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  • Planning min. says briefed MPs on measures taken to achieve administrative reforms

    Planning min. says briefed MPs on measures taken to achieve administrative reforms

    Date: 2017-12-27 09:14:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7161101

    Planning Minister Hala el Saeed said on Tuesday that she briefed the Egyptian MPs on measures taken in the field of administrative reform in Egypt. Speaking to MENA, Saeed expected such measures to have a positive impact on efforts on corruption ....

  • Sisi endorses amended to military retirement law

    Sisi endorses amended to military retirement law

    Date: 2017-12-27 09:11:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7161309

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Wednesday endorsed an amendment to some articles of the military retirement, insurance and pension law. Article one of the law has been amended setting the age of retirement for lieutenant generals at 64. ....

  • SOHR: 22 killed in shelling on Syria's Idlib

    SOHR: 22 killed in shelling on Syria's Idlib

    Date: 2017-12-27 09:11:23 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7161247

    The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has said the number of people killed in Syrian regime shelling of southern Reef Idlib (Idlib countryside) rose to 22. The London-based observatory, according al Hurra news channel, added the ....

  • 2 Iraqi soldiers killed in Kirkuk blast

    2 Iraqi soldiers killed in Kirkuk blast

    Date: 2017-12-27 09:11:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7161202

    Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and an officer injured in a blast in Kirkuk. A security source told local media that an explosive charge went off while an army patrol was passing on a local road in southern Kirkuk, leaving two soldiers dead and an ....

  • Iran will never stop boosting defense power: Defense minister

    Iran will never stop boosting defense power: Defense minister

    Date: 2017-12-27 09:11:04 GMT - Iran - International - SN:3 - ID:7161187

    Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the Islamic Republic will boost its military prowess with full strength and without any halt, Press TV reported. Speaking in a meeting with a number of Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday, ....

  • Red Cross says medical evacuations of Syria's Eastern Ghouta begin

    Red Cross says medical evacuations of Syria's Eastern Ghouta begin

    Date: 2017-12-27 09:10:54 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7161142

    Medical evacuations have begun in a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus, the Red Cross, quoted by the BBC, said. In a tweet, it said that "critical" patients were being moved from the Eastern Ghouta area to the capital. Last week, ....

  • Civil aviation min., Djiboutian amb. discuss running airline between Cairo, Djibouti

    Civil aviation min., Djiboutian amb. discuss running airline between Cairo, Djibouti

    Date: 2017-12-27 09:10:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7161131

    Minister of Civil Aviation Sherif Fathi discussed with Djiboutian Ambassador in Cairo Mohamed Douhour Hersi, Chairman of Air Djibouti Abdel Rahman Ali and their accompanying delegation ways of cooperation between Egypt and Djibouti in the field of ....

  • Alexandria port receives 1,260 tourists

    Alexandria port receives 1,260 tourists

    Date: 2017-12-26 19:03:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:7160826

    Alexandria port received on Tuesday a cruise ship carrying 1,260 tourists of different nationalities and a crew of 1,781 members. All measures have been taken to facilitate procedures for tourists, Alexandria Port Spokesman Reda el Ghandour said ....

  • Ex-Bibliotheca Alexandrina director Ismail Serageldin acquitted of financial mismanagement charges

    Ex-Bibliotheca Alexandrina director Ismail Serageldin acquitted of financial mismanagement charges

    Date: 2017-12-26 18:38:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7160825

    An Alexandria court on Tuesday acquitted former director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Ismail Serageldin of charges of mismanagement of public money. On August 1, a lower court had slapped former director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Ismail ....

  • Putin asks government to work out support measures for capital return to Russia

    Putin asks government to work out support measures for capital return to Russia

    Date: 2017-12-26 18:24:11 GMT - Russia - International - SN:30 - ID:7160809

    Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the government to consider extension of the capital amnesty and other measures supporting funds return to Russia, TASS news agency reported Tuesday. "Considering that external restrictions continue, we see ....

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