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El-Arabi meets Egyptian Harvard univ. alumni
Date: 2014-03-24 18:38:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:87 - ID:628448
Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ashraf el-Arabi held a meeting Monday with Egyptian Harvard University Alumni. The meeting took up means of benefiting from Egyptian expertise that were able to figure out solutions for achieving ....
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Pope Tawadros to visit Beirut to attend funeral of senior cleric
Date: 2014-03-24 18:17:37 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:86 - ID:628418
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese arrives Tuesday in Beirut to attend the funeral of Supreme Head of Syrian Orthodox Church Patriarch Mar Ignatius Zakka. In statements to MENA, Egypt's Ambassador in Beirut ....
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Egyptian GDRs in London in mixed performance
Date: 2014-03-24 18:16:56 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:85 - ID:628416
The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) traded on the London Stock Exchange showed mixed performance on Monday. The GDRs of the Commercial International Bank (CIB) and EFG-Hermes went up by 0.38, 4.41 percent respectively. The GDRs ....
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Law enforcement campaign launched
Date: 2014-03-24 18:16:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:84 - ID:628412
A security campaign was launched to enforce judicial orders against runaways. The campaign led to the enforcement of 12,194 judicial orders in just 24 hours. Also 1,225 unlicensed motorbikes were seized. It was led by Assistant Interior ....
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Suspect arrested over storming Arish police station
Date: 2014-03-24 18:15:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:83 - ID:628410
A suspect accused of storming a police station in Al-Arish, North Sinai, has been arrested. The suspect, a 44-year-old accountant, was arrested over raiding Bi'r Al-Abd police station, along others. ....
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Palestinian arrested in N. Sinai
Date: 2014-03-24 18:14:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:82 - ID:628407
Security forces arrested Monday a Palestinian national with a German passport in North Sinai. Dollars, euros and Egyptian pounds were found in his possession, a security source in North Sinai said. ....
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Armed conflict in Syria can be stopped by dialogue - Russia's Foreign Ministry
Date: 2014-03-24 18:13:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:81 - ID:628404
Russia has called for preventing armed escalation in Syria and settling the conflict by peaceful means, Itar-Tass reported. Commenting on the latest events in the north of Syria, the Foreign Ministry said it was necessary to act in strict ....
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Egypt supports Falk's recommendation to issue advisory option on legal status of Israeli occupation to Palestine -- Envoy to UN
Date: 2014-03-24 18:13:02 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:80 - ID:628402
Walid Mahmoud Abdelnasser, the Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Office at Geneva, expressed his deep appreciation to the efforts of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories Richard ....
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Electricity prices to be restructured without affecting low-income classes: minister
Date: 2014-03-24 18:11:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:628400
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamad Shaker said Monday that the prices of energy will be restructured according to the true cost of electricity. The new prices will be presented to the Cabinet, Shaker said in statements. ....
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Obama, China's Xi hold talks on Ukraine, N. Korea in The Hague
Date: 2014-03-24 18:10:35 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:78 - ID:628398
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in the Netherlands on Monday, with the crisis in Ukraine and North Korea's nuclear program among the main issues. Bilateral friction over human rights issues and China's ....