Egypt
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....