fahmy took up the ....

  • Egypt mufti condemns Cairo University bombings

    Egypt mufti condemns Cairo University bombings

    Date: 2014-04-02 16:34:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:646009

    Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam has condemned the terrorist blasts that rocked Cairo earlier Wednesday. The bombs exploded outside Cairo University, killing brigadier-general Tareq el-Margawi and wounding other police troops and leaders. Such ....

  • Giza Zoo evacuated after Cairo University bombings

    Giza Zoo evacuated after Cairo University bombings

    Date: 2014-04-02 16:27:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:646004

    Police troops have evacuated the Giza Zoo after three bombs exploded very close to it Wednesday, outside Cairo University. Police are combing the zoo in search for more bombs. The nearby Orman Park has already been combed. ....

  • NATO decisions hinder domestic Ukrainian talks – Russian Foreign Ministry

    NATO decisions hinder domestic Ukrainian talks – Russian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2014-04-02 16:19:31 GMT - Russia - International - SN:70 - ID:645993

    The decisions taken at meetings of the NATO Council and the Ukraine-NATO Commission have impeded intra-Ukranian talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State John Kerry in a telephone conversation, according to a report by ....

  • Nail bomb behind death of police officer outside Cairo University - autopsy report

    Nail bomb behind death of police officer outside Cairo University - autopsy report

    Date: 2014-04-02 16:17:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:645987

    An autopsy report into the death of the brigadier-general killed on Wednesday in an explosion outside Cairo University has shown that the bomb had been packed with nails, said Spokesman of the Forensic Medicine Authority Hesham Abdel ....

  • 1 killed, 5 wounded in Cairo University bombings -- Health Ministry

    1 killed, 5 wounded in Cairo University bombings -- Health Ministry

    Date: 2014-04-02 16:08:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:645973

    Five people have been wounded in a makeshift-bomb blast outside the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University, the Health Ministry said. Brigadier-general Tareq el-Margawi was killed in the blast, the Ministry said in a statement. Four of the ....

  • AL to hold urgent meeting next Wed. to discuss Palestinian-Israeli talks

    AL to hold urgent meeting next Wed. to discuss Palestinian-Israeli talks

    Date: 2014-04-02 15:49:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:645945

    The Arab League has called an emergency meeting of foreign ministers next week to discuss the floundering US-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), its chief Nabil el-Arabi announced Wednesday. The meeting will ....

  • Qataris exempted from visas to Sudan -- FM

    Qataris exempted from visas to Sudan -- FM

    Date: 2014-04-02 15:46:41 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:645940

    Sudan has decided to exempt Qatari nationals from obtaining visas to enter its territories. The decision is meant to boost relations with Doha, said Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti Wednesday. Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani ....

  • EgyptAir transferred more than 272,000 pilgrims since start of minor Umra season

    EgyptAir transferred more than 272,000 pilgrims since start of minor Umra season

    Date: 2014-04-02 15:41:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:645928

    EgyptAir Holding Company transferred more than 272,000 pilgrims on board 1,483 flights to the holy lands since the start of the Umra (minor pilgrimage) season and until March, announced the company's Chairman Sameh el-Hefny. The company provides ....

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