Egypt
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Banks off for 3 days to mark Eidul-Adha, Oct. victory celebrations
Date: 2014-09-28 16:03:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:103 - ID:1030757
CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has announced a three-day holiday to mark Eidul-Adha (Greater Bairam) and the Sixth of October victory celebrations, as of Sunday, October 5. Work will be resumed on Wednesday, October 8, ....
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El-Araby denies meeting any Israeli official
Date: 2014-09-28 16:03:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:102 - ID:1030565
CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby has denied reports aired by some media outlets that he met Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on the sidelines of the 69th UNGA in New York. In a statement, El-Araby called on ....
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Minya court upholds decision to sentence 2 defendants to 20 years over inciting violence
Date: 2014-09-28 15:29:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:101 - ID:1030529
MINYA, Upper Egypt, Sept 28 (MENA) - Minya Criminal Court upheld a decision to sentence two defendants to serve 20 years in prison over charges of staging protests and inciting violence in Minya. The two will also pay a fine worth 300,000 pounds ....
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Egypt wins post in ICID
Date: 2014-09-28 15:22:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:100 - ID:1030533
CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Egypt won the post of vice president of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) from 2014 until 2017, after a fierce competition with four other countries which are South Korea, Niger, Pakistan and ....
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Wide scale security campaign launched in Minya
Date: 2014-09-28 15:15:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:1030589
MINYA, Upper Egypt, Sept 28 (MENA) - Security bodies at Minya Security Directorate launched a security campaign Sunday. The campaign resulted in the arrest of eight suspects, including two believed to be involved in committing riot acts and ....
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15 members of terrorist MB group arrested in Behira
Date: 2014-09-28 15:14:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:97 - ID:1029873
DAMANHOUR, Sept 28 (MENA) - As many as 15 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group were arrested on Sunday over charges of burning a police car, injuring a security man and joining a banned group. They also face charges of ....
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Court to announce verdict in license plates case Dec 29
Date: 2014-09-28 15:12:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:95 - ID:1029861
CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court decided Sunday to announce the verdict in the retrial of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif and former interior minister Habib el-Adli in the license plates case on December 29 Nazif and Adli are accused ....
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AWC to activate Arab network on climate changes
Date: 2014-09-28 15:00:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:93 - ID:1029849
CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - The Arab Water Council has announced that it is working on activation of the Arab Network on Climate to include civil society activists, media persons and technicians in the domain of climate change. He said the council ....
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Interior Minister directs intensifying civil affairs missions to serve expatriates
Date: 2014-09-28 14:59:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:92 - ID:1029889
CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim directed intensifying legal and technical missions abroad to offer civil status services to Egyptians. Citizens wishing to update their ID cards can submit their relevant documents to the ....
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Dearth of info reflects on corruption increase: Activist
Date: 2014-09-28 14:50:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:86 - ID:1028809
CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Director of the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) Maged Othman has said information is the right of every citizen and dearth of information leads to lack of follow up and evaluation of government ....