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Calm prevails Cairo, Giza streets amid heavy army deployment
Date: 2013-08-30 13:43:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:265314
Calm prevails streets in Cairo and Giza on Friday ahead of protests expected to be staged by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Army has sent reinforcements at major roads and squares, closing the roads leading to Nasr City's Rabaa ....
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Heavy security around Ittihadiya palace
Date: 2013-08-30 10:26:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:265035
Security presence was heavily seen in the vicinity of Ittihadiya presidential palace in the eastern Cairo neighborhood of Heliopolis on Friday, hours before Muslim Brotherhood supporters start their pro-Mohamed Morsi marches. Six military ....
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US ambassador Patterson leaves Egypt
Date: 2013-08-30 10:15:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:265022
US ambassador Anne Patterson left Egypt on Friday after ending her term in office. David Satterfield will oversee the responsibilities of the US ambassador to Egypt until the appointment of a new ambassador to replace Anne Patterson. The ....
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Army close Defense Ministry streets
Date: 2013-08-30 10:04:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:265001
Army forces blocked all the streets leading to and from the Defense Ministry HQ in the eastern Cairo neighborhood of Heliopolis this morning, hours before the start of protests by Muslim Brotherhood supporters titled “Friday of Determination.” ....
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Protecting Egypt main task of armed forces -- Army commander
Date: 2013-08-30 09:48:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:264978
Chief of staff Lieutenant Gen. Sedki Sobhi stressed Thursday that protecting Egypt is the main task of the Armed Forces, military spokesman Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali said. Sobhi, during his inspection tour of army and police forces in Sinai, ....
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Mamish denies preventing US ships from navigation in Suez Canal
Date: 2013-08-30 09:45:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:264972
Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish refuted Thursday news fanned by news websites that the US vessels will be prevented from navigation in the Suez Canal upon orders from Minister of Defense Abdel-Fatah el-Sessi. In an ....
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US embassy in Cairo warns citizens from Friday protests
Date: 2013-08-30 09:44:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:264970
The US embassy in Egypt issued Thursday a new security message to the US citizens, urging them to be cautious during planned Friday's demonstrations. "Local media is reporting the possibility of large and potentially violent demonstrations on ....
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FJP secretary general arrested over instigating violence in Sohag
Date: 2013-08-30 09:26:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:264947
Security forces in Sohag arrested Thursday Mohamed Abo Setta, the secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) in Girga, over charges of instigating violence. Meantime, the prosecution ordered five members of ....
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France calls for respecting law, minorities in Egypt
Date: 2013-08-30 09:23:53 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:264941
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday that his country will continue delivering a message to Egypt stating that there will be no positive results in the long run without respecting the rule of law and protecting all minorities. ....
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All Rabaa streets blocked to traffic
Date: 2013-08-30 09:08:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:264928
Army forces shut down all streets leading to and from Rabaa Adawiya Square in the eastern Cairo neighborhood of Nasr City to traffic on Friday, hours before the start of planned marches by the Muslim Brotherhood group. The army deployed four ....
