Egypt

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  • Popular Current urges 50-member committee to vote against military trials for civilians

    Date: 2013-11-26 19:49:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:161 - ID:408386

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) - The Popular Current has called on its members in the 50-member committee tasked with amending the constitution to vote against an article allowing military trial for civilians. In a statement, the Popular Current said the ....

  • Retired judge in custody for 4 days over torture charges

    Date: 2013-11-26 19:46:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:160 - ID:408664

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – The prosecution ordered retired judge Mahmoud el-Khodiery to remain in custody for four days over charges of torturing a citizen during the January 25 revolution. El-Khodiery, who was arrested on Monday upon an arrest ....

  • All girls detained in Shura Council protest released: Source

    Date: 2013-11-26 19:42:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:157 - ID:408661

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – Security forces released girls, who were detained during a protest outside the Shura Council on Tuesday, a security source said. Male protesters detained during the unlicensed protest were referred to public prosecution for ....

  • Three takfiri elements killed in North Sinai

    Date: 2013-11-26 19:26:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:156 - ID:408660

    ARISH, Egypt, Nov 26 (MENA) – THree Takfiri elements were killed during a wide-scale security campaign in southern Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah in North Sinai on Tuesday. A house, four huts and five motorcycles belonging to the takfiris were also ....

  • Azhar university expels 11 female students of dormitory

    Date: 2013-11-26 19:26:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:155 - ID:408662

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – The Azhar University expelled 11 female students from the university's dormitory on charges of committing riots and violating a decision taken by the university board banning protests in the campus, according to a statement on ....

  • Activists protest in Alexandria against protest law

    Date: 2013-11-26 19:08:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:154 - ID:408563

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 26 (MENA) – Scores of activists staged a protest in Cleopatra neighborhood, near the house of Egypt's revolution icon Khaled Said in the coastal city of Alexandria, chanting slogans against a new protest law. They gathered in the ....

  • Fugitive arrested in Gharbia

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:45:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:152 - ID:408562

    TANTA, Egypt, Nov 26 (MENA) – Security forces in Gharbia arrested a fugitive, who escaped from Borg el-Arab prison, during the January 25 revolution. The criminal was referred to public prosecution, which decided to hand him to Borg el-Arab ....

  • PM meets representatives of NSF, youths on protest law

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:44:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:151 - ID:408549

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – Prime Minister Hazim el-Beblawy met on Tuesday with a number of representatives of the opposition National Salvation Front (NSF) and youths to discuss the latest political and economic developments in Egypt, the protest law ....

  • 11 people arrested with Bango, firearms in their possession

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:43:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:150 - ID:408564

    BENI SUEF, Egypt, Nov 26 (MENA) – As many as 11 people, including four supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood group, were arrested Tuesday with Bango and firearms in their possession in Bani Suef governorate. This came during a security campaign ....

  • Spanish warship transits Suez Canal

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:42:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:149 - ID:408556

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, Nov 26 (MENA) – A Spanish warship crossed Tuesday the strategic waterway of Suez Canal, heading south to the Red Sea en route to join the European anti-piracy naval force near Somalia. The Spanish ship, Tornado, has transited ....

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