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Mansour meets Kuwaiti chief editors
Date: 2014-03-20 18:25:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:621305
Interim President Adly Mansour received chief editors of a number of Kuwaiti newspapers at the presidential HQ on Thursday. The meeting was held ahead of the Arab summit which Kuwait hosts on March 25 and 26. Mansour expounded on the Egyptian ....
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Ban Ki-moon voices concern over situation in Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-20 18:24:24 GMT - Russia - International - SN:35 - ID:621304
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern about the latest events in Ukraine and Russia during his meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, The Voice of Russia reported. Ban Ki-moon said that as the UN Secretary General he could ....
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Hollande says planned EU-Russia summit cancelled because of Ukraine crisis
Date: 2014-03-20 18:21:16 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:34 - ID:621302
French President Francois Hollande has said a planned EU-Russia summit has been cancelled because of the Ukraine crisis, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Saying events in Ukraine and Crimea were "unacceptable," the French leader said ....
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Trial of defendants in 'cabinet incidents' case delayed to April 1
Date: 2014-03-20 18:20:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:621301
Cairo Criminal Court decided on Thursday to delay the trial of 269 defendants, including activist Ahmed Doma, to April 1. The defendants standing trial in the case, known in the media as that of the "cabinet incidents", are accused of carrying ....
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38 suspected terrorists arrested in Rafah
Date: 2014-03-20 18:19:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:621300
Thirty-eight suspected terrorists were arrested during a security clampdown in Rafah, North Sinai, on Wednesday and Thursday. Also 20 smuggling tunnels were destroyed and 83 huts used by terrorists to launch attacks against the police and army ....
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Jordanian King, Chechen president discuss ties, regional developments
Date: 2014-03-20 18:18:07 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:621298
Jordanian King Abdullah II met on Thursday with President of the Chechen Republic in the Russian Federation, Ramzan Kadyrov, to discuss bilateral ties as well as issues of common interest, Petra News Agency reported. The King said Jordan was keen ....
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Nabil el-Arabi leaves for Kuwait
Date: 2014-03-20 18:17:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:621296
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi left here heading for Kuwait on a one-week visit. El-Arabi will chair preparatory meetings for the 25th regular Arab Summit to be held in Kuwait for the first time since founding the AL. The ....
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Egypt partakes in UNSC reform talks
Date: 2014-03-20 18:15:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:621294
Egypt participated in the intergovernmental negotiations on the United Nation Security Council reform held in New York. Egypt's permanent delegate to the UN Moataz Ahmadeen Khalil delivered Egypt's address to the gathering, which mainly focused ....
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PM attends signing of protocol to restore historical Cairo
Date: 2014-03-20 14:21:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:620924
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended the signing of a cooperation protocol between the housing and antiquities ministries to resume the restoration of historical sites in Cairo. The first phase of the protocol, after getting the approval of the ....
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Leading share purchases drive main index up
Date: 2014-03-20 14:19:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:27 - ID:620916
Intensive purchases of leading shares by foreign investors have pushed the main index of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) up at the close of trading on Thursday amid optimism about the performance of the national economy. The market capital hit EGP ....
