Egypt

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  • Egypt's mufti condemns Israel closure of Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2014-10-30 13:39:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:1231937

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) - Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam has strongly condemned Israel's decision to close Al-Aqsa Mosque. In a statement Thursday, Allam said that this serious escalation from the Israeli occupation forces was considered a move ....

  • Army, police kill 3 takfiris, injure 3 in N. Sinai

    Date: 2014-10-30 13:38:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:1232261

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) - Three takfiri elements were killed and three others injured in North Sinai during a wide-scale campaign launched by the Armed and security forces to eliminate criminal and terrorist hotbeds. Armed and security forces also ....

  • New patch of Malaysian Imams graduate from Azhar

    Date: 2014-10-30 13:35:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:1232129

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) - Al-Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman has attended the graduation ceremony of a batch of Malaysian Imams. Shoman renewed his call on the media outlets not to use the word "Islamists" when referring to the terrorist ....

  • Finance minister arrives in Paris

    Date: 2014-10-30 13:34:15 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:1231425

    PARIS, Oct 30 (MENA) – Egypt's Finance Minister Hani Qadri arrived in Paris Thursday on a short visit to meet his French counterpart Michel Sapin for talks on means of promoting economic ties. Qadri will participate Friday in the French-Egyptian ....

  • Cairo gov. partakes in German emb. ceremony in Azhar Park

    Date: 2014-10-30 13:29:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:1231573

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) - The German Embassy in Cairo is to organize a celebration on Saturday in Azhar Park. The ceremony is titled "Germany in Azhar Park". The occasion comes in celebration of the 35-years-old friendship agreement between Cairo ....

  • Govt works to eliminate investment obstacles - PM

    Date: 2014-10-30 13:17:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:1231489

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) – The government will continue to remove any obstacles hampering investments to create an investment-attractive atmosphere in Egypt, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said. Mahlab gave the remark during a meeting Thursday with ....

  • Justice Party says people should support Sisi in anti-terror war

    Date: 2014-10-30 13:13:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:1231229

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) – Leader of the Justice Party Hamdi el-Setouhi said Thursday the Egyptian people, especially Sinai residents, had to stand by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to combat terror. The Justice Party would organize Friday a trip to ....

  • Egyptologist urges to hold accountable those responsible for damaging Tutankhamun mummy

    Date: 2014-10-30 13:06:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:1230549

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) – Egyptologist Ahmed Saleh called Thursday for holding accountable those responsible for moving the mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun from its coffin to a glass-case in the front chamber of the tomb in Luxor in November 2007 ....

  • Egyptians urged to abide by Saudi laws

    Date: 2014-10-30 13:00:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:1230965

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) - The Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs and Expatriates has called upon all Egyptians traveling to Saudi Arabia to abide by the kingdom's laws. The statement comes as violations of Saudi laws of work, visit, ....

  • Interior ministry denies arrest of MB cell of Prisons Department employees

    Date: 2014-10-30 12:36:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:1230957

    CAIRO, Oct 30 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry has denied news reports claiming that a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) cell from workers at Prisons Department has been arrested for plotting with MB members who are detained in Tora Prison. In a press ....

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