Egypt

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  • Article on imprisonment of journalists over publication offenses still in the works -- Salmawy

    Date: 2013-10-22 15:41:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:130 - ID:349447

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - The drafting committee has still not finished revising an article in the Constitution that prevents the imprisonment of journalists over publication offenses, said the spokesman for the 50-member panel tasked with amending the ....

  • Sisi receives Suez Canal Authority's head

    Date: 2013-10-22 15:29:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:129 - ID:349520

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi held a meeting Tuesday with Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish. The meeting took up navigation and measures taken to secure the Canal as well as the ....

  • Attacking places of worship is a crime; Egypt would never surrender to terrorist threats -- governor

    Date: 2013-10-22 15:24:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:128 - ID:349234

    BANHA, Egypt, Oct 22 (MENA) - Attacking places of worship is a hideous crime, Qalyubia Governor Mohamed Abdel-Zaher said on Tuesday, vowing that Egypt would continue its fight against terrorism and would never be disheartened by terrorist ....

  • Reports on threats of constitutional committee member to resign groundless -- spokesman

    Date: 2013-10-22 15:18:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:127 - ID:349457

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Spokesman for the 50-member committee entrusted with writing the new constitution Mohamed Salmawy denied on Tuesday reports about threats by a committee member to resign. He said, at a press conference, that these reports ....

  • Ministerial committee convenes on crisis of film industry

    Date: 2013-10-22 15:15:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:126 - ID:349451

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - A ministerial committee led by Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Bahaa Eddin convened Tuesday at the Ministry of Culture to discuss the crisis of the film industry in Egypt. The committee includes a host of ministers and officials ....

  • Syrian coalition says it has a condition to attend Geneva conference

    Date: 2013-10-22 15:02:07 GMT - Syria - Egypt - SN:125 - ID:349235

    DAMASCUS, Oct 22 (MENA) - The head of the Syrian National Coalition which represents many opposition and revolutionary forces in Syria has said that the group will not take part in the Geneva 2 conference if its main aim was not the removal of the ....

  • WHO marks International Day for Disaster Reduction

    Date: 2013-10-22 14:49:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:124 - ID:349377

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - The regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) marked the International Day for Disaster Reduction here Tuesday. The International Day for Disaster Reduction is a day to celebrate how people and communities are ....

  • Soldiers' attackers arrested

    Date: 2013-10-22 14:49:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:123 - ID:349391

    RAFAH, Egypt, Oct 22 (MENA) - Security forces detained two attackers of soldiers in North Sinai, a security source said Tuesday. The arrested were among a group of armed men who ambushed a personnel carrier and an armored vehicle, leaving a ....

  • Limited fire breaks out in one of the power transformers of the High Dam

    Date: 2013-10-22 14:41:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:122 - ID:349165

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - A limited fire broke out on Tuesday in one of the power transformers of the High Dam, said press officer of the Ministry of Electricity Aktham Abul Ela. He added that the fire caused a technical failure to the transformer. ....

  • 19 motorcycles seized in military campaign in Alex

    Date: 2013-10-22 14:39:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:121 - ID:349370

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Nineteen motorcycles have been seized in Alexandria in a security campaign in the Mediterranean city. The motorcycles had no documents and are not registered by the customs authority. (MENA) MA/DA ....

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