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  • Azhar Research Academy head meets Indonesian delegation

    Date: 2014-11-06 16:05:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:107 - ID:1280789

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Head of al-Azhar Research Academy Mohi el-din Afifi met on Thursday with an Indonesian delegation. The meeting discussed boosting cooperation and the support provided by al-Azhar for the Indonesian Islamic institutions in ....

  • Sisi's advisors selection praised by politicians

    Date: 2014-11-06 16:00:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:106 - ID:1280437

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - A number of politicians have praised the decision by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to appoint Ahmad Gamaleddin and Fayza Abul-Naga as advisors on security and anti-terror, and national security. Ahmad el-Fadali, leader of ....

  • Saudi Arabia deports 10 Egyptians

    Date: 2014-11-06 15:57:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:105 - ID:1280753

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - As many as ten Egyptians, who were deported from Saudi Arabia because of illegal residency, arrived to Cairo International Airport on Thursday. The deportees arrived on board of a Saudi plane coming from Jeddah because of ....

  • Terror groups have nothing to do with Islam - Azhar Official

    Date: 2014-11-06 15:46:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:103 - ID:1280777

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - The groups which carry out terrorist acts inside or outside Egypt have nothing to do with Islam, affirmed Al-Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shouman. Al-Azhar is cooperating with the Armed Forces in their fight against terrorism ....

  • National counterterrorism front to meet Sinai chieftains

    Date: 2014-11-06 15:33:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:102 - ID:1280473

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Representatives of the National Counterterrorism Front will meet on Saturday a number of Sinai tribal leaders and chieftains to discuss the conditions in Sinai, especially after he evacuation of residents at the North Sinai ....

  • Decision to reforms development fund of shantytowns' board

    Date: 2014-11-06 15:27:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:100 - ID:1280481

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Egyptian Prime Minister issued a decision to reform the board of directors of the shantytowns development fund headed by minister of state for urban development and slum areas. The new board of directors will group ....

  • Wide assortment of drugs and weapons seized in Alex.

    Date: 2014-11-06 15:23:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:99 - ID:1280073

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 6 (MENA) - In a wide scale crackdown, Alexandria police have seized 22 firearms, 164 bullets and 87 kilograms of narcotics in Borg el-Arab City. Also, 2,400 grams of heroin and 5, 448 narcotic pills were seized, and over 2,000 ....

  • Egyptian Foreign Ministry succeeds in releasing Egyptian fishermen in Yemen

    Date: 2014-11-06 15:14:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:97 - ID:1280409

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - The contacts carried out by the Egyptian Embassy in Sanaa with the Yemeni authorities succeeded in releasing the sixty-six Egyptian fishermen. They were detained by the Yemeni authorities for entering the territorial water ....

  • Egypt asks UN to open probe into MB document-forging case

    Date: 2014-11-06 15:12:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:96 - ID:1280357

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – The Egyptian permanent mission in Geneva addressed the United Nations office to open an official probe into incidents related to forging formal documents by the Muslim Brotherhood group that were attributed to the UN and ....

  • New chairman of High Dam Authority appointed

    Date: 2014-11-06 15:10:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:95 - ID:1280125

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi has appointed Emad Mikhael as new chairman of the High Dam Authority. Mikhael replaces Mohamad Abdel-Monem Shehata who reached retirement age. (MENA) AI/MOH ....

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