Egypt
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Pope Tawadros denounces possible attack on Syria
Date: 2013-09-03 08:37:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:270819
Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, denounced any possible attack on Syria by Western countries. In a tweet on Monday, the pope said he prays for the safety and integrity of Syria. He praised Egypt's stance on the ....
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Brotherhood holds interior ministry, public prosecution responsible for top leader health
Date: 2013-09-03 08:29:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:270808
The Muslim Brotherhood held the Interior Ministry and the public prosecution fully responsible for the health of the group's supreme guide Mohamed Badie who is being held pending investigations in a number of cases. In a statement on Monday, ....
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PM receives Saudi FM
Date: 2013-09-02 15:29:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:270021
Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy received on Monday Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, who is on his first visit to Egypt after the June 30 Revolution. During their meeting, Beblawy commended Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz's ....
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3rd Field Army Commander: Navigational channel of Suez Canal 'totally secured'
Date: 2013-09-02 14:44:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:269894
Commander of the Third Field Army Osama Askar said that the navigational channel of the Suez Canal is "totally secured". In statements Monday, Askar said he inspected the troops securing the southern entrance of the waterway in Port Tawfiq ....
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Salafi Call: Islamist parties excluded from committee of 50
Date: 2013-09-02 14:40:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:269888
The lineup of the committee of 50 tasked with amending the constitution violates terms set by interim president Adly Mansour failing to represent Islamist parties, said deputy chairman of the Salafi Call Yasser Borhami Monday. Only one ....
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29 accused of riot incitement arrested
Date: 2013-09-02 14:37:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:269883
Giza security forces managed to arrest 29 persons whom arrest warrants were issued against them for inciting riots, attacking police and public facilities and intimidating citizens. Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim assigned his assistant ....
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Prosecution refers former culture minister to prosecutor general
Date: 2013-09-02 14:35:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:269879
The administrative prosecution has referred former culture minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz to the prosecutor general to quiz him about charges of committing various acts while working as a professor of montage at the High Cinema Institute. The ....
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Shura Council General Secretariat starts to receive members of 50-man constitution committee
Date: 2013-09-02 14:31:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:269869
The General Secretariat of the Shura Council began on Monday to receive members of the 50-man constitution committee in charge of amending the 2012 constitution. The General Secretariat has prepared a set of constitutional and legislative ....
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Damietta governor: EGP 33 mn allocated for sanitary drainage projects
Date: 2013-09-02 11:32:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:269423
Damietta Governor Mohamed Abdel-Latif Mansour said the housing minister agreed to allocate EGP 33 million to continue sanitary drainage projects in the governorate. In statements on Monday, Mansour said no new projects will be carried out till ....
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Nabil Fahmi to Xinhua: Egypt to refocus ties with Arab world, Africa
Date: 2013-09-02 09:18:44 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:269164
Egypt will give priority to developing relations with the Arab world and African countries, without excluding the international community, Egypt's caretaker Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi said on Saturday. "Egypt is refocusing on its basic ....