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More displaced Syrians head back home from Lebanon
Date: 2018-11-15 16:27:02 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7671900
New batches of displaced Syrians coming from Lebanon, arrived in the Syrian territories on Thursday morning via the crossings of al-Dabbousyia, al-Zamrani and Jdeidet Yabous, SANA News Agency reported. The return of the displaced was the result ....
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UK PM defends draft Brexit deal
Date: 2018-11-15 15:54:50 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:1 - ID:7671827
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has defended the draft Brexit Agreement which was reached on Wednesday, saying that it is the best deal that could be reached by a country with the European Union (EU), the BBC reported on Thursday. Addressing the ....
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Shoukry meets EU migration commissioner in Addis Ababa
Date: 2018-11-14 22:59:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:7670603
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met in Addis Ababa on Wednesday with EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos. They mulled means of cooperation to address illegal immigration and Cairo's vision on the ....
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Finance Ministry targets reducing budget deficit to 7% in 2019/2020
Date: 2018-11-14 22:52:23 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:21 - ID:7670602
The 2019-2020 draft state budget targets bringing down the total deficit to 7% out of the gross domestic product (GDP), compared with 8.4% in the current fiscal year. The draft budget targets that the GDP would reach about EGP 6.2 trillion with ....
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Arab Shield-1 troops train on storming terrorist hotbed in residential area
Date: 2018-11-14 21:13:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7670571
The Arab troops participating in the Arab Shield-1 drills carried out Wednesday a training on breaking into an armed terrorist safe haven located in a residential area. The training included paratroopers, sappers, commandos, as well as other ....
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UN Security Council lifts arms embargo, targeted sanctions on Eritrea
Date: 2018-11-14 21:04:10 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:18 - ID:7670565
The UN Security Council on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Eritrea following a landmark peace deal with Ethiopia and a thaw with Djibouti that have buoyed hopes for positive change in the Horn of Africa, France 24 reported. The council unanimously ....
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Soukry discusses dam talks with Ethiopian counterpart
Date: 2018-11-14 20:48:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:7670563
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held a meeting on Wednesday with his Ethiopian counterpart Workneh Gebeyehu, the Foreign Ministry's Spokesman Ahmed Hafez said. The meeting took place on the sidelines of Shoukry's participation in the pre-summit ....
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Sisi follows up govt's plan to make use of State's untapped resources
Date: 2018-11-14 20:23:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7670557
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi followed up on Wednesday the government’s plan to make use of the State’s untapped resources in addition to work progress at new cities across the country, particularly the New Alamein City. This took place during ....
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Agriculture minister cancels 90s decision on stockpiling potatoes
Date: 2018-11-14 19:51:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7670538
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ezz el Din Abu Steit announced on Wednesday the cancellation of ministerial decision no. 669/1991 with regard to setting a time frame for stockpiling potatoes. Addressing members of the parliament’s ....
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Finance Ministry issues draft 2019/2020 state budget
Date: 2018-11-14 19:47:02 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:7670527
The Ministry of Finance Wednesday issued a statement on the fiscal 2019/2020 state budget. The draft budget aims to provide and improve several basic services, mainly health, education, low-income and youth social housing, public transportation, ....