Egypt

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  • Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority settles dispute with State Council about powers in new constitution

    Date: 2013-11-13 11:44:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:384521

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Deputy chairman of the Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority Ahmed Khalifa said Wednesday that an agreement was reached with the State Council about their powers in the new constitution. Emerging from a meeting with chairman of ....

  • Armed Forces arrest 11 Takfiri militants in North Sinai

    Date: 2013-11-13 11:30:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:384387

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) – Armed Forces have arrested 11 Takfiri militants in North Sinai, including two Palestinians. The move comes as part of maintained efforts by security men and the Army for cracking down on terrorists and criminal hotbeds in ....

  • 3 brothers nabbed over trading in weapons

    Date: 2013-11-13 11:21:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:384146

    BANHA, Nov 13 (MENA) – Security forces arrested on Wednesday three brothers who were manufacturing fire arms in their workshop and selling them to criminals in Shebien el-Qanater. Saad.S.M, 33, Ahmed S.M, 31 and Mohammed S.M, 25 were caught in ....

  • Cabinet conferring on ending state of emergency

    Date: 2013-11-13 11:20:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:384496

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Meeting under Prime Minister Hazem el-Bablawy Wednesday, the Cabinet probed a number of important reports on internal and overseas issues. On the agenda of the meeting was a proposition to end the state of emergency in ....

  • Luxor governor invites Russian officials to visit Luxor

    Date: 2013-11-13 11:04:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:384411

    LUXOR, Nov 13 (MENA) – Luxor governor Tarek Saaddin sent an official invitation Wednesday to the Russian foreign and defense ministers to visit the tourist city and enjoy its monuments. The governor sent the invitation to the Russian embassy ....

  • Housing minister signs cooperation protocols for construction of 6,870 housing units in Port Said, Suez

    Date: 2013-11-13 11:00:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:384404

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Ibrahim Mehleb and Port Said Governor Sameh Qandil signed on Wednesday a cooperation protocol for the construction of 3,870 housing units in the governorate. Another ....

  • 68 mosques to be renovated at EGP27mln

    Date: 2013-11-13 10:50:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:384274

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) – The Awqaf ministry started the implementation phase of renovating 68 mosques in 17 governorates with a total cost of EGP27 million. The rest of the mosques will be renovated later according to a set timetable. The ....

  • Fahmy, Lavrov to hold press conference following Thursday talks

    Date: 2013-11-13 10:48:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:384413

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy will receive on Thursday his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov at the Foreign Ministry premises in Cairo. The two ministers will hold a joint press conference following their session of ....

  • Policeman killed while removing some transgressions on Cairo/Alex agricultural road

    Date: 2013-11-13 10:12:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:384182

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - A policeman as killed while removing agricultural transgressions on the Cairo-Alexandria agricultural road, a security source said Wednesday. The man, identified as Ghonaimi Ahmed Mohamed Sahloub, 53, was killed after being ....

  • Ex-minister Ouda moved to Torah prison - source

    Date: 2013-11-13 10:12:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:384129

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Ex-minister Bassem Ouda was moved to Torah prison, a security source at the Interior Ministry said. In statement to MENA on Wednesday, the security source said Ouda was arrested late Tuesday in Beheira and was transported to ....

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