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  • Court turns down request by prosecution for expropriating funds of former MP Hisham Qandi

    Court turns down request by prosecution for expropriating funds of former MP Hisham Qandi

    Date: 2013-10-22 16:02:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:349585

    Giza criminal court on Tuesday turned down a request by the prosecution for expropriating the funds of former prime minister Hisham Qandil. Meanwhile, it approved a request by the prosecution for expropriating the funds of four officials from the ....

  • Aviation minister continues inspection tours of Cairo airport terminals

    Aviation minister continues inspection tours of Cairo airport terminals

    Date: 2013-10-22 15:58:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:349582

    Minister of Civil Aviation Abdel-Aziz Fadel stressed Tuesday that he would continue launching inspection tours in Cairo Airport terminals to make sure that everything was going well as pilgrims flocked home from Saudi Arabia. Fadel said he ....

  • New members of State Lawsuits Authority take oath

    New members of State Lawsuits Authority take oath

    Date: 2013-10-22 15:56:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:349580

    New members of the State Lawsuits Authority Tuesday took constitutional oath before Justice Minister Adel Abdel-Hamid. Abdel-Hamid urged the new members to adhere to justice and equality and to be fair and impartial. ....

  • Fahmy conveys message from Mansour to Burundian president

    Fahmy conveys message from Mansour to Burundian president

    Date: 2013-10-22 15:33:56 GMT - Burundi - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:349545

    Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza met Tuesday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, currently on a visit to the African country. Fahmy, in statements to MENA after the meeting, said he conveyed a message from Egyptian interim president ....

  • Security forces arrest 7 wanted MB members in Kafr el-Sheikh

    Security forces arrest 7 wanted MB members in Kafr el-Sheikh

    Date: 2013-10-22 14:56:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:349463

    Kafr el-Sheikh security forces on Tuesday arrested seven members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group. The seven were arrested while in their residence in Mandoura village. The move comes as part of an all-out security campaign against ....

  • Sadat says banning reserve members of charter panel from attending voting session raises doubts

    Sadat says banning reserve members of charter panel from attending voting session raises doubts

    Date: 2013-10-22 14:48:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:349444

    Chairman of the Reform and Development Party Anwar Esmat Sadat has criticized a decision by the committee of 50 tasked with amending Egypt's constitution to ban reserve members from attending an initial voting session on an outlined draft. "This ....

  • Up to 66 percent of Egyptians feel safe under Biblawy government -- survey

    Up to 66 percent of Egyptians feel safe under Biblawy government -- survey

    Date: 2013-10-22 14:29:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:349408

    An opinion poll showed that around 37 percent of Egyptians hold that the performance of the government of Prime Minister Hazem el-Biblawy is good while 48 percent believe it is fair and 15 percent said it is bad. The survey was conducted by the ....

  • Environment Minister says renewable energy panel to be  formed

    Environment Minister says renewable energy panel to be formed

    Date: 2013-10-22 14:21:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:349379

    Environment Minister Laila Iskandar said the ministry in tandem with the Federation of Egyptian Industries will form a panel to seek the maximum use of renewable energy in Egypt as alternatives to fossil fuel energy. Iskandar made her comments ....

  • 5 security personnel killed, injured in Rafah blast

    5 security personnel killed, injured in Rafah blast

    Date: 2013-10-22 13:31:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:349252

    An officer was killed and four conscripts were injured when an explosive charge went off in Rafah, in northern Sinai, a security source said Tuesday. The explosive device was detonated in a Rafah security post, leaving behind five personnel ....

  • Egypt stresses support for Kerry's efforts to end Palestinian-Israeli strife

    Egypt stresses support for Kerry's efforts to end Palestinian-Israeli strife

    Date: 2013-10-22 12:41:41 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:349152

    Egypt underlines support for the Palestinian stand as well as the key role played by US Secretary of State John Kerry to take needed measures for building confidence between Palestine and Israel in order to realize just and comprehensive peace. ....

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