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  • Committee formed to settle economic organizations' debts to investment bank

    Committee formed to settle economic organizations' debts to investment bank

    Date: 2013-12-30 13:02:46 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:53 - ID:469804

    The Economic Group held a meeting Monday, under Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy, and in the presence of a host of ministers. The meeting tackled the debts owed ​​to the National Investment Bank by 23 public and economic organizations, cabinet ....

  • Regional emergence of Egypt among milestones in 2013 -- Meslemani

    Regional emergence of Egypt among milestones in 2013 -- Meslemani

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:59:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:469795

    There were great transformations in the Middle East in 2013 including the re-emergence of Cairo in the region after the June 30 uprising, presidential advisor Ahmed Meslemani on Monday. Among the changes were the decline of the popularity of ....

  • Egypt to get back to its leading role soon – Saudi amb.

    Egypt to get back to its leading role soon – Saudi amb.

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:57:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:469791

    Egypt will return soon to its leading role in the Arab world side by side with Saudi Arabia, said Saudi Ambassador here Ahmad Qattan. Addressing a ceremony held to launch the Egyptian-Saudi business association on Monday, Qattan extended his ....

  • Egypt's Mufti reviews frameworks for initiative to face extremism

    Egypt's Mufti reviews frameworks for initiative to face extremism

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:48:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:469768

    Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam reviewed on Monday frameworks of his initiative to face extremism and radical ideas. The initiative, launched on Sunday, includes the establishment of an observatory to spot all Takfiri fatwas in all media outlets and a ....

  • Moussa urges extra copies of draft constitution

    Moussa urges extra copies of draft constitution

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:42:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:469739

    Head of the 50-member panel Amr Moussa phoned Youth Minister Khaled Abdel-Aziz and urged him to print extra copies of the draft constitution. In a press release, the ministry said it had sent 30,000 copies to the panel and will send 70,000 copies ....

  • Fierce clashes erupt in Iraq's Ramadi

    Fierce clashes erupt in Iraq's Ramadi

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:17:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:469060

    Fierce clashes have erupted between security troops and participants in a sit-in in Ramadi in the western Iraqi province of Anbar on Monday. All communication and Internet services have been cut in the province during the violence, said a ....

  • Sudanese ruling party candidate for presidency not named yet

    Sudanese ruling party candidate for presidency not named yet

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:16:46 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:469106

    The ruling Sudanese party National Congress confirmed it has not named its candidate for the coming presidential elections yet. According to the Khartoum newspaper out Monday, the party's spokesman said the party is holding dialogue with various ....

  • Skirmishes between security forces, Brotherhood students in Azhar University

    Skirmishes between security forces, Brotherhood students in Azhar University

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:14:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:469614

    Clashes broke out between security forces securing Azhar University to enable students attend exams and Brotherhood students who topped roofs of female Azhar University dormitory. The Brotherhood students hurled stones at security forces and ....

  • Syrian warplanes raid Lebanese borders

    Syrian warplanes raid Lebanese borders

    Date: 2013-12-30 12:03:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:469622

    The Syrian military jets launched an attack on Khirbet Daoud which is adjacent to border town of Arsal, in north eastern Lebanon. The Lebanese army opened anti-aircraft fire at the Syrian warplanes that hovered the eastern border town of Arsal, ....

  • Court bans unapproved protests on campus

    Court bans unapproved protests on campus

    Date: 2013-12-30 11:59:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:469601

    A Cairo court for urgent matters banned organizing protests in universities without getting a prior consent from the university’s president. A lawyer has filed the lawsuit to ban all protests that have not been approved by the university ....

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