Egypt

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  • PM reviews plans to upgrade Cairo governorate

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:349088

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy met Tuesday with Cairo governor Galal Saied to discuss a plan to develop the capital. An agreement will be signed within days under which 400 new buses will join the public transport fleet, ....

  • Egypt Party denounces terrorist attack against church

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:53:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:97 - ID:349051

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Egypt Party on Tuesday denounced a terrorist attack that targeted a church in Giza district of Warraq three days ago leaving four dead and 18 others wounded. Party Deputy Chairman Nabil Azmy, in press statements, said that ....

  • Two killed, 12 injured in Rafah bombing

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:40:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:95 - ID:349083

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – Two persons were killed, including a soldier, and 12 others injured when an explosive device hit a bus and an armored vehicle in Sadot district in Rafah in northern Sinai on Tuesday. Ahmed al-Ansari, the Egyptian ....

  • Court turns down request by prosecution for expropriating funds of former MP Hisham Qandi

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:36:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:93 - ID:349054

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Giza criminal court on Tuesday turned down a request by the prosecution for expropriating the funds of former prime minister Hisham Qandil. Meanwhile, it approved a request by the prosecution for expropriating the funds of ....

  • Cairo airport authorities refuse to allow 10 passengers into Egypt

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:35:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:92 - ID:348944

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – Cairo International Airport authorities banned on Tuesday 10 passengers of various nationalities from entering the country for security reasons. The airport authorities deported five Nigerian passengers coming from ....

  • New members of State Lawsuits Authority take oath

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:32:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:91 - ID:349044

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - New members of the State Lawsuits Authority Tuesday took constitutional oath before Justice Minister Adel Abdel-Hamid. Abdel-Hamid urged the new members to adhere to justice and equality and to be fair and impartial. ....

  • 6 conscripts killed, injured bus bombing in Rafah

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:27:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:88 - ID:349067

    RAFAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - An unknown explosive device has detonated in a bus in North Sinai, killing a conscript and injuring six others, among them one civilian, said a security source. Unidentified men planted the explosive charge on a road in ....

  • 50-strong constitutional panel starts closed sessions

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:22:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:86 - ID:349057

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – The 50-strong constitutional panel started Tuesday its closed sessions to discuss and vote on constitutional articles. Only the main members attended the meeting. The panel's head Amr Moussa said a decision will be ....

  • Abbas receives thank-you cables from president Mansour

    Date: 2013-10-22 11:57:22 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:82 - ID:348760

    RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday received two thank-you cables from Egyptian interim President Adly Mansour, WAFA news agency reported. The two cables came in response to similar ones Abbas had sent to ....

  • Antiquities minister inspects project to renovate Egyptian Museum

    Date: 2013-10-22 11:53:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:80 - ID:348941

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim Tuesday inspected a project to renovate the Egyptian Museum, which is still receiving visitors during official working hours. As many as 487 tourists of different nationalities ....

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