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  • Hermes CEO Heikal resigns

    Hermes CEO Heikal resigns

    Date: 2013-10-08 08:22:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:327949

    EFG Hermes CEO Hasan Heikal has resigned after a 18-year career in the financial group, according to a press release. In the resignation letter to the group board, Heikal said he seeks free time to float initiatives to boost the Egyptian ....

  • Defense minister to be chosen upon approval of SCAF: politician

    Defense minister to be chosen upon approval of SCAF: politician

    Date: 2013-10-08 08:17:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:327945

    The defense minister will be chosen upon approval of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, said Ahmed el-Fadali, head of the Independent Current, following a meeting with Amr Moussa, head of the 50-member panel tasked with amending ....

  • PM says government cannot issue decision to dissolve Brotherhood due to previous court ruling

    PM says government cannot issue decision to dissolve Brotherhood due to previous court ruling

    Date: 2013-10-08 08:08:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:327938

    Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy said on Monday that the government cannot issue an administrative decision to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood group because there is a court ruling to ban its activities. In a phone call with a CBC satellite ....

  • Prosecutor general orders swift probe into RPG attack on telecom facility in Maadi

    Prosecutor general orders swift probe into RPG attack on telecom facility in Maadi

    Date: 2013-10-07 15:07:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:327041

    Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat ordered swift investigations into the incident of attacking a telecom facility in Cairo's Maadi district by rocket-propelled grenades. A prosecutor was assigned to take all the necessary measures in the ....

  • Egyptian president arrives in Jeddah

    Egyptian president arrives in Jeddah

    Date: 2013-10-07 15:01:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:327024

    Egyptian Interim President Adly Mansour and his accompanying delegation arrived here on Monday on a visit to Saudi Arabia, as part of his first foreign trip since he assumed office in July . Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of ....

  • 2 killed, 48 injured in S. Sinai security directorate blast

    2 killed, 48 injured in S. Sinai security directorate blast

    Date: 2013-10-07 14:59:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:327016

    Two people were killed and 48 others injured, including the assistant security director, when a car bomb rocked the South Sinai Security Directorate on Monday. The explosion left behind a three-meter hole in the ground, destroying the security ....

  • Death toll from terrorist attack in Sharqiya up to 6

    Death toll from terrorist attack in Sharqiya up to 6

    Date: 2013-10-07 12:56:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:326665

    The death toll from the terrorist attack on a military car in Qassasin Salehiya road rose to six. Three bearded men opened fire from their machine guns at the military car, killing Lt. Ahmed Hussein, 24, and soldiers Mahmoud Abdel-Rahman, Moaz ....

  • 2 killed in car bombing near South Sinai security directorate

    2 killed in car bombing near South Sinai security directorate

    Date: 2013-10-07 12:53:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:326660

    Two people were killed in a booby-trapped car blast in the precincts of the South Sinai security directorate on Monday, Egyptian television reported. No further details were immediately available. ....

  • 40 MB members remanded for 15 days for shooting at police

    40 MB members remanded for 15 days for shooting at police

    Date: 2013-10-07 12:51:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:326656

    Fifteen members of the Muslim Brotherhood group have been remanded in custody for 15 days pending a probe into storming a metro station in Shobra el-Khaima. The arrestees had 49 bomb grenades, Molotov cocktails, fire crackers and masks on them as ....

  • Rafah border crossing still closed

    Rafah border crossing still closed

    Date: 2013-10-07 11:45:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:326498

    Egypt continues to close Rafah border terminal with Gaza Strip on Monday over October 6 War holiday, a terminal source aid. The crossing will be closed until further notice, he added. The Rafah crossing was open over the past few days to ....

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