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  • Security measures beefed up to arrest shooters at Minya checkpoint

    Security measures beefed up to arrest shooters at Minya checkpoint

    Date: 2014-10-22 13:43:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:1177761

    Minya security bodies have intensified their efforts to arrest unknown elements who opened fire at a police vehicle near a security checkpoint in Odwa township of Minya. Minya Security Director Osama Metwali said the driver of a police vehicle ....

  • Cabinet says Saturday official holiday to mark New Hijri Year

    Cabinet says Saturday official holiday to mark New Hijri Year

    Date: 2014-10-22 13:41:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:1177749

    Saturday has been declared a holiday in Egypt on the occasion of the New Hijri Year. A spokesman for the Cabinet said Wednesday that the holiday, which comes in the weekend will not be compensated. Employees will not have an additional day ....

  • Financial data of 2014 presidential campaigns 'authentic' - PEC

    Financial data of 2014 presidential campaigns 'authentic' - PEC

    Date: 2014-10-22 13:40:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:1177741

    All data on the expenditures of the 2014 presidential campaigns is true, the Presidential Electoral Commission said on Wednesday. The commission took the decision after reviewing a report of the Central Auditing Agency, the secretary-general of ....

  • Cabinet reviews foreign policy, int'l ties

    Cabinet reviews foreign policy, int'l ties

    Date: 2014-10-22 13:38:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:1177697

    The Cabinet under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab reviewed on Wednesday Egypt's foreign policy and international relations. The outcome of a recent visit by the Sudanese president to Egypt was discussed. The meeting also touched on the ongoing ....

  • Air force commander attends Badr 2014 drills

    Air force commander attends Badr 2014 drills

    Date: 2014-10-22 13:33:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:1177673

    Air Force commander Abdel-Men'em el-Tarras attended Wednesday one phase of a tactical project carried out by an air force unit as part of the Badr 2014 drills. Tarras said air force troops are working around the clock to protect the skies of ....

  • Female MB admin of facebook page arrested over provocative posts

    Female MB admin of facebook page arrested over provocative posts

    Date: 2014-10-22 12:42:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:1177025

    An admin of a facebook page has been arrested over provocative posts against the army and police. Bassant H. M., 35, is the admin of a "Revolutionary Coalition" page that she has been using to also incite attacks on state institutions, banks, ....

  • News of bomb blast in Kafr El Zayat not true-- official

    News of bomb blast in Kafr El Zayat not true-- official

    Date: 2014-10-22 12:19:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:1176801

    Gharbiya security chief Osama Bedeir denied Wednesday news reports on the injury of two persons in an explosion of a primitive bomb in Kafr El-Zayat. The news is not true at all, he said. What happened was that a bad battery of a motorbike ....

  • MB trying to drag police on campus -- Minister

    MB trying to drag police on campus -- Minister

    Date: 2014-10-22 12:08:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:1176749

    The Muslim Brotherhood group is changing its plan to create chaos in the country; this time taking it to universities, the interior minister said Wednesday. The group is acting to drag police on campus to start blaming them for any deaths that ....

  • Interior minister greets PM on new Hijri year

    Interior minister greets PM on new Hijri year

    Date: 2014-10-22 11:48:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:1176429

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has sent a cable to Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab greeting him on the new Hijri year. In his cable, Ibrahim wished Mahlab more success in his task of achieving stability and prosperity in the state. Ibrahim ....

  • Egypt transport minister reviews ambitious plan with Arab counterparts

    Egypt transport minister reviews ambitious plan with Arab counterparts

    Date: 2014-10-22 11:40:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:1176457

    The Transport Ministry in Egypt is working on an ambitious plan to upgrade transport services, Hani Dahi said Wednesday. This plan will sure contribute to development projects in the country, the Egyptian transport minister told his Arab ....

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