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  • Free visits to students to archaeological sites -- minister

    Free visits to students to archaeological sites -- minister

    Date: 2014-12-29 13:39:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:1635985

    Government school students will be allowed to visit archaeological sites for free as of the second term, said the antiquities minister on Monday. Private schools pupils will be given a 50-percent discount, said Mamdouh el Damaty. ....

  • Dar Al-Ifta issues book in Arabic, English about anti-extremism efforts

    Dar Al-Ifta issues book in Arabic, English about anti-extremism efforts

    Date: 2014-12-29 13:15:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:1635781

    Egypt's top religious institution Dar Al Ifta on Monday issued a new book in Arabic and English about its efforts in combating extremist views for the whole year of 2014. The book also casts light on Al-Ifta's efforts to improve the image of ....

  • 400 members of Brotherhood to face trial over violence charges

    400 members of Brotherhood to face trial over violence charges

    Date: 2014-12-29 12:51:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:1634977

    Sharqiya's prosecutor has decided to refer 400 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood to a court established to try terrorism cases. They are facing charges of protesting without permits and distributing pamphlets that instigate against the ....

  • Antiquities ministry to have new regulatory structure

    Antiquities ministry to have new regulatory structure

    Date: 2014-12-29 12:05:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:1635033

    A protocol has been signed by the ministers of planning and antiquities to develop the the Antiquities Ministry. A modern regulatory structure will be set up for the ministry under the new accord, said Planning Minister Ashraf el Araby. The ....

  • Police tighten measures ahead of Christmas celebrations

    Police tighten measures ahead of Christmas celebrations

    Date: 2014-12-29 11:45:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1634841

    Security measures have been tightened nationwide to secure Christmas celebrations. Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has ordered all necessary steps to be done to maintain security in the country during the celebrations, a security source told ....

  • Menufiya governor inspects site of bombed electric tower in Quwesina

    Menufiya governor inspects site of bombed electric tower in Quwesina

    Date: 2014-12-29 11:40:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:1634777

    Menufiya Governor Ahmed Fawzi Monday inspected the site of a bombed electric tower in Quwesina town. An electric tower collapsed in Quwesina after two makeshift bombs placed beneath it went off earlier in the day. The governor ordered that ....

  • 2 terrorists arrested for planning to bomb power transformers in Fayyoum

    2 terrorists arrested for planning to bomb power transformers in Fayyoum

    Date: 2014-12-29 11:11:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:1634565

    Fayyoum security bodies arrested two terrorist elements for planning to bomb power transformers after an exchange of fire in the early hours of Monday. Fayyoum Security Director General Shafei Hassan said a guard and one terrorist were injured in ....

  • Explosive charge defused in Sharkiya

    Explosive charge defused in Sharkiya

    Date: 2014-12-29 11:08:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:1634533

    An explosive charge has been found and defused on a railway in Sharkiya, according to security authority. The bomb was placed by unknown persons near a railway crossing in a village in Abu Hammad township, said Security Chief Sameh el Kelany. ....

  • Power pylon sabotaged in Menoufia

    Power pylon sabotaged in Menoufia

    Date: 2014-12-29 11:05:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:1634509

    A power line tower has been sabotaged in Menoufia, north of Cairo, said the electricity transmission company chief. Search is underway to arrest the perpetrators, said Ahmed el Hefny on Monday. Repairing the pylon, located in Qewesnah ....

  • Cooperation protocol between EgyptAir, Banque du Caire

    Cooperation protocol between EgyptAir, Banque du Caire

    Date: 2014-12-29 11:03:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:1634481

    EgyptAir has inked a cooperation protocol with Banque du Caire whereby EgyptAir customers will benefit in their touristic programs and international and domestic trips. The protocol, which will work on promoting tourism, coincides with EgyptAir's ....

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