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  • Revenues of cargo village hits 400 mln pounds in March

    Revenues of cargo village hits 400 mln pounds in March

    Date: 2014-04-01 17:48:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:64 - ID:644016

    Customs chief at Cairo International Airport Mohamed al Shahat said that the revenues of the cargo village reached 400 million pounds in March compared to 300 million pounds in the same month last year. The combined revenues of the village in the ....

  • Jordanian PM, Bahrain information minister discuss ties

    Jordanian PM, Bahrain information minister discuss ties

    Date: 2014-04-01 17:45:47 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:644012

    Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Tuesday stressed Jordan’s deep ties with Bahrain and said the country is keenly interested in further cementing cooperation in media and other fields, Petra news agency reported. He said during a meeting with ....

  • Sisi receives delegation of Nubians

    Sisi receives delegation of Nubians

    Date: 2014-04-01 17:39:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:644007

    Presidential aspirant Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Tuesday held a meeting with a delegation of Nubians. During the meeting, Sisi discussed his vision for the development of Nubia and Upper Egypt, said a statement by Sisi's presidential ....

  • Pollard doesn't want to be freed for Palestinian prisoners, says Israeli minister

    Pollard doesn't want to be freed for Palestinian prisoners, says Israeli minister

    Date: 2014-04-01 17:34:43 GMT - Israel - International - SN:61 - ID:644001

    Jonathan Pollard does not want to be freed from a US jail in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, Ynet news reported, quoting Israeli Housing Minister Uri Ariel as saying on Tuesday. Ariel told Army Radio that people close to Pollard have told him ....

  • Counselor Abdel-Aziz Salman named secretary of presidential election commission

    Counselor Abdel-Aziz Salman named secretary of presidential election commission

    Date: 2014-04-01 17:29:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:643969

    Chairman of the High Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) Anwar el-Aasi has decided to appoint counselor Abdel-Aziz Salman secretary general of the presidential election commission. Aasi also decided to delegate counselors Tareq Shebl and ....

  • 33 wounded in protests in Assiut, Behira

    33 wounded in protests in Assiut, Behira

    Date: 2014-04-01 17:23:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:643955

    The Health Ministry has announced that 33 people were wounded in protests in Assiut and Behira cities on Tuesday. The protests took place at at Al-Azhar University's branch in Assiut and Damanhour University, according the ministry. No deaths ....

  • UK Cabinet spokesman tells MENA MB activities to be probed

    UK Cabinet spokesman tells MENA MB activities to be probed

    Date: 2014-04-01 17:15:25 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:43 - ID:643760

    Former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sir John Jenkins will be in charge of a government probe into Muslim Brotherhood activities in the UK. A spokesman for the UK Cabinet told MENA correspondent in London the probe will also focus on the MB ....

  • Fahmi meets with Ugandan FM

    Fahmi meets with Ugandan FM

    Date: 2014-04-01 17:12:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:643947

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi conferred with his Ugandan counterpart Sam Kutesa Tuesday on means to boost bilateral ties, the controversial Ethiopian dam project and the situation in the Horn of Africa. Fahmi said that the meeting touched on ....

  • Security forces in North Sinai defuse bomb

    Security forces in North Sinai defuse bomb

    Date: 2014-04-01 17:09:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:643941

    Security forces in North Sinai on Tuesday defused an explosive charge with no casualties or damage reported. According to a security source with North Sinai security directorate, the bomb is quite different from other explosive charges seized ....

  • 5 students wounded in Azhar University clashes in Assiut

    5 students wounded in Azhar University clashes in Assiut

    Date: 2014-04-01 17:05:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:643937

    Five Muslim Brotherhood students have been injured in clashes with security troops at Azhar University branch in Assiut. Dozens of MB students organized an on-campus march Tuesday to demand the release of their detained colleagues. They hurled ....

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