Egypt

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  • Transport minister orders EGP 20,000 in damages to each family of victim of train crash

    Date: 2013-11-18 12:18:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:78 - ID:393401

    CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Minister of Transport Ibrahim el-Demiri called for the need to swiftly pay damages to families of the victims of the Dahshour train accident which took place early Monday. Demiri, who rushed to the scene of the accident, ....

  • Arms manufacturing workshop seized in Sohag

    Date: 2013-11-18 12:12:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:393520

    SOHAG, Nov 18 (MENA) - Sohag police forces seized a workshop manufacturing arms during a security crackdown. A number of arms and bullets were found inside the workshop owned by a 55-year-old driver. The man confessed of manufacturing arms for ....

  • Mubarak retrial adjourned to Dec. 14

    Date: 2013-11-18 12:11:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:393511

    CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - The Cairo criminal court adjourned to December 14 the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his sons, Alaa and Gamal, and his interior minister Habib Adly over charges of killing protesters during the January 25 ....

  • Death toll from Dahshur train accident rises to 27 - ambulance

    Date: 2013-11-18 12:10:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:393372

    CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - The death toll from the Dahshur train accident in Giza on Monday rose to 27, said Egypt's Ambulance Service. Speaking to MENA, the service head Ahmed el-Ansari said thirty-four people were wounded when a cargo train hit a ....

  • Public prosecution asks for report on outcome of initial investigations into assassination of national security officer

    Date: 2013-11-18 12:07:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:393379

    CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat asked the national security sector and the criminal investigation department of the Interior Ministry to submit a report on their investigations into the assassination of Lt. Col. Mohamed ....

  • Code of judicial conduct drafted -- minister

    Date: 2013-11-18 11:56:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:393304

    CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Justice Minister Adel Abdel-Hameed said on Monday his ministry is preparing a draft code of conduct of the judiciary. The bill drafting is being done in cooperation with the anti-corruption national committee, he said. ....

  • Heads of Quseir, Ras Ghareb cities changed over dereliction of duty

    Date: 2013-11-18 11:18:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:393199

    RED SEA, Egypt, Nov 18 (MENA) – Red Sea Governor Ahmed Abdallah appointed Monday new chiefs of Quseir and Ras Ghareb cities over dereliction of duty of the existing officials. Major General Ashraf Ibrahim was named as Quseir city chief in ....

  • Housewife arrested in Minya for illegal arms possession

    Date: 2013-11-18 11:17:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:393345

    MINYA, Nov 18 (MENA) - Minya security forces arrested a housewife on Monday with a number of arms in possession. Acting upon a tip-off, police raided the house of the 24-year-old woman to find locally-made weapons and light arms. She confessed ....

  • 2 arms manufacturing workshops seized in Qalubiya

    Date: 2013-11-18 11:12:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:393269

    CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Security forces seized two workshops manufacturing different types of arms during a crackdown on Monday in Qalubiya. Acting upon a tip off, police forces raided the two places to find shotgun rifles and locally-made guns ....

  • Egypt needs strong presidential system -- Meslimani

    Date: 2013-11-18 11:09:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:393250

    CAIRO, Nov 18 9 (MENA) - Presidential media adviser Ahmed Meslimani said on Monday that Egypt needs a strong presidential system. "The powers of the presidential palace in Cairo should not be less than that of the White House in Washington," he ....

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