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  • Former diplomat: We should differentiate between Erdogan and Turkish people

    Former diplomat: We should differentiate between Erdogan and Turkish people

    Date: 2013-08-28 13:24:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:262183

    Foreign assistant foreign minister Ambassador Mokhles Qotb on Wednesday condemned statements by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan where he attacked Al-Azhar and its Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb. Qotb in press statements added ....

  • Minister: Raising funds at mosques under any pretext is banned

    Minister: Raising funds at mosques under any pretext is banned

    Date: 2013-08-28 12:38:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:262061

    Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Goma said that raising funds at mosques is banned under any pretext. He added in press statements at the Cabinet on Wednesday that anybody who violates the law will be held legally responsible. ....

  • El-Beltagy's brother-in-law arrested in Alexandria

    El-Beltagy's brother-in-law arrested in Alexandria

    Date: 2013-08-28 12:18:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:261972

    Security forces arrested a brother-in-law of Muslim Brotherhood senior leader Mohamed El-Beltagy in Alexandria. Sayeed, who is facing an arrest warrant over inciting violence, was arrested in an apartment in the neighborhood of Sidi Gaber in ....

  • FM posts Beblawy on outcome of his foreign visits

    FM posts Beblawy on outcome of his foreign visits

    Date: 2013-08-28 12:16:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:262004

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi posted Wednesday Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy on the outcome of his foreign tours ahead of the cabinet meeting. The visits aimed at promoting relations with neighboring countries, like Sudan and South Sudan, ....

  • Infamous lawyer Mansour accused of 'insulting judiciary'

    Infamous lawyer Mansour accused of 'insulting judiciary'

    Date: 2013-08-28 11:36:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:261907

    Alexandria's prosecution listened to the claims of a lawyer who accused Mortada Mansour, infamous lawyer, of insulting judiciary. Sherif Gadallah, of revolutionary lawyers' movement, charged Mansour of insulting judges, disturbing the public and ....

  • Fire at agriculture ministry put out

    Fire at agriculture ministry put out

    Date: 2013-08-28 11:11:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:261839

    Firefighters put out a huge fire that erupted at the Agriculture Ministry HQ in Giza's upmarket district of Dokki on Wednesday. Three people suffered suffocation from smoke inhalation and now their condition is stable. Four fire engines rushed ....

  • Libya foils drug smuggling attempt to Egypt

    Libya foils drug smuggling attempt to Egypt

    Date: 2013-08-28 10:09:09 GMT - Libya - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:261683

    The joint security operations room in Tubruq city thwarted an attempt to smuggle 300 kg of drugs to Egypt via Libya's Mossad border terminal. In statements on Wednesday, Spokesman for the Libyan Interior Ministry Rami Kaal said a pick-up truck ....

  • Police arrest Shater's son in Nasr City

    Police arrest Shater's son in Nasr City

    Date: 2013-08-28 10:07:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:261667

    Cairo police arrested the son of former Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat Shater inside his apartment in Nasr City, a security source said on Wednesday. The source told MENA that Saad Khairat al-Shater, 23, did not resist security forces ....

  • Constitution amendment committee rejected political isolation article – presidential adviser

    Constitution amendment committee rejected political isolation article – presidential adviser

    Date: 2013-08-28 09:54:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:261655

    Presidential adviser for constitutional affairs Ali Awad said on Tuesday that a committee assigned with amending the Constitution has refused to endorse an article for political isolation. He made the remarks in an interview aired by Al-Hayat ....

  • Azhar's grand Imam names three candidates for Constitution panel

    Azhar's grand Imam names three candidates for Constitution panel

    Date: 2013-08-28 09:51:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:261651

    Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb named on Tuesday three candidates to take part in the 50-member committee tasked with amending the Constitution. The candidates included Egypt's grand Mufti Shawki Allam, the grand imam's legal adviser ....

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