Egypt

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  • Mufti condemns terrorist attack in North Sinai

    Date: 2013-11-20 12:23:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:397510

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Dr Shawki Allam has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Sinai, which left 10 soldiers killed and 35 wounded when a car bomb targeted a military convoy Wednesday morning west of the North Sinai town ....

  • Foreign ministry intalks with EU elections experts over referendum monitoring

    Date: 2013-11-20 11:47:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:397313

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - The Egyptian Foreign Ministry received on Wednesday an European Union mission grouping elections experts for talks on their participation in monitoring the projected referendum on the amended Constitution, a ministry spokesman ....

  • Tahrir square re-opened to traffic

    Date: 2013-11-20 11:46:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:397339

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) – Tahrir Square was re-opened Wednesday after closing it on Tuesday over clashes that took place during the second anniversary of Mohamed Mahmoud Street violent incidents. Traffic was streamlined in the square after Tuesday's ....

  • Wheat reserves in Alex port reaches 857,000 tons

    Date: 2013-11-20 11:34:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:397269

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Nov 20 (MENA) - Wheat reserves at Alexandria port rose to 857,000 tons as a Russian vessel carrying 50,000 tons of wheat sailed into the port on Wednesday, said chairman of the Alexandria Port Authority Adel Yassin. All ....

  • Leading Salafist arrested in Suez

    Date: 2013-11-20 11:34:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:397280

    SUEZ, Egypt, Nov 20 (MENA) - Suez security forces arrested leading Salafist figure Ashraf Rashwan, 48, over charges of instigating violence in the governorate, a security source said Wednesday. Rashwan was taken to a Suez prison until he is to be ....

  • OIC chief condemns bombing that took place in Sinai and left several soldiers dead and wounded

    Date: 2013-11-20 11:30:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:397283

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) – Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on Wednesday condemned a bombing that took place in Sinai and left several soldiers dead and wounded. In a released statement, he ....

  • Five Sudanese nationals were arrested for illegally infating into the country while exploring for gold in a desert area in Kom Ombo

    Date: 2013-11-20 11:28:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:397265

    ASWAN, Egypt, Nov 20 (MENA) – Security forces in this Upper Egyptian city arrested five Sudanese nationals who infiltrated into the country in an illegal way while exploring for gold in a desert area in Kom Ombo. Aswan Security Director Major ....

  • Abdel-Nour decides to reform ECA administrative board

    Date: 2013-11-20 11:08:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:397259

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour has decided to reform the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) administrative board. The decision is meant to activate the role of ECA in countering any monopolization ....

  • Suspect involved in the assassination attempt against Interior Minister Mohomed Ibrahim arrested

    Date: 2013-11-20 10:59:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:397199

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) – Security apparatus arrested one of the suspects involved in the assassination attempt against Interior Minister Mohomed Ibrahim that took place in September, said a security source on Wednesday. In statements to MENA, he ....

  • CAPMAS: Tourists visiting Egypt tumbled by 69% in Sept. 2013

    Date: 2013-11-20 10:12:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:397073

    CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) – The number of tourists who visited Egypt during September 2013 thudded down by 69 percent to stand at 201,000 tourists against 994,000 tourists in the same month in 2012, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and ....

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