Egypt

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  • Moussa denies report on Armed Forces' request to grant personal immunity to the defense minister

    Date: 2013-10-23 13:00:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:350952

    CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - Chairman of the 50-member constitution committee Amr Moussa denied claims about outside pressures on the panel amending the national charter. He also refuted reports on a request by the Armed Forces to grant personal immunity ....

  • National Council for Women to hold press conf. Thursday

    Date: 2013-10-23 12:56:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:350724

    CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - The National Council for Women, chaired by Mervat el-Talawi, will hold a press conference on Thursday to support the demands of the Administrative Prosecution in its dispute with the State Council over handing the ....

  • Egypt, FDA discuss cooperation projects

    Date: 2013-10-23 12:53:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:350884

    CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - International Cooperation Minister Zeyad Bahaa el-Din met Wednesday with French Ambassador here Nicolas Galey and Pierre Marcelli, director of the French Development Agency's office in Cairo, to discuss cooperation between ....

  • Hundreds of Azhar students stage on-campus marches

    Date: 2013-10-23 12:49:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:350878

    CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - Hundreds of students of Al-Azhar University staged on-campus marches Wednesday while work resumed at most faculties in light of a decision by the administration not to halt education at all. Muslim Brotherhood students held ....

  • Preachers seeking law to protect them

    Date: 2013-10-23 12:29:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:350879

    CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - A delegation of Al-Azhar scholars and preachers has called on the presidency to issue a law to regulate their work and protect them against extremists. The delegation met Wednesday ahead of a planned get-together with ....

  • Trial of downtown rioters adjourned to March 15

    Date: 2013-10-23 12:22:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:350770

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Cairo criminal court adjourned to a March 15 session the trial of 33 rioters implicated in violence in downtown Cairo following the Port Said Stadium massacre. They face charges of burning the Taxation Authority building ....

  • 11 wanted Brothehood elements arrested in Alexandria

    Date: 2013-10-23 12:19:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:350870

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Oct 23 (MENA) – Alexandria security policemen arrested early Wednesday 11 wanted Brotherhood elements. They face charges of inciting violence, blocking roads and harming social security. (MENA) MN/DA ....

  • Ghali expounds political situation in Egypt to Swiss ambassador

    Date: 2013-10-23 12:17:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:350634

    CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - Honorary President of the National Council of Human Rights Botrous Botrous Ghali on Wednesday received the Swiss ambassador here.The meeting took up the recent political developments in Egypt after the June 30 ....

  • MB member arrested in Alexandria

    Date: 2013-10-23 12:09:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:350684

    ALEXANDRIA Oct 23 (MENA) – Alexandria National Security authorities arrested a Muslim Brotherhood member from the Raml neighborhood over charges of inciting violence. His arrest was part of a campaign aimed at arresting five persons upon the ....

  • Death toll of Egyptian pilgrims up to 35 – official

    Date: 2013-10-23 11:49:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:350685

    MECCA Oct 23 (MENA) – The death toll of Egyptian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia has risen to 32, said head of Lottery Hajj mission Moustafa Bedeir on Wednesday. The 35th case is a 78-year-old man from Cairo as a result of a hepatic coma, Bedeir said in ....

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