Egypt

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  • Joint panel formed between Egyptian, Russian churches - Pope Tawadros

    Date: 2014-11-05 18:09:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:115 - ID:1273681

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox Church formed a joint panel with the Russian Orthodox Church, said Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese. In his weekly sermon at Abbasiya's Coptic Cathedral, the Pope said ....

  • Security forces on high alert in N. Sinai as curfew enters 11th day

    Date: 2014-11-05 18:06:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:113 - ID:1273677

    El ARISH, Egypt, Nov 5 (MENA) - Security measures have been beefed up in North Sinai as a curfew imposed after deadly attacks entered its eleventh day on Wednesday. Security troops have been heavily deployed on streets and residential areas to ....

  • Planning ministry, E-Finance conclude cooperation agreement

    Date: 2014-11-05 18:01:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:111 - ID:1273353

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) – Egyptian Ministry of Planning has signed a cooperation agreement with the electronic payment company E-Finance to allow citizens to pay for governmental services via the Egyptian Government Portal and the company's electronic ....

  • Egypt Constitution respects human rights - German ambassador

    Date: 2014-11-05 18:01:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:110 - ID:1273561

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - The new Egyptian constitution guarantees and respects human rights, which are mentioned in any constitution, said German Ambassador to Egypt Hansjorg Haber. During his meeting Wednesday with a number of journalists at the ....

  • 15 people sentenced to life imprisonment over vendetta case

    Date: 2014-11-05 17:57:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:108 - ID:1273565

    SOHAG, Nov 5 (MENA) - Sohag Criminal Court sentenced on Wednesday 15 people to life imprisonment and five others to two years in jail over a vendetta case. Two other people were acquitted by the court in the same case. In July 2013, two people ....

  • Egypt successfully reviews periodic human rights record at UNHRC

    Date: 2014-11-05 17:57:20 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:107 - ID:1273337

    GENEVA, Nov 5 (MENA) – Egypt has successfully reviewed the periodic human rights record during the session of United Nation Human Rights Council, which was held earlier in the day in Geneva to review Egypt's human rights situation after the January ....

  • Sisi orders plan to build New Rafah City

    Date: 2014-11-05 17:44:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:103 - ID:1273241

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ordered all bodies concerned to take develop a comprehensive plan for building new Rafah city to be an integrated urban community to achieve sustainable development for the people of Rafah. "The ....

  • MB lawmakers seized EGP 64 mln in post-Jan 25 revolution parl't: senior judge

    Date: 2014-11-05 17:28:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:99 - ID:1273181

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Nov 5 (MENA) – Lawmakers of the Muslim Brotherhood group in the post-January 25 Revolution parliament seized grants and loans hitting 64 million pounds, said Counselor Tahani Al Gebaly, former vice president of the Supreme ....

  • Austria FM receives leaders of Egyptian community union

    Date: 2014-11-05 17:25:22 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:1273077

    VIENNA, Nov 5 (MENA) – Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz will meet on Thursday with leaders of the General Union of Egyptians in Austria. The meeting is planned to take up a new draft law on Muslim extremists, head of the union Ahmed El ....

  • Azhar ready to offer scholarships to Kosovan students - Tayyeb

    Date: 2014-11-05 17:25:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:97 - ID:1273321

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Al-Azhar stands fully ready to offer scholarships for Kosovan students, said Al-Azhar Grand Imam Dr Ahmed el-Tayyeb. During a meeting with acting Kosovan ambassador to Egypt Bakr Ismail, Tayyeb affirmed that Al-Azhar is ....

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