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  • UK slams North Sinai terror act

    Date: 2014-09-17 15:45:49 GMT - United Kingdom - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:959161

    CAIRO, Sept 3 (MENA) - Britain has slammed a terrorist act that claimed the lives of six policemen in North Sinai province earlier. Six policemen, including an officer, were killed and two others wounded as an explosive device hit their armored ....

  • No political detainees in 13 inspected jails: Public prosecution

    Date: 2014-09-17 15:41:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:96 - ID:959141

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – The public prosecution has asserted that there are no political detainees in the 13 prisons it inspected. The prosecution members inspected all buildings in the 13 facilities including wards, cells. They conducted ....

  • Sabahi urges release of Doma, prisoners of conscience

    Date: 2014-09-17 15:09:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:94 - ID:959153

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - Former presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahi called for the release of political activist Ahmed Doma. In his Twitter account, Sabahi said that Doma's health condition is serious, calling for rescuing his life and releasing ....

  • 5 jailed for child abduction

    Date: 2014-09-17 15:00:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:93 - ID:959065

    MINYA, Egypt, Sept 17 (MENA) – Minya Criminal court sentenced five defendants to 10 years in prison for kidnapping a kid in the 10th of Ramadan City. In 2012, the defendants kidnapped a 10-year old boy and demanded a EGP 150,000 ransom from his ....

  • Engineers syndicate to open new branch in new Suez Canal site

    Date: 2014-09-17 14:29:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:91 - ID:958605

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - The Egyptian Engineers Syndicate announced Wednesday that it will establish a permanent branch at the site of the New Suez Canal project. The announcement was made by head of syndicate Eng. Tareq el Nabrawi during a ....

  • Police arrest 362 fugitives, seize 96 firearms

    Date: 2014-09-17 14:19:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:90 - ID:958525

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – In a wide scale crackdown in six provinces (Cairo, Qalyuobia, Assiut, Daqahlia, Port Said and Damietta), the security forces arrested 85 fugitives, 362 people on drug-related charges and six criminal gangs. Also, 96 ....

  • Cabinet incidents case delayed to Tuesday

    Date: 2014-09-17 14:06:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:88 - ID:958737

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday adjourned the trial of 269 defendants including political activist Ahmed Doma till Tuesday in the case of violence outside the Cabinet and parliament headquarters in Cairo. The defendants ....

  • 5 arrested over storming St. Mary Church, illegal protests in Minya

    Date: 2014-09-17 13:57:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:85 - ID:958025

    MINYA, Egypt, Sept 17 (MENA) – Five people were arrested Wednesday over violence and protest law violations. Three detainees were wanted over storming St. Mary's Church in Delga on the western bank of the Nile River in Minya. Two others were ....

  • Azhar Imam urges establishing Arab economic unity

    Date: 2014-09-17 13:50:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:84 - ID:958501

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb called for establishing a real and effective Arab economic unity that could help bring stability and progress to the region. This came during a meeting on Wednesday with head of the ....

  • Watan party withdraws from pro-MB alliance

    Date: 2014-09-17 13:44:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:83 - ID:958529

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - Salafist al-Watan Party withdrew on Wednesday from the so-called the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy. In a press release, the party stressed that it would continue its political struggle in a peaceful manner. It ....

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