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  • Environment minister partakes in UNESCO workshop

    Environment minister partakes in UNESCO workshop

    Date: 2013-12-11 07:53:08 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:433902

    Environment Minister Laila Iskandar participated on Tuesday in a workshop held at UNESCO premises in Paris under the rubric "Women's work in the field of engineering." In a keynote speech during the workshop, Iskandar underlined the necessity for ....

  • 3 ministers to be honored in Radio & TV Mondial

    3 ministers to be honored in Radio & TV Mondial

    Date: 2013-12-11 07:43:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:433883

    Three Arab ministers will be honored during the second session of Radio and Television mondial, slated to be held on December 22-25. Ministers are Nabil el-Arabi, Arab League chief and former Egyptian foreign minister, Hisham Zazou, Minister of ....

  • 11 huts, two tankers for smuggling fuel destroyed in N. Sinai security ops

    11 huts, two tankers for smuggling fuel destroyed in N. Sinai security ops

    Date: 2013-12-11 07:41:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:433877

    About 11 huts and six motorcycles belonging to takfiri and terrorist elements were destroyed in a wide-scale security campaign in North Sinai on Tuesday. Security sources said that two tankers used in smuggling fuel to the Gaza Strip were also ....

  • 171 Syrians, Palestinians granted three-month residence visas in Egypt: Foreign Ministry

    171 Syrians, Palestinians granted three-month residence visas in Egypt: Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2013-12-10 18:53:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:433501

    The Foreign Ministry said that there are more than 750,000 Syrians in Egypt; including 325,000 who came to the country after the Syrian conflict broke out in March 2011. Speaking at a press conference Tuesday, the ministry's spokesman Badr Abdel ....

  • Security forces foil attempt to blast security point in El-Arish

    Security forces foil attempt to blast security point in El-Arish

    Date: 2013-12-10 18:50:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:433498

    Security forces in Sinai have foiled an attempt to blast a security point in El-Mazarea, south of El-Arish with a hand grenade, security sources said Tuesday. They added that a person was arrested when he tried to throw a hand grenade on the ....

  • Condition of students poisoned in Luxor stable - health official

    Condition of students poisoned in Luxor stable - health official

    Date: 2013-12-10 18:32:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:433484

    The Condition of students who were poisoned in one of Luxor's schools is stable, said Undersecretary of the Health Ministry in Luxor. Sixteen students of Hager El-Rozaykat Bahari Primary School were poisoned after they had had spoiled meals, ....

  • Ministers discuss new smart card system for fuel distribution

    Ministers discuss new smart card system for fuel distribution

    Date: 2013-12-10 18:26:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:433476

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim met Tuesday with Finance Minister Ahmed Galal and Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismael over introducing smart cards in fuel distribution. Present in the meeting were officials from the interior ministry along with ....

  • 15 rioters arrested in Cairo, Al Azhar universities protests

    15 rioters arrested in Cairo, Al Azhar universities protests

    Date: 2013-12-10 18:20:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:433467

    About 15 rioters were arrested in the vicinity of Cairo, Al Azhar and Mansoura universities on Tuesday. The surrounding places of the three universities witnessed protests, road blocking, traffic disruption and attacks on police forces through ....

  • Prime minister mulls Cairo development plan

    Prime minister mulls Cairo development plan

    Date: 2013-12-10 18:11:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:433450

    Prime Minister Hazim el-Biblawi held a meeting Tuesday to discuss challenges that face the ongoing development process of Cairo. Three main initiatives have been tackled during the meeting; providing housing units for slums residents, moving ....

  • Azhar male, female students stage protests inside dormitories

    Azhar male, female students stage protests inside dormitories

    Date: 2013-12-10 18:09:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:433448

    Al-Azhar University students affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood staged protests inside the university's dormitories of male and female students in Cairo's Nasr City on Tuesday. A security source at Azhar's dormitory said that the female ....

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