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  • Man arrested in Alex. over possessing 2.2 mln tablets of drugs of unknown origin

    Man arrested in Alex. over possessing 2.2 mln tablets of drugs of unknown origin

    Date: 2018-09-09 22:04:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7569643

    Supply and home trade police arrested on Sunday an owner of a store in Alexandria over possessing 2.2 million packets and tablets of medicine, food supplements and ecstasy of unknown origin. The drugs are not licensed by the Health Ministry and ....

  • Dar al Iftaa says New Hijri Year to start Tuesday

    Dar al Iftaa says New Hijri Year to start Tuesday

    Date: 2018-09-09 19:07:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7569517

    Tuesday, September 11, will mark the start of the New Hijri Year 1440, Egypt's Dar al Iftaa announced Sunday. Dar al Iftaa's Sharia and scientific committees nationwide failed to spot the crescent of Muharram today, meaning that the New Hijri ....

  • Qaeda leader killed in US drone attack in Yemen

    Qaeda leader killed in US drone attack in Yemen

    Date: 2018-09-09 18:22:28 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7569483

    An Al Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone attack on Yemen's Abyan earlier Sunday. Sky News channel carried the news without giving further details. ....

  • Safwat Sherif in prison for 3 years over graft charges

    Safwat Sherif in prison for 3 years over graft charges

    Date: 2018-09-09 18:05:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7569470

    Cairo Criminal Court sentenced on Sunday former Shura Council speaker Safwat el-Sherif to three years in prison over charges of illicit gains and abuse of power. The court also ordered him to pay EGP 99 million as a fine and to refund a similar ....

  • Shoukry, Kazakh min. confer on bilateral ties

    Shoukry, Kazakh min. confer on bilateral ties

    Date: 2018-09-09 18:00:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7569465

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Sunday with visiting Kazakh Minister of Civil Society Affairs Darkhan Kaletayev to discuss means of boosting bilateral relations. Shoukry and Kaletayev also exchanged views about regional issues of mutual ....

  • Sisi inspects last stage of Regional Ring Road

    Sisi inspects last stage of Regional Ring Road

    Date: 2018-09-09 17:37:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7569452

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inspects the last stage of the Regional Ring Road in the presence of Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli, Transport Minister Hisham Arafat and other officials. Arafat underlined the importance of the regional ring ....

  • US 6th Fleet and commander: Egyptian Navy key security partner of the US Navy

    US 6th Fleet and commander: Egyptian Navy key security partner of the US Navy

    Date: 2018-09-09 17:35:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7569449

    Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander of US 6th Fleet, said the Egyptian Navy is an important partner of the US Navy in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Following a visit to Commander in Chief of the Navy Vice Admiral Ahmed Khaled Hassan Saeed ....

  • Sisi witnesses inauguration of some road projects

    Sisi witnesses inauguration of some road projects

    Date: 2018-09-09 17:23:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7569438

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi witnessed the inauguration of a number of road projects via video conference Sunday. Cairo governor Khaled Abdel Aal inaugurated a ring road between Belbais and Cairo-Suez road. Alexandria governor Abdel Aziz ....

  • PM: Electric train project public property

    PM: Electric train project public property

    Date: 2018-09-09 17:18:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7569435

    Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli issued on Sunday a decision considering the project of operating an electric train a public property. The decision also covers the track and the facilities of the project. The train will travel through the ....

  • Sisi: Huge work needed to increase efficiency of roads across nation

    Sisi: Huge work needed to increase efficiency of roads across nation

    Date: 2018-09-09 17:13:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7569429

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted on Sunday that huge work is needed to increase the efficiency of the road network across the country. Addressing a ceremony to mark the inauguration of a number of bridges and roads projects via the video ....

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