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OCI earmarks $200 mln for fertiliser projects Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), Egypt s biggest listed builder, has earmarked about $200 million for fertilizer production lines and other initiatives, an executive said on Wednesday. The money has been allocated for a urea ammonium nitrate production line, an ammonium sulphate line and the expansion and upgrade of …
CAIRO: Qena Governor Magdy Ayoub announced Tuesday that the families of those killed and wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a church in Nagaa Hammadi on Coptic Christmas Eve will receive instant compensation, according to the state-run egynews.net. The families of the seven men killed on Jan. 6 in the Upper Egyptian province – six …
CAIRO: Mahmoud Yassin and Hend Sabry, Ambassadors Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), joined international efforts to raise awareness and funding to support relief efforts for the victims of Haiti s devastating earthquake. Yassin and Sabry filmed public service announcements appealing to the public to contribute to WFP s emergency relief …
CAIRO: The H1N1 virus claimed eight more lives in Egypt, raising the total number of deaths in the country to 248, the Ministry of Health announced Sunday. The deaths included a 25-year-old woman, a 51-year-old man and a 43-year-old-woman from Cairo, a 27-year-old woman from Gharbeya, a 35-year-old man from Ismailia, a 42-year-old woman from …
CAIRO: Egypt’s Prosecutor General has ordered the release of the Mohamed Ali Dynasty’s jewelry and antiques that have been kept in a special room in the Central Bank of Egypt for the past 57 years, according to Egynews.net. Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has decreed that 45 chests filled with jewelry and rare antiques be …
WASHINGTON: A group of US lawmakers urged President Hosni Mubarak in a letter released Wednesday to properly prosecute gunmen behind the recent slayings of six Coptic Christians. The attack was indicative of a systematic pattern of violence and an example of alarming incidents of religious intolerance in Egypt, the 16 US senators and representatives wrote …
CAIRO: Egyptian real estate developer Palm Hills Development (PHD) said Thursday that it will embark on a LE 700 million capital increase. In a press statement, the company said it is building its “cash cushion and expanding debt capacity as it gears-up to accelerate the pace of construction in 2010. “This capital increase will add …
Cairo: The Ministry of Health announced late Monday 10 swine flu related deaths, raising the death toll in Egypt to 210. The H1N1 virus claimed the lives of an 18-year-old boy from Cairo, a 45-year-old woman from Port Said, a 23-year-old woman from Menufiya, a 30-year-old man from Beheira and a 22-year-old woman from Marsa …
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health reported four swine flu related deaths late on Tuesday bringing the death toll in Egypt to 205. The virus claimed the lives of a one-year-old boy from Menufiya, a 41-year-old woman from Daqahleya, a 23-year-old from North Sinai and a 25-year-old from Minya. Additionally, the governor of Cairo announced the …
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced on Monday the death of six new cases of swine flu (H1N1) virus, raising Egypt’s swine flu death toll to 201. The recent deaths include a 53-year-old and a 26-year-old man both from Cairo, a-24-year-old man from Helwan, a 38-year-old woman from Menufiya, a 38-year-old woman from Cairo, and …
Works of old and new masters as well as newcomers comprise the program of the Panorama section of the 60th edition of the Berlin Film Festival. Back with new works are Lothar Lambert, Peter Kern and Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel, as well as Isao Yukisada, E J-Yong and Sébastien Lifshitz. The festival will lift …
IMF reviews UAE economy, Dubai budget gap up Dubai approved on Thursday its 2010 budget with a deeper deficit than last year as experts from the International Monetary Fund reviewed the shape of the United Arab Emirates economy following a debt crisis. Dubai, a member of the UAE federation, received a last-minute bailout from fellow …
RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas was to travel to Egypt on Sunday to discuss the possible relaunch of US-backed peace talks amid lingering divisions over Israeli settlement expansion. Abbas s spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said he would meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday to discuss important …
CAIRO: Egypt captain Ahmed Hasssan believes that his side’s 1-1 home draw with Malawi won t affect the Pharaohs preparations for the African Cup on Nations (CAN). The six-time African champions played out a tame stalemate with minnows Malawi in Tuesday s exhibition match, which is considered to be frustrating the Egyptians. However, Hassan reckons …
In the story Gaza Freedom March continues Cairo protests for permits to enter Gaza (Daily News Egypt, Dec. 30), participants of the march said that about 30 Americans were surrounded by riot police inside the US embassy in Cairo. In response, an official from the US embassy said, “No one has been detained inside Embassy …
CAIRO: The cabinet-affiliated Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) Monday, announced that the number of confirmed cases of swine flu in Egypt has surpassed the 10,000 mark. As of Sunday night, the total number of infections had reached 10,056, including 3,990 schools students (mostly in Cairo, Helwan and Giza) as well as 529 university students. …