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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....