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  • EGP 50 mln to fund development of 7 sewer pipe factories

    EGP 50 mln to fund development of 7 sewer pipe factories

    Date: 2014-03-20 14:11:20 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:26 - ID:620888

    Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Motaleb kicked off Thursday development work worth US$ 6.7 million (EGP 50 million)at seven factories that manufacture plastic sewer pipes . The seven factories are affiliated to the ....

  • Clashes erupt between MB students, security forces in Alex.

    Clashes erupt between MB students, security forces in Alex.

    Date: 2014-03-20 14:07:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:620875

    Clashes erupted on Thursday between students belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and security forces in the Science Faculty of Alexandria University. The security forces used tear gas to disperse the protesters. The group has called for ....

  • 2,000 ID readers to be used during presidential polls – IT minister

    2,000 ID readers to be used during presidential polls – IT minister

    Date: 2014-03-20 14:00:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:620859

    Communications and Information Technology Minister Atef Helmy received a delegation from French Safran group, an owner of Morpho company, a pioneer in identification and detection systems and a major player in e-documents, on Thursday. During the ....

  • Sisi did not announce decision on presidential polls - spokesman

    Sisi did not announce decision on presidential polls - spokesman

    Date: 2014-03-20 13:57:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:620852

    Army Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has not announced his decision on whether he will run for president, the military spokesman said. "It is his personal choice and he will announce it in the right ....

  • Presidential, parliamentary elections in Egypt to be complete by this summer -- diplomat

    Presidential, parliamentary elections in Egypt to be complete by this summer -- diplomat

    Date: 2014-03-20 13:55:29 GMT - United Kingdom - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:620848

    Egyptian diplomat Ramzy Ezzedin said on Thursday that presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt are expected to be complete by this summer. In an article, published by the Financial Times, he added that the two polls represent the final ....

  • Mansour awards Order of Republic to Egyptian delegation of Taba arbitration

    Mansour awards Order of Republic to Egyptian delegation of Taba arbitration

    Date: 2014-03-20 13:32:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:620795

    Interim President Adly Mansour issued a decree to bestow the Order of the Republic and the Order of Merit on the Egyptian delegation involved in the Taba international arbitration case, which ended with returning Taba to the country in ....

  • Minister approves new statute for tourist chambers elections

    Minister approves new statute for tourist chambers elections

    Date: 2014-03-20 13:26:44 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:20 - ID:620770

    Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou approved on Thursday the new statute for the elections of the tourist chambers after necessary amendments were drafted. The Egyptian Tourism Federation welcomed the amendments introduced by the ministry's legal ....

  • More support urged to small, medium-sized projects in Arab countries - AL chief

    More support urged to small, medium-sized projects in Arab countries - AL chief

    Date: 2014-03-20 12:40:31 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:620645

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi called on all Arab countries to show more support to small and medium-sized projects that play an important role in the development process. Arabi said Arab countries contributed 967.4 million dollars ....

  • Military Spokesman: Highly-explosive materials were seized with Qalyoubiya terrorist cell

    Military Spokesman: Highly-explosive materials were seized with Qalyoubiya terrorist cell

    Date: 2014-03-20 12:39:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:620634

    Military Spokesman Colonel Mohamed Ahmed Ali said on Thursday that highly-explosive materials were seized with Qalyoubiya terrorist cell on Wednesday. He said that these materials included 20 barrels of 1,058 kilograms of highly-explosive ....

  • Obama: U.S. Won’t Take Military Action in Ukraine

    Obama: U.S. Won’t Take Military Action in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-03-20 12:17:11 GMT - USA - International - SN:17 - ID:620587

    President Barack Obama said direct American military involvement in Ukraine is off the table. President Barack Obama said , as quoted by the NBC news network, that the U.S. would not become involved in a military conflict with Russia in the ....

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