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  • Azhar Imam mourns death of Princess Madawi bint Abdulaziz Al Saud

    Azhar Imam mourns death of Princess Madawi bint Abdulaziz Al Saud

    Date: 2017-11-28 16:07:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:7114339

    Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed El Tayyeb mourned Tuesday the death of Princess Madawi bint Abdulaziz Al Saud. El Tayyeb also offered condolences to Saudi King Salman for the death of the princess. ....

  • Alex. deputy gov., others referred to court

    Alex. deputy gov., others referred to court

    Date: 2017-11-28 16:07:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7114330

    Prosecutor General Counselor Nabil Sadeq decided on Tuesday to refer former Alexandria deputy governor Soaad El Kholy and four other defendants to the criminal court over several corruption charges including bribery. The Supreme State Security ....

  • Egypt condemns Iraq's Nahrawan terrorist bombing

    Egypt condemns Iraq's Nahrawan terrorist bombing

    Date: 2017-11-28 15:40:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7114266

    Egypt strongly denounced on Tuesday the terrorist bombing in Nahrawan area of the city of Baghdad in Iraq, which resulted in the death and injury of more than 40 people. A statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Egypt offered ....

  • Lebanese PM meets UK, German ambassadors

    Lebanese PM meets UK, German ambassadors

    Date: 2017-11-28 15:25:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7114223

    Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met here Tuesday with Hugo Shorter, the British Ambassador in Beirut, to discuss the latest local and regional developments. The meeting also took up bilateral relations. Hariri also met with German ....

  • EGX gains EGP 15.6 bln, benchmark rises 2.23 pct

    EGX gains EGP 15.6 bln, benchmark rises 2.23 pct

    Date: 2017-11-28 15:25:15 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:13 - ID:7114188

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes went up collectively at the close of Tuesday's trading, amid purchase operations in transactions of foreign institutions and investment funds. The purchases were pushed up by optimism about the Central Bank of ....

  • Sudan, Czech discuss bilateral environmental cooperation

    Sudan, Czech discuss bilateral environmental cooperation

    Date: 2017-11-28 15:07:13 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7114154

    Sudanese Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Urban Development Hassan Abdul Qadir Hilal discussed Tuesday with a Czech delegation fields of cooperation between the two countries, regarding the environment. In a press statement, the ....

  • Madbouly, Schneider Electric officials review water desalination cooperation

    Madbouly, Schneider Electric officials review water desalination cooperation

    Date: 2017-11-28 14:57:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7114113

    Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Moustafa Madbouly held a meeting Tuesday with officials from Schneider Electric company on cooperation in water desalination sector. Madbouly said the ministry has a five-year plan aiming at ....

  • Lavrov concerned over growing tensions in Gulf region

    Lavrov concerned over growing tensions in Gulf region

    Date: 2017-11-28 14:54:07 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:7114035

    Moscow is concerned over the rising tensions in the Gulf area, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted by TASS news agency as saying. Addressing a meeting of the Russian International Affairs Council on Tuesday, Lavrov said the rising ....

  • Delayed EgyptAir flight to take off from New York

    Delayed EgyptAir flight to take off from New York

    Date: 2017-11-28 09:41:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7113400

    Delayed EgyptAir flight from New York to Cairo will resume its journey, the company said. The flight was deferred for several hours after the EgyptAir plane bound to Cairo clipped wings with a Virgin Atlantic plane on the runway of John F. ....

  • Dollar exchange rate inches up at Egypt's banks

    Dollar exchange rate inches up at Egypt's banks

    Date: 2017-11-28 09:38:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:8 - ID:7113393

    The exchange rate of the US dollar slightly went up at the five major banks in Egypt on Tuesday. The dollar stood at EGP 17.65 for buying and 17.75 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr, Banque du Caire and Arab African ....

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