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Egypt IndependentEgypt's Foreign Ministry has asked all Cairo-based embassies and foreign organizations, as well as Egyptian diplomatic missions abroad, not to present Egyptian officials with gifts valued at more than LE100.Ministry spokesperson Amr Roshdy said in press statements Tuesday that gifts valued at more than that amount would be transferred to the Finance Ministry. He added that the -
Egyptian stocks are trading in the doldrums in the penultimate trading session before the Eid Al-Ahda four-day holiday. The benchmark EGX30 is down 0.57 per cent at 5,688 points just 90 minutes before the close of trade, hobbled by sell offs for high-caps Orascom Construction Industries and NSGB bank. The broader based EGX70, by contrast, is up a mild 0.47 per cent. Turnover is -
Al-ArabiyaAn Egyptian administrative court referred to the Supreme Constitutional Court a case that sought the dissolution of the assembly charged with drafting the country’s new constitution.The decision was announced in court on Tuesday by Administrative Court Judge Nazih Tanagho.Accordingly, the Supreme Administrative Court will decide on the constitutionality of the controversial -
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said that the Foreign Ministry is one of the national security institutions and the first defense line for Egyptian interests.The top diplomat made his remarks on Sunday during graduation ceremony of 43 and 44 batches of diplomatic attachés at the Institute of Diplomatic Studies.The ceremony was attended by Dr. Boutros Ghali, former -
President Bashar Al-Assad issued an amnesty for all crimes committed in Syria "up until today," with the notable exception of "terrorist crimes," state television said on Tuesday. Assad, who has been fighting a 19-month revolt against his regime, "decreed a general amnesty for crimes committed before 23 October," except for those carried out by "terrorists" - the regime's term for -
Daily News EgyptTwice a year, on 22 February and 22 October, the face of the statue of King Rameses II inside the temple in Abu Simbel is lit up by the sun and dates coincide with his date of birth and his coronation respectively.The temple, located deep in Upper Egypt, was carved into rocks on the banks of the river Nile. After the completion of the Aswan dam the temple and its unique feature of -
Daily News EgyptHanaa Abdel-Fattah, an iconic figure in theatre and culture in Egypt, passed away on Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer. The famous theatre director and occasional actor was a well-respected figure both in his native Egypt as well as in Poland where he studied at the state Institute of Theatrical Arts in Warsaw. His full name was Mohamed Hanaa Abdel-Fattah Metwaly, but he -
An Egyptian talk-show host faces a four-month jail term after a court convicted him of insulting President Mohamed Mursi, state media reported on Monday. Tawfiq Okasha, whose show appears on his own channel, can appeal the sentence after paying 100 Egyptian pounds ($16.39) bail, a source in the court in southern Egypt said. "Mursi is the President of all Egyptians and insulting him is like -
Average yields dipped at an auction of re-opened three- and seven-year bonds on Monday, continuing a steady slide that has been fuelled by expectations that rates could fall further if Egypt secures a $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan.An IMF team is expected to come to Egypt after the Eid al-Adha holiday, that runs from Thursday to Sunday. The loan is seen as vital to help Egypt cover -
The Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Sunday the trial in absentia of eight defendants accused of producing the film “Innocence of Muslims,” to enable the plaintiffs’ lawyers to study the case.The defendants include the founder and media coordinator of a small American Coptic foundation, as well as the film’s alleged producer Nakoula Basseley Nakoula and American pastor
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Egypt IndependentEgypt's Foreign Ministry has asked all Cairo-based embassies and foreign organizations, as well as Egyptian diplomatic missions abroad, not to present Egyptian officials with gifts valued at more than LE100.Ministry spokesperson Amr Roshdy said in press statements Tuesday that
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Former US senator George McGovern, a liberal icon who vowed to end the Vietnam War but lost a landslide presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972, died early Sunday at the age of 90. The family said in a statement that the liberal standard-bearer died at about 5:15 am (1015 GMT) at the
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Al-ArabiyaEgypt’s Soccer team Al Ahly will wear shirts printed with the number “74” in honor of the fans who died in Port Said stadium carnage in February."The sport ministry approved our request to wear shirts with the number 74 starting from the first domestic match to honor the
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President Bashar Al-Assad issued an amnesty for all crimes committed in Syria "up until today," with the notable exception of "terrorist crimes," state television said on Tuesday. Assad, who has been fighting a 19-month revolt against his regime, "decreed a general amnesty for crimes committed
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Egyptian stocks are trading in the doldrums in the penultimate trading session before the Eid Al-Ahda four-day holiday. The benchmark EGX30 is down 0.57 per cent at 5,688 points just 90 minutes before the close of trade, hobbled by sell offs for high-caps Orascom Construction Industries and
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Daily News EgyptTwice a year, on 22 February and 22 October, the face of the statue of King Rameses II inside the temple in Abu Simbel is lit up by the sun and dates coincide with his date of birth and his coronation respectively.The temple, located deep in Upper Egypt, was carved into rocks on the
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All it took was one highly-publicised article by a judge to launch what has come to be known as the "Judges Intifada." In 2005 - and after years of pressure - Mubarak finally agreed to let judges supervise the presidential elections, which were to win him more terms in office. The judges, however, were not happy with what they saw inside the polling stations. One judge, Noha El-Zeiny, wrote of
Egypt's police forces have made a full-scale return to the streets for the first time since the uprising just as President Mohamed Morsi's first 100 days come to an end. But the reappearance of security personnel has not been accompanied by any substantial reforms in the Interior Ministry, critics say, raising the prospect of a repeat performance of their past, oft-brutal behaviour. For over a
*Born: February 20, 1938 in Cairo *Had an unglamorous and short playing stint with Cairo giants Ahly that lasted from 1955 to 1961. He was the top scorer of Egypt’s triumphant Nations Cup campaign in 1959 with three goals but prematurely ended his playing career two years later due to a persistent knee injury. Management highlights *Began his coaching career with Saudi Arabia’s
Ahram Online The names of the presidential assistants and advisers who will aid Egypt's first freely-elected head of state in the post-Mubarak era were finally revealed on Monday. With four assistants and 17 consultants – and more to come – Yasser Ali, spokesman for President Mohamed Morsi, said that the presidential team represented "different colours of the political spectrum,"
