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  • PM mourns officer shot dead off-duty

    PM mourns officer shot dead off-duty

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:26:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:337716

    Egypt's Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi mourned on Sunday the death of a police officer who has been shot dead while trying to arrest three suspected criminals. Major Ahmed Abou el-Dahab got one birdshot bullet in his head while he was trying ....

  • El-Nour party leader: Protest law violates intl conventions on rights & freedoms

    El-Nour party leader: Protest law violates intl conventions on rights & freedoms

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:26:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:337650

    Member of the Salafi El-Nour Party Dr. Talat Marzouq described the protest law, which was agreed upon by Interim President Adly Mansour, as "anti-protest law", saying it violates the international conventions on human rights and freedoms. In ....

  • Al-Dostour mulls over merging  with another party

    Al-Dostour mulls over merging with another party

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:24:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:337713

    El- Dostour party said it formed a joint committee with the Egyptian Social Democratic Party (ESDP) to consider merging. The party said the committee held its first meeting on Saturday at the ESDP headquarters. The attendees discussed ....

  • Pro-Morsi supporters protest in Suez

    Pro-Morsi supporters protest in Suez

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:21:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:337708

    Supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi staged a protest in al-Sabah city in Suez, demanding Morsi's reinstatement. They formed a human chain near a mosque and raised banners against some media outlets. They called for the ....

  • RPG hits armored vehicle in Arish; no casualties

    RPG hits armored vehicle in Arish; no casualties

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:14:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:337699

    Gunmen fired a rocket propelled grenade at an armored vehicle on a road leading to Arish international airport, security sources and eyewitnesses said. They said no one was injured as the rocket has not directly hit the vehicle. ....

  • 4 wanted persons arrested; 6 houses, 29 huts destroyed in Rafah

    4 wanted persons arrested; 6 houses, 29 huts destroyed in Rafah

    Date: 2013-10-14 07:07:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:337681

    Security forces arrested on Saturday four wanted persons and demolished six houses and 29 huts used as hotbeds for terrorists in Rafah, security sources said. An explosives warehouse containing amounts of TNT and landmines was also destroyed. The ....

  • Sadat wants new face in presidential elections

    Sadat wants new face in presidential elections

    Date: 2013-10-13 17:36:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:337328

    Sadat Democratic Party leader Efat Sadat said on Sunday his party prefers a new figure to run for president. "All former presidential candidates had not floated applicable platforms," Sadat said in press statement. Yet he said that the party ....

  • Huge fire in 6-storey bakery contained in Monofia

    Huge fire in 6-storey bakery contained in Monofia

    Date: 2013-10-13 17:23:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:337312

    Firefighters controlled a big fire that erupted in a six-storey bakery in Shebin el-Kom, Monofia, on Sunday. Three fire engines immediately rushed to the building, covering a 200 square meter area, to contain the flames before reaching adjacent ....

  • Mansour receives copy of protest bill

    Mansour receives copy of protest bill

    Date: 2013-10-13 17:04:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:337285

    Interim President Adly Mansour received a copy of a bill governing the organization of peaceful protests to examine and issue a decision on it. Mansour received Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy on Sunday at the presidential HQ in Heliopolis to ....

  • Public prosecutor orders probe into death of American in police station

    Public prosecutor orders probe into death of American in police station

    Date: 2013-10-13 17:00:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:337284

    Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat ordered on Sunday an investigation to be started into the death of an American citizen who was found dead in a police station in Ismailia. James Henry was detained in late August and has since been held in custody ....

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