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  • 10 MB supporters remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations into Friday's events

    Date: 2013-11-17 17:22:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:121 - ID:392224

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 17 (MENA) – Alexandria Public Prosecution ordered the detention of 10 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood for 15 days pending investigations into the clashes which took place in the coastal city last Friday. Alexandria ....

  • Egypt keen on drafting strong constitution -- labor federation

    Date: 2013-11-17 17:14:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:118 - ID:392279

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) – Head of the General Federation for Trade Unions Abdel Fatah Ibrahim said that the Egyptian people are determined to have a powerful constitution that protects the laborers' social and economic rights. "The laborers are ....

  • Infiltration attempt by 6 Africans to Israel foiled

    Date: 2013-11-17 17:12:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:117 - ID:392316

    RAFAH, Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) – Security forces foiled infiltration attempts by six Africans to Israel through the international border, said a security source on Sunday. The five Eritreans and one Ethiopian are now under interrogation by the ....

  • FM: No tangible progress in reconciliation

    Date: 2013-11-17 17:04:07 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:115 - ID:392278

    KUWAIT, Nov 17 (MENA) - There is no tangible progress achieved in the reconciliation efforts in Egypt, said Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi affirming the Egyptian government's determination to carry out the roadmap. "We will be committed to the ....

  • Vaccination campaign started against sheep, goat pox in Damietta

    Date: 2013-11-17 16:49:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:113 - ID:392391

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) - A campaign has been launched to vaccinate 16,000 sheep and goats against pox (SGP) in Damietta. The process will last until January, said Dr. Ibrahim Gad, the head of the veterinary directorate. (MENA) AH/RE ....

  • Mid-term exams at faculty of engineering held as scheduled - Zagazig univ. president

    Date: 2013-11-17 16:47:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:112 - ID:392325

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) - Head of Zagazig University Ashraf el-Shehi said that mid-term exams in the university's Faculty of Engineering were held as scheduled despite a sit-in staged by some students today. He, meanwhile, affirmed that the ....

  • 20 MB figures arrested over storming police stations in Fayyoum

    Date: 2013-11-17 16:45:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:111 - ID:392260

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) - Twenty members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group were arrested here Sunday over charges of storming and burning police stations in the governorate. The arrested were involved in the riot acts which ....

  • Finance minister delegates Mohamed el-Salhawy as chief of customs authority

    Date: 2013-11-17 16:30:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:110 - ID:392324

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Finance Minister Ahmed Galal issued a decision to delegate head of Egyptian customs sector Mohamed el-Salhawy to take up the post of chief of the customs authority for a year or when a new official is appointed. The ....

  • Copts protest in front of Shura Council to demand quota in elected councils

    Date: 2013-11-17 16:22:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:109 - ID:392171

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) – Dozens of Copts protested in front of the outside gates of the Shura Council in Kasr El-Aini Street, calling for the adoption of a quota for Copts in the elected councils and asserting the notion of the civil state in the ....

  • Al-Azhar delegation heads for Vienna to participate in IIFD activities

    Date: 2013-11-17 16:16:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:107 - ID:391995

    CAIRO Nov 17 (MENA) – A delegation from Al-Azhar headed by Dr. Abbas Schumann left Cairo on Sunday to Vienna to participate in the activities of the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue (IIFD). Al-Azhar has a universal mission to serve ....

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