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  • Arab Athletics Federation thanks Egypt over hosting its first meeting in Cairo

    Date: 2013-11-26 22:11:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:178 - ID:408825

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – The media committee of the Arab Athletics Federation held its first meeting in Cairo on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by head of the Egyptian athletics federation Walid Atta and the deputy head of the Arab ....

  • Muslim Brotherhood sought to undermine state in name of revolution: Presidential adviser

    Date: 2013-11-26 21:43:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:177 - ID:408767

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – The Presidency's political adviser Mostafa Hegazy said that the Muslim Brotherhood had sought to undermine the state in the name of the revolution. In statements to MBC Misr satellite channel on Tuesday, Hegazy said that ....

  • Egypt to open Rafah border Wednesday - Palestinian ambassador

    Date: 2013-11-26 21:38:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:176 - ID:408771

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – Palestinian Ambassador in Cairo Barakat Al-Farra said Tuesday that the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will be opened for two days starting Wednesday. The move has been taken after talks between Palestinian ....

  • NCHR to probe dispersal of Shura Council protest

    Date: 2013-11-26 21:26:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:174 - ID:408768

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – Head of the National Council for Human Rights Mohamed Fayek said that an investigation will be opened on Wednesday into the dispersal of a peaceful protest outside the Shura Council on Tuesday. The council had received ....

  • NCHR rejects military justice arrticle in draft constitution

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:42:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:171 - ID:408708

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – The National Council for Human Rights has rejected article 174 of the draft constitution pertaining to the military justice. The article expands the scope of prosecuting civilians before military justice and has nothing to ....

  • Tourism can achieve rapprochement among Arab countries: Egyptian authority

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:18:22 GMT - Algeria - Egypt - SN:169 - ID:408710

    ALGIERS, Nov 26 (MENA) – A senior official at the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority expressed his happiness over a visit paid by tourism officials to Algeria, asserting that tourism can achieve rapprochement among Arab countries through ....

  • Alex. Governor, artist inaugurate Special Olympics Egypt forum

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:15:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:167 - ID:408711

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 26 (MENA) – Alexandria Governor Tarek el-Mahdi and artist Eman el-Bahr Darwish inaugurated on Tuesday the Special Olympics Egypt forum in the coastal city of Alexandria. The forum aims at empowering people with mental disabilities ....

  • ِ5 members of April 6 Movement arrested in Minya

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:13:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:166 - ID:408709

    MINYA, Egypt, Nov 26 (MNEA) – Five members of the April 6 Movement were arrested for rioting and illegal assembly outside the Minya security directorate in violation of a protest law, said the movement in a statement. The participants chanted ....

  • Renewed detention for 10 Brotherhood members for 15 days over riots in Gharbiya

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:11:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:165 - ID:408713

    TANTA, Egypt, Nov 26 (MENA) – The Prosecution on Tuesday ordered ten members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gharbia to remain in custody for 15 days pending investigation into alleged charges of inciting riots and violence. They face charges of ....

  • Press syndicate warns of withdrawal from constitution panel

    Date: 2013-11-26 19:53:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:163 - ID:408663

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – Hisham Younis, a member of the Syndicate of Journalists, said on Tuesday that all options, including the withdrawal of a constitution-amending panel, are on the table in response to the arrest of a number of journalists and ....

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