Tag: Egypt
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INTERVIEW: First Egyptian candidate ever as astronaut for a NASA-sponsored space mission
Akram Amin Abdullatif may fulfill his childhood dream of becoming the first Egyptian to travel to space, gaining inspiration from the catchphrase of his fictional childhood hero Buzz lightyear from the film Toy Story; “To infinity and beyond!” Born in Cairo in 1988, Abdullatif was selected in June to compete in the Polar Suborbital Science…
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Heads of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece to meet in December presidential summit
The presidents of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece will meet on 9 December in a tripartite summit in Athens to discuss steps to strengthen ties between the three countries, Cyprus government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides stated. This is the third meeting between the three countries this year, with the two prior meetings taking place in Egypt and…
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3rd Egyptian, Cypriot, Greek Summit to Be Held in Athens in Dec.
The Third Egyptian-Cypriot-Greek Summit will be held in Athens next month, a senior Cypriot official said. During a meeting with an Egyptian press team on Wednesday, 18/11/2015 Ambassador Leonidas Pantelides, the Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department, said the first summit was held in Cairo and the second in Nicosia. He lauded the…
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Egypt’s Pyramids Light Up With Flags of France, Lebanon and Russia
As monuments across the globe changed their colors to red, white, and blue to mourn those killed in the deadly Paris attacks, Egypt’s Pyramids were lit up with the flags of France, Lebanon and Russia. “La solidarite avec la France [solidarity with France],” read big white text that was illuminated on the Pyramids with the flags…