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Abu Hadid: Agro pesticides cost 900 mn pounds annually in Egypt
Date: 2014-03-31 11:24:29 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:55 - ID:641015
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ayman Farid Abu Hadid announced that the total area of arable land reached 15.3 million feddans with an annual production rate valued at 130 billion pounds annually. The minister's remarks, came at a ....
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Value of Egypt's exports decline by 0.8 pct in 2012 - CAPMAS
Date: 2014-03-31 11:23:24 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:54 - ID:641011
The value of Egypt's exports in 2012 hit 186.77 billion pounds against 188.35 billion pounds a year earlier, representing a 0.8 percent decline, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). In a statement ....
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Environment minister, Japan amb. discuss bilateral cooperation
Date: 2014-03-31 11:22:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:641006
Environment Minister Laila Eskandar and Japanese Ambassador in Cairo Toshiro Suzuki conferred Monday on bilateral cooperation in the field of environment. Talks took up cooperation in exchanging expertise and outlining a strategy to achieve ....
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Israel deploys self-driving vehicle on road parallel Kafrkala-Adissa road
Date: 2014-03-31 11:00:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:640936
An Israeli self-driving military vehicle has been deployed on the road parallel to the barbed wire and Kafkala-Adissa road in southern Lebanon. Israeli planes also violated the Lebanese skies above southern areas. In the north of Lebanon, ....
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54 MB elements referred to criminal court over riot charges
Date: 2014-03-31 10:58:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:640927
Zaqaziq Prosecution decided on Monday to refer 54 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group to criminal court over charges of inciting violence, sparking off riots and attempting to disrupt balloting during the referendum on the new ....
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Al Azhar female students try to block road in Nasr City
Date: 2014-03-31 10:57:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:640923
A number of female students of Al Azhar University, who are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, tried to block a road outside the headquarters of the university building for girls in protest against security interference in on-campus ....
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Supply minister denies resuming rice exports
Date: 2014-03-31 10:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:48 - ID:640908
Supply Minister Khaled Hanafi denied on Monday allowing the resumption of rice exports at the current stage. He said he gave no statements in this regard, making clear that resuming or not rice exports is up to the cabinet to decide. Egypt ....
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EGX loses EGP 10.1bn, main index down by 3.4%
Date: 2014-03-31 10:51:05 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:47 - ID:640886
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes went down collectively due to intensive share sales by Egyptian institutions and investment funds. The market capital lost about 10.1 billion pounds to reach 471.5 billion. The main benchmark EGX 30 index ....
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Pope Tawadros II receives condolences on his mother's death from antiquities minister
Date: 2014-03-31 10:50:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:640633
Pope Tawadros II, the 118th and current Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, on Monday received at Abbasiya's Cathedral premises Minister of Antiquities Mohammad Ibrahim who offered condolences to the pope on his mother's ....
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Lebanese national dialogue kicks off under Suleiman
Date: 2014-03-31 10:48:14 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:640878
A Lebanese national dialogue session started under President Michel Suleiman Monday morning. A number of meetings involving statesmen and political leaders were held before the session. The session is boycotted by Hezbollah and its allies. ....