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Army delivers strong blow to smugglers in Sinai, destroys three underground oil tanks
Date: 2013-11-08 07:47:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:375994
Egypt's border guards in cooperation with military engineers delivered Thursday a strong blow to smugglers in Sinai as troops destroyed eight tunnels and three underground oil tanks, said Ahmed Ali, the army spokesman. The tanks contained about ....
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Fahmy conveys message from Mansour to Senegalese president
Date: 2013-11-08 07:44:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:375989
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy started a visit to Spain on Thursday after his two-day visit to Senegal. During his visit to Senegal, Fahmy conveyed a message from Mansour to Senegalese President Macky Sall on bilateral cooperation within the ....
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Consitution panel's assistant rapporteur threatens to withdraw over cancelling Shra Council
Date: 2013-11-08 07:43:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:375986
Ahmed Khairy, assistant rapporteur for the 50-member constitution committee, threatened on Thursday to withdraw from the panel, after it approved the cancellation of the Shura Council. In an emotional talk with chief of the panel Amr Moussa after ....
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Next parliament has right to reinstate Shura Council: Salmawy
Date: 2013-11-08 07:39:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:375980
A decision to cancel the Shura Council (the upper house of parliament) came after an intensive session for about five hours, Mohamed Salmawy, the spokesman for the committee of 50 tasked with amending the 2012 suspended constitution said on ....
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Spain reconsiders travel warning on Egypt
Date: 2013-11-08 07:37:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:375978
Spanish government ordered Thursday to consider again its travel warning to Egypt after a visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy to Madrid. The government's order excluded South Sinai resorts from its travel ban and reduced level of its ....
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Final voting on draft constitution live on TV
Date: 2013-11-07 18:09:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:375627
The final voting on draft constitution amendments will be aired live, the 50-member panel has said on its official face page. The panel now is approving the draft in principle, and then will send the bill to a 10-member drafting panel tasked ....
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Prosecutor general refers 40 defendants to court over violence
Date: 2013-11-07 18:08:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:375623
Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat on Thursday referred 40 defendants to the criminal court. The defendants will stand an urgent trial on charges of gathering outside the HQ of Al-Azhar, blazing public and private property and assaulting ....
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Labib: Protest law soon
Date: 2013-11-07 17:07:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:375526
Local Development Minister Adel Labib said Thursday the protest law would be issued soon after the state council finishes revising it. The minister's remark came during a press conference after a meeting of the governors council. Labib ....
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Egypt working to release fishermen detained in Tunisia
Date: 2013-11-07 17:05:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:375523
Egypt's embassy in Tunisia is continuing efforts to release an Egyptian fishing boat seized by the Tunisian authorities in Sfax, a statement by the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The boat, carrying 16 Egyptian fishermen, has been seized ....
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Antiquities minister denies theft of Wadi el-Sebo Temple
Date: 2013-11-07 15:03:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:375380
State Minister for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim underlined that his ministry coordinates with the security authorities to arm ten of the workers in Wadi el-Sebo archaeological area in Aswan governorate to avoid the security shortage. In ....
