Egypt

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  • Mansour meets defense, interior ministers on security situation

    Date: 2013-10-28 15:24:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:105 - ID:358961

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) – Interim President Adly Mansour met Monday with Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief General Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi and Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim to review the security situation in ....

  • Egyptian-French symposium to be held tomorrow

    Date: 2013-10-28 15:20:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:104 - ID:358551

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) – The French Grains Association will organize the 18th Egyptian-French symposium for grains on Tuesday under the sponsorship of French Ambassador to Egypt Nicolas Galey. In a statement on Monday, the French Embassy said that ....

  • Coastal road project in Hurghada accomplished - official

    Date: 2013-10-28 15:11:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:102 - ID:358562

    HURGHADA, Oct 28 (MENA) - A project to turn the coastal road in Hurghada into two lanes for both directions has been accomplished over a 9-km-distance, said the municipality's head Ahmed Qorish on Monday. The project cost 16 million EGP, he said. ....

  • Dead fish phenomenon no longer present in Fayyoum - official

    Date: 2013-10-28 15:07:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:101 - ID:358652

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, Oct 28 (MENA) – The dead fish phenomenon which occurred in Wadi el-Rayan Lake, Fayyoum, two days ago is no longer present, said Fayyoum official Salah Nady. Initial tests showed that the fish was fit for human consumption and the ....

  • 8 killed, injured in car accident on Ismaila-Zaqaziq agricultural road

    Date: 2013-10-28 15:05:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:100 - ID:358964

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - Two people, including a child, were killed and eight others injured when their car overturned on Ismailia-Zaqaziq agricultural road on Monday. The accident occurred when the driver lost control of the steering wheel. ....

  • Clashes erupt between Brotherhood's students, residents at Al-Azhar University's main gate

    Date: 2013-10-28 14:54:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:358903

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - Clashes broke out at Al-Azhar University's main gate between Muslim Brotherhood students and residents of the area. Brotherhood students, who stood behind the university's walls, exchanged stones and Molotov cocktails with ....

  • Salmawi: Article 219 on Sharia not on table for amendment

    Date: 2013-10-28 14:49:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:95 - ID:358718

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) – Spokesman for the Constitutional Committee Mohamed Salmawi said Monday Article 219 of the Constitution on Sharia will not be amended; adding media reports on the issue were false. "The article was not on the agenda of the ....

  • Nour Party head denounces Mansoura's terrorist attack

    Date: 2013-10-28 14:37:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:94 - ID:358889

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - Nour Party head Younis Makhyoun decried the terrorist attack that targeted a checkpoint in Mansoura on Monday, leaving three security personnel dead. Makhyoun extended condolences to the families of the victims. Four ....

  • Retrial of former presidential chief of staff Azmi postponed to Dec. 23

    Date: 2013-10-28 14:29:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:93 - ID:358806

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Cairo Criminal Court decided Monday to postpone until December 23 the retrial of former Chief of Presidential Staff Zakariya Azmi on illicit gains charges. Azmi's retrial came following the Cassation Court's decision in ....

  • New Hijri year starts Tuesday Nov 5

    Date: 2013-10-28 14:29:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:92 - ID:358646

    CAIRO, Oct 28 (MENA) – The new Hijri year 1435 will start on Tuesday November 5, the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) said in a statement on Monday. President of the NRIAG Dr. Hatem Ouda congratulated the Egyptians ....

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