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  • 5 MB members arrested in Aswan

    5 MB members arrested in Aswan

    Date: 2014-10-30 17:53:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:1234121

    Aswan security forces on Thursday arrested five members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group over charges of rioting and staging anti-government protests. The arrests came during a wide-scale crackdown in cooperation with the national ....

  • Security measures beefed up in N. Sinai as curfew enters sixth day

    Security measures beefed up in N. Sinai as curfew enters sixth day

    Date: 2014-10-30 17:52:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:1234117

    Security measures are being beefed up on the streets and entrances of North Sinai as a curfew imposed after deadly attacks entered its sixth day in a row. The residents are warned against violating the curfew hours. A three-month state of ....

  • Mahlab expands tasks of deputy at electricity ministry

    Mahlab expands tasks of deputy at electricity ministry

    Date: 2014-10-30 16:44:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:1233781

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has decided to give new tasks to Deputy Electricity Minister. The tasks included following up and supervising the private sector projects of new and renewable energy along with raising the efficiency of power ....

  • Army carries out amphibious exercises

    Army carries out amphibious exercises

    Date: 2014-10-30 16:30:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:1233709

    Third Field Army units carried out amphibious military drills in South Sinai as part of the war games codenamed "Badr 2014." Mechanical infantry and armored units carried out a landing operation to counter a stimulated attack by hostile air ....

  • Egypt probes further cooperation with Russia

    Egypt probes further cooperation with Russia

    Date: 2014-10-30 16:30:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:1233701

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab underlined the importance of cooperating with the Russian side during the current phase and benefiting from visits exchanged by the two countries' officials. During the first meeting of the "Russia unit" at the ....

  • Gov't to buy rice from farmers at 2,050 per ton

    Gov't to buy rice from farmers at 2,050 per ton

    Date: 2014-10-30 16:29:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:1233697

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi approved on Thursday purchasing rice from farmers at EGP 2, 050 per ton, said Presidency spokesman Alaa Yousef. During a meeting with Agriculture Minister Adel el-Beltagi, the president approved providing direct ....

  • Chief of staff meets Armed Forces servicemen, police in Arish

    Chief of staff meets Armed Forces servicemen, police in Arish

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:33:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:1233337

    Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt General Mahmoud Hegazy held meetings with Armed Forces servicemen and police in Arish along with Sinai chieftains. He also reviewed the security measures in place to eliminate criminal hotbeds and ....

  • Minister visits army men injured in Sinai terrorist attack

    Minister visits army men injured in Sinai terrorist attack

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:32:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:1233333

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim and senior police officers have visited army men injured in Sinai's terrorist attack on Friday which led to the killing of about 30 soldiers. Ibrahim also inquired after police personnel injured in security ....

  • Azmi's retrial postponed to Dec. 27

    Azmi's retrial postponed to Dec. 27

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:31:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:1233329

    Former chief of presidential staff Zakaria Azmi's retrial has been adjourned until December 27 over charges of illicit gains. The judge delayed the session to appoint an antiquities expert to help determine the value of the statues found at the ....

  • Interior ministry denies raiding house of NCHR member

    Interior ministry denies raiding house of NCHR member

    Date: 2014-10-30 15:30:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:1233317

    The Interior Ministry denied Thursday news circulated by a number of websites which claimed that security forces raided and searched the house of Manal el-Tibi, a member of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR). In a statement issued ....

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