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  • 6 MB members arrested in Suez with weapons in possession

    Date: 2014-10-17 14:20:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:1144485

    SUEZ, Egypt, Oct 17 (MENA) – Six supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood group were arrested Friday in the Canal city of Suez with weapons, firecrackers, and Molotov cocktails in their possession, Suez security chief said. Tarek el-Gazzar said they ....

  • Manpower ministry ready to secure needs of non-regular workers at New Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-10-17 14:14:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:1144401

    CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - Minister of Manpower Nahed el-Ashri has said the government is willing to secure all needs of non-regular workers at the New Suez Canal. In a press statement on Friday, Ashri vowed to protect the rights of all ....

  • "Religious minority" term not applicable in Egypt: Mufti

    Date: 2014-10-17 14:09:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:1144233

    TANTA, Oct 17 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam on Friday said that "religious minority" as a term has never been acknowledged in Egypt. Delivering Friday's sermon in Sedy Ahmed el-Badawi Mosque in the Delta city of Gharbiya, Allam said that ....

  • Luxor, Fayyoum governors visit victims of Aswan road accident

    Date: 2014-10-17 13:33:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:1144145

    LUXOR, Oct 17 (MENA) – Luxor governor Tarek Saad el-Din and Fayyoum governor Hazem Attia on Friday visited Luxor International Hospital to inquire after victims of a tragic road accident that took place in Edfu, northern Aswan, Monday. Three ....

  • Trial of Bani Helal, Daboudiya tribes moved to Qena

    Date: 2014-10-17 13:09:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:1143917

    ASWAN, Oct 17 (MENA) – The trial of defendants held in connection with the Bani Helal and Daboudiya incidents in Aswan will be held at Qena Criminal Court instead of Aswan for security reasons, MENA learned Friday. Mohamed el-Qadi, a lawyer ....

  • Funeral held for Arish attack martyr in hometown

    Date: 2014-10-17 13:00:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:1143981

    KAFR EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Oct 17 (MENA) – Thousands of mourners, including Kafr el-Sheikh Governor Mohamad Ezzat Agwa el-Hagan and security chief Abdul-Rahman Sharaf, Friday attended the funeral of a policeman who was killed in a bomb attack in Arish ....

  • EgyptAir operates 11 flights to ferry pilgrims back home

    Date: 2014-10-17 12:38:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:1143905

    CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - Eleven flights will be operated Friday to carry 2,815 Egyptian pilgrims back home, chairman of EgyptAir Airlines Hisham El-Nahhas said. He added that the flights will take off from Jeddah and Medina airports. Efforts are ....

  • Ashraf Syndicate slams terrorist act in Tanta

    Date: 2014-10-17 12:34:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:1143825

    CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) – Head of Al-Ashraf Syndicate Mahmoud el-Sherif has slammed a terrorist act that took place Thursday near el-Sayed el-Badawi shrine in the Nile Delta city of Tanta. Eleven people were wounded when two locally-made explosive ....

  • Gap between electricity production, consumption to hit 1,900 MW Friday- observatory

    Date: 2014-10-17 11:44:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:1143637

    CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - The deficit between electricity production and consumption is expected to reach 1,900 megawatt Friday against 1,100 megawatt Thursday, said the electricity observatory at the Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory ....

  • N. Sinai preachers slam 2 blasts in Arish, Tanta

    Date: 2014-10-17 11:41:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:1143645

    ARISH, Oct 17 (MENA) - Preachers in North Sinai slammed on Friday the two explosions which hit Arish and Tanta cities earlier in the day. During the weekly sermons, the preachers called for putting an end to bloodshed and fighting terrorism. They ....

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