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Giza gets back 14 feddans of state lands
Date: 2014-03-31 17:44:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:84 - ID:641891
Giza governorate retrieved 14 feddans of state lands on which seven buildings were illegally built in Al-Haram neighborhood. The governorate issued orders for the immediate demolition of the illegal units. Security forces started to remove the ....
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Egyptian GDRs in London down
Date: 2014-03-31 17:42:58 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:83 - ID:641888
The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) in London Stock Exchange dropped at the close of Monday's trading. The GDRs of the Commercial International Bank (CIB) and Orascom Telecom dropped by 0.26 and 0.12 percent respectively. The ....
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Police arrest jobless man with firearms in Sohag
Date: 2014-03-31 17:42:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:82 - ID:641886
Police arrested a jobless man with a machine gun and eight rifles in his possession in Sohag on Monday. Acting upon a tip-off, the police raided the house of Khaled Shaikhoun who exchanged fire with the troops. Shaikhoun was injured during ....
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French PM resigns after election defeat
Date: 2014-03-31 17:00:12 GMT - France - International - SN:81 - ID:641823
French President François Hollande is expected to replace Jean-Marc Ayrault (centre) with Manuel Valls (right) as prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle intended to mark a fresh start after Socialists took a beating in recent local elections, France ....
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Pope Tawadros receives more condolences over his mom's demise
Date: 2014-03-31 16:59:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:80 - ID:641818
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese received Monday Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim accompanied by a group of senior police officials at St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral. Ibrahim offered condolences to Pope ....
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Police disperse MB member gathering in Giza
Date: 2014-03-31 16:58:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:641816
Police dispersed a gathering of members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood outside a main mosque square in Mohandesin neighborhood in Giza. The MB members blocked traffic on Gameat Dewal Arabia Street. They assaulted policemen in a bid to ....
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Medvedev announces sweeping Crimea development plan
Date: 2014-03-31 16:57:52 GMT - Russia - International - SN:78 - ID:641814
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Crimea on Monday to announce an ambitious plan aimed at meeting the needs of the peninsula's citizens, just 10 days after its reunification with Russia. "No citizen in Crimea or Sevastopol should lose ....
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Presidency welcomes Election Commission’s announcement of a date for Presidential elections
Date: 2014-03-31 16:55:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:641811
The Presidency has welcomed the electoral commission’s announcement setting a date for Presidential elections, on May 26-27 for the first round of voting. This is an historic moment in Egypt's democratic transition and all Egyptians are urged ....
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Sisi representative pays insurance amount at presidential elections panel
Date: 2014-03-31 16:53:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:641809
A legal representative of presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi came to the premises of the presidential elections committee and asked to pay the insurance amount, worth 20,000 pounds, of the elections, said secretary general of the ....
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Interior Ministry will stand on the same distance from all presidential candidates -- minister
Date: 2014-03-31 16:52:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:641807
The Interior Ministry will stand on an equal distance from all presidential candidates, Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said on Monday. The Ministry will act with complete neutrality and without any bias, abiding by its duty to secure the electoral ....