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  • EgyptAir cancels Saturday flight from Sanaa

    Date: 2014-09-19 16:10:40 GMT - Yemen - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:971513

    SANAA, Sept 19 (MENA) – EgyptAir has cancelled a flight scheduled to take off from the Yemeni capital Sanaa at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday. International and Arab airlines have suspended all flights from Sanaa International Airport for 24 hours because ....

  • Egypt's FM, US official discuss regional, int'l issues

    Date: 2014-09-19 15:45:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:971189

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Friday met with US National Security Adviser Susan Rice and a number of officials to discuss a number of regional and international issues. Talks tackled the latest developments in ....

  • FEP denies internal disagreement

    Date: 2014-09-19 15:25:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:971201

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - The Free Egyptians Party denied Friday that the resignation of FEP leader Ahmed Saeed was due to in-house disagreements. "Saeed has retired for personal reasons", Said FEP spokesman Shihab Wageeh. Wageeh told MENA that ....

  • Interior minister suspends 3 policemen over inmates escape

    Date: 2014-09-19 14:49:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:970821

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) – Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim decided Friday to suspend an officer, a cop and a private detective over the escape of 16 inmates from El-Mahalla prison. Ibrahim also assigned the inspection and control sector to ....

  • CBE governor to hold conference to announce value of sold Suez Canal certificates

    Date: 2014-09-19 14:43:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:970873

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Hisham Ramez on Sunday will hold a press conference to announce the total value of the sold Suez Canal certificates. The public offering of the certificates was closed Monday after ....

  • 5 MB members remanded in custody for 45 days pending investigations

    Date: 2014-09-19 14:31:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:971129

    ALEXANDRIA, Sept 19 (MENA) – A court in Alexandria has remanded five members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group, including former lawmaker el-Mohamadi el-Sayyed Ahmed, for 45 days pending investigations. The Brotherhood members are accused ....

  • SEE company denies contracting with Interior Ministry to monitor social media platforms

    Date: 2014-09-19 13:45:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:970461

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) – Systems Engineering of Egypt (SEE) has denied reports claiming that it signed a contract with the Interior Ministry to monitor social media platforms in Egypt. Such reports are unfounded, Ali el-Menaisi, managing director ....

  • 5 fugitives rearrested in Gharbiya

    Date: 2014-09-19 13:31:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:970605

    TANTA, Egypt, Sept 19 (MENA) – Gharbiya security forces Friday rearrested five fugitives who had managed to escape from El-Mahalla prison, Security chief Osama Bedeir said. As many as 16 inmates had poured hot water on one of the guards before ....

  • No Awqaf employees fired for political views, Minister says

    Date: 2014-09-19 12:06:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:969761

    DAMANHOUR, Sept 19 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said Friday that no employees at the Awqaf Ministry have been fired for their political affiliations or views. Gomaa, in a meeting with Beheira imams and scholars, said that absence ....

  • Wide scale security campaign launched in Kafr el-Sheikh

    Date: 2014-09-19 11:55:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:969573

    KAFR SHEIKH, Egypt, Sept 19 (MENA) – Police have launched a wide security campaign in the Delta city of Kafr el-Sheikh to arrest outlaws and thugs and restore security and stability. As many as 150 fugitives were arrested during the ....

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