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  • 13 MB members arrested in Fayyoum over storming state institutions

    Date: 2013-12-31 17:17:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:135 - ID:472314

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, Dec 31 (MENA) - Thirteen members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested in Fayyoum over storming and setting fire to police stations. They are also accused of carrying acts of violence following the crackdown on two Muslim ....

  • 70 arrested in connection with Behaira armed fighting

    Date: 2013-12-31 17:13:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:134 - ID:472320

    DAMANHUR, Egypt, Dec 31 (MENA) - Behaira police Tuesday arrested 70 persons who were engaging in an armed fighting between two families in Itay el-Baroud city. Three people were killed in the confrontation which erupted after young men from Gezira ....

  • Antiquities Minister refers case of 96 stolen artifacts from warehouse in Aswan to prosecution

    Date: 2013-12-31 17:12:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:133 - ID:472064

    CAIRO, Dec 31 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim referred a case of 96 artifacts that disappeared from a museum's warehouse in Aswan city to the public prosecution. A committee was formed after the warehouse had been reportedly stormed ....

  • 4 MB members arrested in Port Said

    Date: 2013-12-31 17:08:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:132 - ID:472070

    PORT SAID, Dec. 31 (MENA) – Security forces in the coastal northwestern province of Port Said arrested Tuesday four members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group. The suspects are mainly charged with inciting violent acts. An investigation ....

  • Bad weather blocks traffic in Qalyoubia

    Date: 2013-12-31 17:07:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:131 - ID:472291

    BANHA, Dec. 31 (MENA) - Traffic movement has been blocked in the Nile Delta province of Qalyoubia north of Cairo due to bad weather and heavy rain. The electricity company had to cut power in a number of villages in fear of fire eruptions by ....

  • Zaazou optimistic about memo with India

    Date: 2013-12-31 16:55:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:130 - ID:472135

    CAIRO, Dec 31 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou has said he is optimistic now that Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian travel agencies, seeing in that a good chance to restore the flow of tourists to Egypt. The deal was ....

  • 17 people killed, injured in twin blasts in eastern Baghdad

    Date: 2013-12-31 16:54:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:129 - ID:472072

    BAGHDAD, Dec. 31 (MENA) – At least five people have been killed and 12 others injured in a twin car bomb blasts in two popular markets eastern the capital Baghdad, a security official said. Security forces have cordoned off the areas while the ....

  • Antiquities minister rules out renting ancient sites

    Date: 2013-12-31 16:51:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:128 - ID:472113

    CAIRO, Dec. 31 (MENA) – Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim denied Tuesday that a UAE company would rent or be granted a franchise for running monumental sites as claimed by media reports. A UAE-based company has expressed its interest in ....

  • 29 killed, injured in clashes between 2 families in Behaira

    Date: 2013-12-31 16:44:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:127 - ID:471737

    DAMANHUR, Egypt, Dec 31 (MENA) - A street vendor has been killed and 28 others have been wounded, including the deputy chief of Itay el-Baroud police station and chairman of the investigation bureau in the Delta city of Behaira, in a fierce fight ....

  • Egyptian GDRs in London show mixed performance

    Date: 2013-12-31 16:42:41 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:126 - ID:472260

    LONDON, Dec 31 (MENA) - The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) traded on the London Stock Exchange showed mixed performance at the close of Tuesday's trading. The GDRs of the Commercial International Bank and Orascom Telecom rose by 2.82 ....

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