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  • Environment mnister to take part in Nairobi's green ecoomy conference

    Environment mnister to take part in Nairobi's green ecoomy conference

    Date: 2013-12-04 11:52:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:422192

    Egyptian Minister of State for Environment Affairs Laila Iskander left for Nairobi on Wednesday to take part in an international conference on green economy. In pre-departure statements, Iskander said the two-day conference, organized by the UN ....

  • Libyan premier receives US senator

    Libyan premier receives US senator

    Date: 2013-12-04 11:51:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:422186

    Prime Minister Ali Zedan received here Wednesday Senator John McCain, who is currently visiting Libya, for talks on ways to promote bilateral cooperation. McCain met Tuesday with Libyan Parliament Speaker Nouri Abu-Sahmain for talks on the latest ....

  • Egypt needs 2 years without protests to attract investments

    Egypt needs 2 years without protests to attract investments

    Date: 2013-12-04 11:48:06 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:33 - ID:422175

    For Egypt to get back up on its feet there should be at least two years of halt of protests and unionist strikes, says Egyptian business magnate Naguib Sawiris. Egypt needs to stop and take a breath in this critical time, Sawiris said on the ....

  • Prisons sector did not receive any note about lawyer's visit to ousted president Morsi in his jail -- security source

    Prisons sector did not receive any note about lawyer's visit to ousted president Morsi in his jail -- security source

    Date: 2013-12-04 11:37:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:422124

    A security source with the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that the prisons sector did not receive any note about a visit by lawyer Mohamed Toson to ousted president Mohamed Morsi in his jail in Borg el-Arab in Alexandria. In statements to ....

  • New oil deals aim at increasing production rates, addressing market needs - minister

    New oil deals aim at increasing production rates, addressing market needs - minister

    Date: 2013-12-04 11:36:09 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:31 - ID:422118

    Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail said on Wednesday signing more oil and natural gas deals with global companies aims at increasing the country's production rates and meeting growing local market needs. The minister gave the remarks following the ....

  • Kuwaiti finance minister denies halting financial aid to Egypt

    Kuwaiti finance minister denies halting financial aid to Egypt

    Date: 2013-12-04 11:35:05 GMT - Kuwait - Economy - SN:30 - ID:422115

    Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Sheikh Salem Abdel-Aziz denied reports fanned by some TV channels and websites on a Kuwaiti message on halting financial support to Egypt. In statements to the Kuwaiti news agency on Wednesday, Sheikh Salem ....

  • Army foils attempt to destroy watchtower in Rafah -- spokesman

    Army foils attempt to destroy watchtower in Rafah -- spokesman

    Date: 2013-12-04 11:23:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:422071

    Military Spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali on Wednesday said that an attempt by gunmen to destroy a watchtower in Rafah was foiled. In a press release, he added that Army troops managed also to destroy several tunnels and tanks used in smuggling ....

  • UAE president receives Iranian top diplomat

    UAE president receives Iranian top diplomat

    Date: 2013-12-04 11:22:10 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:422062

    UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nuhayyan received on Wednesday Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif, currently visiting here. During the meeting, Sheikh Khalifa voiced his country's welcome of Iran's recent agreement with the ....

  • Alexandria Criminal Court postpones to January 6 retrial session in  Khaled Saeed murder case

    Alexandria Criminal Court postpones to January 6 retrial session in Khaled Saeed murder case

    Date: 2013-12-04 11:20:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:422054

    Alexandria Criminal Court on Wednesday postponed to January 6 a retrial session in the case of the brutal killing of Khaled Saeed. The decision was made at the request of the lawyers for the defense to complete their argument and summon ....

  • CBE Governor: Foreign reserve with the Bank has slightly declined in November

    CBE Governor: Foreign reserve with the Bank has slightly declined in November

    Date: 2013-12-04 11:11:35 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:26 - ID:422027

    Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Hisham Ramez on Wednesday said that foreign reserve with the Bank has slightly declined in November. In his speech at the Egypt-GCC Investment Forum, which opened here earlier in the day, he added that ....

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