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  • Retired judge in custody for 4 days over torture charges

    Retired judge in custody for 4 days over torture charges

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:19:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:409078

    The prosecution ordered retired judge Mahmoud el-Khodiery to remain in custody for four days over charges of torturing a citizen during the January 25 revolution. El-Khodiery, who was arrested on Monday upon an arrest warrant, faces charges of ....

  • Press syndicate warns of withdrawal from constitution panel

    Press syndicate warns of withdrawal from constitution panel

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:15:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:409069

    Hisham Younis, a member of the Syndicate of Journalists, said on Tuesday that all options, including the withdrawal of a constitution-amending panel, are on the table in response to the arrest of a number of journalists and activists outside the ....

  • Azhar university expels 11 female students of dormitory

    Azhar university expels 11 female students of dormitory

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:14:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:409065

    The Azhar University expelled 11 female students from the university's dormitory on charges of committing riots and violating a decision taken by the university board banning protests in the campus, according to a statement on Tuesday. The ....

  • All girls detained in Shura Council protest released: Source

    All girls detained in Shura Council protest released: Source

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:07:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:409048

    Security forces released girls, who were detained during a protest outside the Shura Council on Tuesday, a security source said. Male protesters detained during the unlicensed protest were referred to public prosecution for investigations, the ....

  • Three takfiri elements killed in North Sinai

    Three takfiri elements killed in North Sinai

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:02:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:409037

    THree Takfiri elements were killed during a wide-scale security campaign in southern Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah in North Sinai on Tuesday. A house, four huts and five motorcycles belonging to the takfiris were also destroyed during the campaign, ....

  • Police officer killed in road accident in Qena

    Police officer killed in road accident in Qena

    Date: 2013-11-27 07:23:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:408981

    A police officer was killed when his car overturn on the eastern desert road in Minya late on Tuesday. Major Galal Saad Zaghloul, 40, lost control over the steering wheel, causing the car to turn upside down. His wife and three children were ....

  • Upper Egypt train service finally resumes

    Upper Egypt train service finally resumes

    Date: 2013-11-27 07:10:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:408956

    Train traffic between Cairo and the Upper Egyptian towns finally resumed on Wednesday for the first time since August 14 following the breakup of the Nahda and Rabaa sit-in camps. The first train left Cairo for Assiut earlier in the day and the ....

  • 1656 new residential units in Kafr el-Sheikh – minister

    1656 new residential units in Kafr el-Sheikh – minister

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:52:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:408635

    Housing Minister Ibrahim Mahleb inked a protocol Tuesday to establish new 1656 residential units in Kafr el-Sheikh, about 134km north of Cairo. The new project is part of the social housing program conducted by the New Urban Communities Authority ....

  • PM meets representatives of NSF, youths on protest law

    PM meets representatives of NSF, youths on protest law

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:46:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:408620

    Prime Minister Hazim el-Beblawy met on Tuesday with a number of representatives of the opposition National Salvation Front (NSF) and youths to discuss the latest political and economic developments in Egypt, the protest law and the incidents that ....

  • Interior Ministry says 6 April Movement refused to inform authorities of Shura Council protest

    Interior Ministry says 6 April Movement refused to inform authorities of Shura Council protest

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:44:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:408614

    The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that it asked founder of the 6 April Movement Ahmed Maher to notify Qasr el-Nile police station before staging a protest outside the Shura Council, but he refused. In a statement, the ministry added that ....

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