Egypt
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Algerian minister stresses role of press in conveying real conditions in countries
Date: 2013-10-22 20:15:09 GMT - Algeria - Egypt - SN:177 - ID:349805
ALGIERS, Oct 22 (MENA) - Algerian Communications Minister Abdel-Qader Mesahel has hailed as good his country's relations with Egypt. Mesahel told MENA correspondent in Algiers on Tuesday his country is well aware of the role the press plays in ....
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23 killed, injured in Minya accident
Date: 2013-10-22 20:06:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:174 - ID:349898
CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - Five people died and 18 were injured in a deadly traffic accident in the southern governorate of Minya. Ahmed al-Ansari, head of the Ambulance Authority, told MENA that the fatalities occured when two microbuses collided on ....
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State Lawsuits Authority to hold press conference in response to "insults"
Date: 2013-10-22 19:57:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:170 - ID:349690
CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - The State Lawsuits Authority will hold a press conference to reply to "insults" by some judges against the authority, a board member of the authority's club said Tuesday. Counsellor Samir al-Qammash said that he was surprised ....
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Egyptian official slams threats against writer
Date: 2013-10-22 19:54:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:168 - ID:349847
CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the union of expatriate Egyptians Ismail Ahmed has expressed dismay about threats and attacks against writer Alaa al-Aswani and other Egyptians abroad. "These acts aim to spread chaos and anxiety in the ....
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Egypt, France discuss tourism promotion
Date: 2013-10-22 19:49:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:165 - ID:349896
CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - Civil Aviation Minister Abdel-Aziz Fadil met Tuesday with French Ambassador here Nicolas Gallet to discuss means of promoting tourism. Fadil reviewed expansion projects in Egyptian airports. The minister urged the French ....
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28 Palestinian deportees cross Rafah borders
Date: 2013-10-22 19:38:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:163 - ID:349799
RAFAH, Egypt, Oct 22 (MENA) - Twenty-eight Palestinian deportees crossed Rafah border terminal on Tuesday. They are either workers or residents abroad and were deported by the authorities for not having entry or residence visas in Egypt. Six ....
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US embassy slams Warraq church attack
Date: 2013-10-22 19:28:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:160 - ID:349768
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – The US embassy in Cairo has slammed Sunday's attack on a church in Giza's al-Waraq neighborhood in which four people were killed and 17 injured. In a statement on Tuesday, the embassy offered condolences to the families of ....
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660,000 expats registered on electoral roll: HEC
Date: 2013-10-22 19:17:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:158 - ID:349769
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – As many as 663,265 Egyptian expats have registered so far to vote in the forthcoming referendum on the amended constitution, a well-placed source at the Higher Elections Commission said Tuesday. Half of those who were ....
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Protest staged at Bibliotheca Alexandrina denouncing deadly church attack
Date: 2013-10-22 18:31:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:155 - ID:349683
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Oct 22 (MENA) – Scores of citizens staged Tuesday a protest outside Bibliotheca Alexandrina denouncing the attack on Al-Warraq's Keniset Al-'Adra (The Church of the Virgin Mary). Some members of the "Maspero Youth Union" in ....
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MB leader remanded in custody for 15 days
Date: 2013-10-22 18:08:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:152 - ID:349705
ASSIUT, Oct 22 (MENA) - Hussien Ragheb, Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leader and adviser to former Assiut governor, was held in custody for 15 days pending investigations into violent acts that were committed on June 25. Security forces arrested him ....