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  • Abu Hadid: Agro pesticides cost 900 mn pounds annually in Egypt

    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 ....

  • Value of Egypt's exports decline by 0.8 pct in 2012 - CAPMAS

    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 ....

  • Environment minister, Japan amb. discuss bilateral cooperation

    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 ....

  • Israel deploys self-driving vehicle on road parallel Kafrkala-Adissa road

    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, ....

  • 54 MB elements referred to criminal court over riot charges

    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 ....

  • Al Azhar female students try to block road in Nasr City

    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 ....

  • Supply minister denies resuming rice exports

    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 ....

  • EGX loses EGP 10.1bn, main index down by 3.4%

    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 ....

  • Pope Tawadros II receives condolences on his mother's death from antiquities minister

    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 ....

  • Lebanese national dialogue kicks off under Suleiman

    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. ....

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