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Fahmy receives Head of the Syrian Opposition Alliance
Date: 2013-11-26 17:12:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:408327
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy held talks here on Tuesday with Head of the Syrian Opposition Alliance Ahmed al-Jerba, said Foreign Ministry spokesman. In press statements, he added that the two sides took up arrangements for the Geneva II ....
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CHP blames Erdogan for deteriorating ties with Egypt
Date: 2013-11-26 17:10:37 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:59 - ID:408455
The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in Turkey has said the government bears a big part of the responsibility of how relations have deteriorated with Egypt. CHP deputy leader Faruk Logoglu criticized recent statements by Prime Minister ....
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2 topics need to be further explained in constitution's preamble -- Salmawy
Date: 2013-11-26 17:02:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:408435
The spokesman for the committee of 50 entrusted with amending Egypt's constitution said that there are two questions in the preamble of the rewritten draft of the national charter that need to be further profoundly and independently ....
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Egypt will never give up one drop of its Nile water quota -- Minister
Date: 2013-11-26 16:58:26 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:52 - ID:408355
Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Motaleb said that Egypt will never give up one drop of its Nile water quota. The remark came during his meeting with leaders of the irrigation ministry in Daqahliya on the sidelines of a ....
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Egyptian Minister of Antiquities urges Japan to lift travel warning for Egypt
Date: 2013-11-26 16:51:24 GMT - Japan - Culture - SN:57 - ID:408408
Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim on Tuesday urged Japan to lift a travel warning for Egypt. Ibrahim, at a press conference he held here after a lecture he gave on Egyptian antiquities, added that the political situation in Egypt ....
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Ministers of local development, health, planning meet in Qena to discuss Upper Egypt investment plan
Date: 2013-11-26 16:47:52 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:56 - ID:408392
The ministers of local development, health and planning met Tuesday with the governors of Qena, Luxor and Sohag to discuss an urgent investment plan for Upper Egypt. Some 29.7 billion pounds have been allocated for the purpose, said Planning ....
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Minister of Education approves setting up 12 new schools in Red Sea governorate
Date: 2013-11-26 16:42:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:408376
Minister of Education Mahmoud Abul-Nasr approved on Tuesday plans to set up 12 new schools across the Red Sea governorate. These will include a co-educational secondary school and an international school in the city of Hurghada. The schools ....
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Security forces detain 20 protesters who took part in a rally at Shura Council
Date: 2013-11-26 16:37:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:408364
Security forces have detained up to 20 protesters who took part in a rally at the Shura Council on Tuesday calling for cancelling military trials articles in the new constitution. The forces dispersed the protesters with water hoses, where ....
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Egypt receives offer to import Indian rice at competitive prices
Date: 2013-11-26 16:04:13 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:49 - ID:408291
Egypt has received an offer to import Indian rice at competitive prices, this was unveiled at a meeting the minister of internal trade and supply had with a delegation of the Indian rice exporters association here on Tuesday. The Indian exporters ....
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Russia denies considering offering Berlusconi passport
Date: 2013-11-26 15:56:46 GMT - Italy - International - SN:48 - ID:408277
Moscow has denied media reports that it was considering giving former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi a Russian passport to offer him a way out of his legal troubles in Italy. "It's pure fantasy," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. ....