Egypt
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Badie, 7 MB leaders sentenced to life in prison, 6 others sentenced to death
Date: 2014-08-30 10:20:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:897985
Giza Criminal Court on Saturday sentenced 8 defendants of the Muslim Brotherhood group to life in prison, while six other runaway defendants were sentenced to death. The defendants were indicted of charges of killing citizens, instigating terror ....
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Metro fire under control
Date: 2014-08-30 09:11:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:897839
Civil defense troops were able to extinguish a fire that erupted at the metro authority building earlier Saturday. The fire caused no damage. No word of casualties has been reported. The cause of the fire is yet to be known. ....
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8 MB terrorists arrested before committing sabotage acts in Behira
Date: 2014-08-30 09:08:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:897777
Behira security bodies arrested eight members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group, before committing sabotage acts against state institutions in the governorate. Investigations showed that the arrested were planning to commit sabotage ....
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Fatah hails Egypt efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire
Date: 2014-08-30 08:45:38 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:897781
The Fatah movement hailed Egypt's mediation efforts to stabilize an Egyptian-brokered truce between the Palestinians and Israel in the Gaza Strip and end the suffering of the Palestinian people. In a press release following the movement's meeting ....
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School year to start on time – education min.
Date: 2014-08-30 08:36:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:897753
The new school academic year will start on September 20 as scheduled without delay, Education Minister Mahmoud Abu-Nasr said. There are no plans at all to postpone the school year, Abul-Nasr told MENA on Saturday. The school year will be 210 ....
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Fire at paper company controlled
Date: 2014-08-30 08:34:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:897751
A huge fire erupted Saturday morning at a paper company in Shobra el-Khaima. Flames destroyed 1,000 tons of paper. Civil defense troops rushed to the scene and were able to put out the fire. No word of casualties was reported. The ....
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Salloum guards arrest Egyptian jihadist
Date: 2014-08-30 07:52:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:897677
Security troops on Salloum border crossing have arrested an Egyptian jihadist who joined the Free Syrian Army. The jihadist was returning home from Libya after failing to travel from Syria to Turkey. The jihadist had left Egypt by illegally ....
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Kerry reassures Egypt over Apache helicopter delivery
Date: 2014-08-30 07:51:45 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:897672
Secretary of State John Kerry told his Egyptian counterpart on Friday that the United States intends to make good on its promise to deliver 10 Apache helicopters to help Cairo's counter-terrorism efforts, NDTV reported Saturday. Kerry announced ....
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Tourism min. welcomes Japan decision to lift ban on travel to Egypt
Date: 2014-08-30 07:45:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:897658
Egypt's Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou said that Japan's decision to lift ban on travel to Egypt is a very important step especially for cultural tourism in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan cities. Earlier, Japan said it lifted restrictions on travel to Egypt. ....
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6,000 tourist rooms to be established to accommodate 2m tourists -- Red Sea governor
Date: 2014-08-30 07:25:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:897613
Red Sea Governor Ahmed Abdullah said on Friday that 6,000 tourist rooms will be established to accommodate two million additional tourists during the coming year. This came during his meeting with Serag El Din Saad, Head of the Executive Office ....