Egypt
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....