Egypt
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Erdoğan's "provocative" statements made Egypt take steps against Turkey - diplomat
Date: 2013-11-23 14:40:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:402566
CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Statements by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have made Egypt downgrade its diplomatic representation to Turkey to the level of Chargé d’Affaires, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Atti. In statements ....
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Salmawi: Final draft constitution not yet reached
Date: 2013-11-23 14:39:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:402603
CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) – The draft constitution published in some newspapers is not yet the final version, said spokesman for the 50-member committee Mohamed Salmawi. "The Committee is still at work and has not yet finished the preamble," said ....
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Abbas' visit to Cairo was very successful - diplomat
Date: 2013-11-23 14:36:04 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:402730
RAMALLAH, Nov 23 (MENA) - The latest visit by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Egypt was very successful, said Egyptian Ambassador to Palestine Yasser Osman. In statements on Saturday, Osman underlined that the visit reflected brotherly ....
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Trial of 104 pro-MB defendants postponed for January 26
Date: 2013-11-23 14:34:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:402733
CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) – Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Saturday the trial of 104 defendants of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group to January 26 session to enable the defense to read further the case file, with publication bans ordered in the ....
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Turkish gov't should apologize for interference in Egyptian affairs - diplomat
Date: 2013-11-23 13:53:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:402568
CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Egypt's decision to downgrade its diplomatic representation to Turkey to the level of Chargé d’Affaires came due to the continuous interference of the Turkish government in the Egyptian internal affairs, said Head of the ....
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Turkey to respond to Egypt move as per principle of 'reciprocity'
Date: 2013-11-23 13:51:33 GMT - Turkey - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:402505
ANKARA, Nov 23 (MENA) - Turkey will act in response to expelling Ankara's ambassador in Cairo according to the principle of 'reciprocity', diplomatic sources in Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Earlier on Saturday, Cairo ordered ....
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Nile water level unchanged
Date: 2013-11-23 13:48:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:402570
CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - The Nile River water level recorded 176.08 meters on Saturday, the same as the recorded level of yesterday. According to a report presented to the Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry, water coming freshly to Lake Nasser ....
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Gag order on cases of Morsi spying, assassination of senior police officers, Al-Warraq Church shooting
Date: 2013-11-23 13:10:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:402511
CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) – Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat issued Saturday a gag order on trials of ousted president Mohamed Morsi over spying and the assassination of the National Security senior officer. According to the order, information also ....
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Engineering students in Ain Shams University refrain from taking exams
Date: 2013-11-23 12:50:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:402507
CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - A number of students of the Engineering Faculty at Ain Shams University refrained from sitting for their mid-term exams for the second day in a row on Saturday. The students protested the cabinet's decision to allow ....
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38 ships transit Suez canal
Date: 2013-11-23 12:41:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:402508
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Nov 23 (MENA) - Thirty-eight ships transited the Suez Canal on Saturday, carrying a total cargo of 1.988 million tons. The north-bound convoy included 20 ships, carrying 1.68 million tons, while the south-bound convoy included 18 ....