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Finance Minister: We will be siding with Al-Azhar so that it would maintain its noble message
Date: 2014-03-19 18:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:619484
Finance Minister Hani Qadri on Wednesday said that his ministry will be siding with Al-Azhar so that it would maintain its noble message. Qadri, in statements on the sidelines of his cordial visit to Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb, ....
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Trial of Mubarak, his two sons, others over presidential palaces case adjourned to March 27
Date: 2014-03-19 18:04:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:619477
A Cairo Criminal Court adjourned to March 27 the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons and others, over embezzling state funds allocated to presidential palaces. The decision was taken to listen to pleadings of the public ....
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Sisi leads mourners at funeral of 2 army officers
Date: 2014-03-19 18:00:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:619468
Defense Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Field Marshal Abdel Fatah el-Sisi led Wednesday mourners at the funeral of two army officers who were killed in a security operation in Qalyub early this morning. Sisi extended ....
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Fatah spokesman assaulted in front of MENA HQ
Date: 2014-03-19 18:00:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:619465
Three people assaulted Fatah spokesman Ahmed Assaf on Wednesday while he was entering the Middle East News Agency (MENA) headquarters for an interview. MENA security personnel arrested two of the attackers who threw eggs at Assaf while he ....
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Ashton says Iran nuclear talks 'subantiative'
Date: 2014-03-19 17:38:29 GMT - Austria - International - SN:67 - ID:619413
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Iran and world powers have held "substantive" and "useful" discussions at the second round of talks on a long-term settlement of the dispute over Iran's nuclear program. Ashton said the ....
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PM, Cairo gov inspect slum development project
Date: 2014-03-19 17:37:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:619410
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Cairo Governor Galal Said inspected on Wednesday a project aimed at developing slums in El-Salam city eastern Cairo. The project is covering 70 acres for building a city that will be a home for slum inhabitants ....
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Putin submits Crimea reunification treaty to Parliament
Date: 2014-03-19 17:24:24 GMT - Russia - International - SN:65 - ID:619394
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday submitted the Crimea reunification treaty to the parliament for ratification, RIA Novosti quoted the legislature’s press service as saying. Earlier in the day, the treaty was unanimously approved by ....
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UN Secretary-General to visit Moscow, Kiev on Thursday
Date: 2014-03-19 17:23:13 GMT - Russia - International - SN:64 - ID:619392
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Moscow and Kiev on March 20-21, Itar-tass reported on Wednesday. The UN secretary-general will leave for a visit to Russia on Wednesday within diplomatic efforts to encourage all parties to settle the ....
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Cairo University President says police forces to be summoned in case of violence
Date: 2014-03-19 16:44:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:619320
In case of any violence acts committed at Cairo University’s campus, police forces will be summoned at once, Cairo University President Gaber Nassar told MENA Wednesday. Meanwhile, hundreds of terrorist Brotherhood group students started rallies ....
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Security forces control protest by terrorist MB students at Cairo University
Date: 2014-03-19 16:40:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:619307
Security forces on Wednesday controlled the situation in Nahda public square in Giza after preventing Cairo University students who belong to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group from heading towards Giza security directorate. The forces fired ....