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PM: State budget to be referred to parl’t on Thursday
Date: 2018-03-28 19:16:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:27 - ID:7321452
The cabinet will refer the new state budget to the parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said Wednesday. The new budget bodes well, as it includes major mega projects in housing, sewage, roads, oil, electricity, and health sectors, ....
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El Tayyeb: Al-Azhar willing to support Pakistan in fighting extremism
Date: 2018-03-28 19:13:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:7321491
Al-Azhar is willing to provide further support for Pakistan, which exerts considerable efforts to combat extremism and propagate the moderate teachings of Islam, its Grand Imam of Ahmed el Tayyeb asserted on Wednesday. Al-Azhar will increase the ....
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NEA: Voting extended till 10pm on final day of presidential election
Date: 2018-03-28 18:13:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:7321397
The voting process will be extended till 10pm on the final day of presidential election, head of the National Election Authority (NEA) Lasheen Ibrahim said Wednesday. The previous set-time for closing the voting process was planned to be at 9 pm. ....
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French Embassy in Cairo flies flag at half-mast over Trèbes attack
Date: 2018-03-28 18:09:22 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:24 - ID:7321271
The French Embassy in Cairo flew its flag at half-mast over Trèbes terror attack, which occurred on Friday in Trèbes city in southern France. The embassy's staff stood a moment of silence, honoring Arnaud Beltrame, the policeman who died after ....
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PM: Presidential election going smoothly so far
Date: 2018-03-28 18:09:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7321301
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Wednesday said the presidential election is going smoothly so far nationwide. Speaking at a press conference, Ismail said bad weather has affected the voter turnout in Alexandria, the New Valley and Assiut ....
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AL official, Alex. governor probe electoral process
Date: 2018-03-28 18:08:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:7321350
Head of the Arab League (AL) delegation to follow up the polls Haifa Abu Ghazala said the AL delegation came to Alexandria to express solidarity with the governorate, which witnessed a terror bombing last week. These remarks came during her ....
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NEA: Law will apply to any person trying to affect presidential polls
Date: 2018-03-28 18:08:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:7321333
Any person trying to affect results of presidential election will be punished pursuant to law, Spokesman for the National Election Authority (NEA) Mahmoud el Sherif said. Speaking at a press conference, Sherif said laws on presidential election ....
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Defense min., chief of staff inspect polling stations in Qalyubia, Ismailia
Date: 2018-03-28 18:04:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7321384
Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedqi Sobhi inspected on Wednesday a number of polling stations in Qalyubia governorate to check on security conditions and facilitation provided to voters, during the third day of presidential election ....
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PM thanks Egyptians for keenness on voting in presidential polls
Date: 2018-03-28 17:00:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:7321255
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Wednesday thanked the Egyptian people for their keenness on casting their ballots in the presidential polls. The premier made the remarks during a visit to the operations room of the cabinet's Information and ....
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Top Daesh militant arrested in Anbar
Date: 2018-03-28 12:00:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7320466
A top Daesh militant known as "Emir of Desert" was arrested by Iraqi forces, Sky news reported. The man, identified as Saab Abdullah Eissawi, was nabbed with his aide by a special unit of Iraq's Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) in coordination ....