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Fahmy receives Ashton in Brussels
Date: 2014-04-01 10:45:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:642940
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on Tuesday met with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on the sidelines of the Euro-African summit in Brussels, said Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ambassador Badr Abdel Aati. The meeting took ....
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3 Takfiris killed, 52 suspects, fugitives arrested in N. Sinai
Date: 2014-04-01 10:37:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:642920
Army killed three Takfiri elements who have been involved in attacks on police buses in North Sinai, the military spokesman said. This has taken place during raids in Sheikh Zuwaid, Al-Arish and Rafah, Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali said. He said ....
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US embassy in Cairo denies 'inaccurate' reports on Apache helicopters
Date: 2014-04-01 10:12:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:642864
The US embassy in Cairo denied "inaccurate" reports claiming that the US government is blocking the return of several Apache helicopters owned by the Egyptian Armed Forces that were sent to the United States for maintenance. "In fact, one ....
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Deputy Governor: Renovation works of Moaz Street finalized, inauguration soon
Date: 2014-04-01 09:47:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:642790
Deputy Cairo Governor Major General Mohamad Abdel Tawab said the renovation works of El Moaz Street in Fatimid Area of Old Cairo have been finalized along with other districts in Gamaliya district. In statements to MENA, Abdel Tawab said the ....
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Mahlab visits New Valley
Date: 2014-04-01 08:59:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:642663
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab resumed his field visits in the New Valley governorate on Tuesday as part of field tours of governorates across the country aimed at getting to know problems of citizens and trying to solve them. The premier first ....
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Jewish settlers storm precincts of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2014-04-01 08:13:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:642569
More than 130 Jewish settlers on Tuesday stormed into the precincts of Al-Aqsa mosque under protection of the Israeli occupation forces. The Jewish storming took place while worshipers from the old city of Al-Quds along with scholars were present ....
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Press Syndicate head denies assault reports
Date: 2014-04-01 07:44:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:642493
Head of the Press Syndicate Diaa Rashwan has denied reports alleging that an army officer assaulted him in Giza's Mohandeseen district a few days ago. Such reports are baseless and unfounded, Rashwan told MENA. "The source of this rumor is a ....
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Arab Drama Festival launched
Date: 2014-04-01 07:38:26 GMT - Egypt - Arts - SN:6 - ID:642480
The first round of the Arab Drama Festival was launched on Monday with the participation of a number of Egyptian and Arab actors, directors and producers. During the inauguration, head of the festival Mohamed Arab thanked those who contributed ....
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RSF mourns Egyptian reporter Mayada Ashraf
Date: 2014-04-01 07:32:46 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:642464
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) mourned Mayada Ashraf, a reporter for Egypt's Al-Dostour daily newspaper and the Masr Al-Arabiyya news website, who was fatally shot in the head as she was covering clashes between police and protesters in the eastern ....
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Planning minister calls for rationalizing energy in coming phase
Date: 2014-04-01 07:12:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:642439
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ashraf Al-Arabi asserted that there is a large gap between production and consumption of energy, pressing the need for rationalization of energy in the coming period. The remarks were made by ....