Egypt

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  • 8 MB students remanded in custody for 15 days over rioting charges in Zagazig univ.

    Date: 2013-11-13 13:50:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:111 - ID:384838

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Nov 13 (MENA) - Eight students belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group have been detained for 15 days pending investigations over charges of rioting on Zagazig University campus. They stand accused of joining an illegal ....

  • Train hits car in Alex.

    Date: 2013-11-13 13:47:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:108 - ID:384842

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 13 (MENA) - A cargo train hit a car at the Qabari railway barrier in the west of Alexandria, injuring the car driver. No deaths were reported. The car was crossing the barrier when it was hit by the train. The car driver was ....

  • Egyptian activists to hold press conference at UN Geneva headquarters tomorrow

    Date: 2013-11-13 13:46:00 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:106 - ID:384629

    GENEVA, Nov 13 (MENA) - Egyptian human rights activists will hold Thursday a press conference at the United Nations (UN) European headquarters in Geneva upon an invitation by the UN's Association for Accredited Journalists. The invitation comes ....

  • Environment Minister to inaugurate tomorrow workshop on sustainable development

    Date: 2013-11-13 13:35:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:105 - ID:384737

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) – Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Dr. Laila Iskandar will inaugurate Thursday a consultative workshop for the preparation of the sustainable development strategy at the Cairo House-Al Fustat. Dr. Iskandar is ....

  • Egyptian embassy in Lebanon to receive expats on Sundays to register for constitutional referendum

    Date: 2013-11-13 13:23:57 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:101 - ID:384771

    BEIRUT, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Lebanon announced that it will receive Egyptians residing in Lebanon every Sunday from 6 to 8 pm for voter registration in their country's upcoming constitutional referendum. The embassy said that ....

  • Leader of outlawed Brotherhood group Sobhi Saleh held for 4 more days

    Date: 2013-11-13 13:20:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:100 - ID:384812

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) – Investigating judge Counselor Tharwat Hammad on Wednesday ordered holding leader of the outlawed Brotherhood group Sobhi Saleh for more four days pending probe into several charges including insulting the judicial ....

  • Qalyoubiya Security Director: We have a plan to control the security situation after lifting the state of emergency

    Date: 2013-11-13 13:11:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:94 - ID:384723

    BANHA, Egypt, Nov 13 (MENA) – Qalyoubiya Security Director Major General Mahmoud Yousri said that his department has a plan to control the security situation in the governorate after lifting the state of emergency. In press statements, he added ....

  • Alex police chief reviews security conditions with chieftains

    Date: 2013-11-13 12:57:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:92 - ID:384755

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 13 (MENA) - Alexandria police chief Amin Ezz el-Din has urged chieftains of tribes to cooperate with the security apparatus to restore security. He told them they should report any criminal elements and guide policemen to their ....

  • Egypt’s secular parties hampered by disorganization, infighting

    Date: 2013-11-13 12:47:04 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:87 - ID:384408

    WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (MENA) - Plagued by infighting, disorganization and disparate ideologies, the non-Islamist parties that backed the July coup against Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi are struggling to capitalize on the downfall of their chief ....

  • Women organizations displeased with ignored political rights in new constitution

    Date: 2013-11-13 12:40:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:83 - ID:384585

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - A number of women's organizations and movements staged a protest outside the Shura Council Wednesday at what they considered an ignorance of their political rights in the new constitution. The female protesters are calling ....

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