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  • Detention of 55 MB members renewed in Gharbiya

    Date: 2014-01-05 15:53:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:105 - ID:480969

    TANTA, Egypt, Jan 5 (MENA) – Tanta Appeal Court renewed on Sunday the detention of 55 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members for further 15 days pending investigations over charges of inciting violence and riots. They were arrested following the June 30 ....

  • Egypt FM, Algeria PM hold closed talks

    Date: 2014-01-05 15:52:29 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:480951

    ALGIERS, Jan 5 (MENA) – Visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal held a closed meeting on Sunday. The talks were attended by delegations from both sides. The Egyptian delegation comprised ....

  • Sufi leader urges severing ties with Doha

    Date: 2014-01-05 15:51:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:103 - ID:480952

    CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) – The Supreme Council of Sufi Orders called for severing ties with Qatar after its latest statement on Egypt that was deemed a blatant interference in internal affairs. In a statement Sunday, council president Abdel-Hady ....

  • 4 students at Zagazig univ., 2 drivers detained for 15 days pending probe for inciting riots

    Date: 2014-01-05 15:11:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:100 - ID:480762

    ZAGAZIG, Jan 5 (MENA) - Four students at Zagazig University along with two drivers were detained for 15 days pending investigations over charges of inciting riots inside the university campus and on the streets of the province. The four students ....

  • Qena on high alert ahead of Coptic Orthodox Xmas

    Date: 2014-01-05 14:53:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:102 - ID:480561

    QENA, Jan 5 (MENA) - Director of Qena security Maj.-Gen. Mohamad Kamal said Sunday Qena was on high alert and the security forces tightened their grip ahead of Coptic Orthodox Christmas. In statements on Sunday, Kamal said several campaigns were ....

  • 8 MB members remanded in custody for 45 days in Gharbiya

    Date: 2014-01-05 14:49:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:101 - ID:480767

    TANTA, Jan 5 (MENA) – Tanta Appeals Court remanded Sunday eight members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group in Gharbiya in custody for 45 days pending investigation. The MB members were arrested over charges of instigating violence and ....

  • New MENA chief editor meets editorial staff, employees

    Date: 2014-01-05 14:41:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:99 - ID:480758

    CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) – New MENA Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Alaa Heidar met Sunday with the news agency’s editorial staff and employees to discuss future plans. Heidar started the meeting with reviewing some of the news service, commercial ....

  • Luxor governor meets French delegation

    Date: 2014-01-05 14:41:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:480752

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Jan 5 (MENA) - Luxor Governor Tarek Saad el-Din met here Sunday with a French delegation from businessmen and media persons. Members of the delegation, who are spending Christmas holiday here, appreciated the warm hospitality ....

  • 'Dyarna 2014' fair opens in Nasr City

    Date: 2014-01-05 14:40:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:97 - ID:480535

    CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - Social Solidarity Minister Ahmed Borei on Sunday inaugurated "Dyarna 2014" fair for productive families, which will last until January 13 in Cairo's Nasr City suburb. This year, the Social Solidarity Ministry celebrates the ....

  • Police spoil attempt by Azhar students to disrupt exams

    Date: 2014-01-05 14:38:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:96 - ID:480604

    ZAGAZIG, Jan 5 (MENA) - Security forces spoiled an attempt by female students of Azhar University in Zagazig to disrupt mid-term exams. A group of female students, supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, attempted to disrupt the exams by ....

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