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Releasing Mubarak is judicial issue - diplomat
Date: 2013-08-23 10:12:02 GMT - Tunisia - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:254637
Egyptian Ambassador to Tunisia Ayman Mosharafa stressed that releasing former president Mohamed Hosni Mubarak is a judicial issue and has nothing to do with politics. The diplomat's remark came during his interview with el-Shorouk and el-Arab ....
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Reporters Without Borders urges probe into killing of Egyptian journalist
Date: 2013-08-23 10:09:07 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:254631
Reporters Without Borders on Thursday called for starting a thorough independent investigation into the death of Ahram journalist Tamer Abdel Raaof who was killed in Beheira after being shot near a military checkpoint. The France-based ....
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Azhar urges int'l community to recognize real situation in Egypt
Date: 2013-08-23 10:04:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:254624
Al Azhar called Thursday on the international community to recognize the real situation in Egypt as the people corrected the path of their revolution. ٌThe call came on Thursday in a meeting between Al-Azhar assistant secretary general Abd ....
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Egypt to reopen Rafah terminal on Saturday
Date: 2013-08-23 10:02:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:254618
Egypt decided to reopen the Rafah border crossing from both sides as of Saturday, after being closed on Monday following a terrorist attack on central security troops in the North Sinai city of Rafah. All the bodies in the terminal were ....
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US embassy in Egypt advises Americans to avoid protest areas
Date: 2013-08-23 09:57:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:254604
The US embassy in Egypt issued Thursday a new security message to its citizens in Egypt, advising them to stay away from protest hot spots on Friday. In a message published through its website, it said received reports that there will be ....
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Internet connection to be back within two hours – minister
Date: 2013-08-23 09:54:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:254602
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Atef Helmy said on Thursday that internet connection will be back to Upper Egyptian governorates within two hours after reported cuts. The minister told MENA that Internet service was ....
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Egypt FM sends message to Australian counterpart, fresh diplomatic efforts in Ethiopia, Jordan on Egypt situation
Date: 2013-08-22 16:10:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:253928
Egypt's Ambassador to Australia Hassan el-Leithy held a phone call with the Australian foreign minister to convey a message from Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabily Fahmy on the situation in Egypt and the challenges facing it during the upcoming phase, ....
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Helicopter lands in Tora prison to transfer Mubarak to house arrest
Date: 2013-08-22 16:07:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:253920
A medically-equipped helicopter landed at Tora Prison Thursday to transfer former president Hosni Mubarak to a new location where he would remain under house arrest. In exclusive statements to MENA Thursday, a security source said that the ....
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Egypt's army urges citizens to abide by curfew hours
Date: 2013-08-22 13:14:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:253521
The Armed Forces urged on Thursday all citizens to abide by the dusk-to-dawn curfew and to cooperate with the military forces to bring about security and stability. The curfew, imposed following unrest triggered by the breakup of the two ....
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Foreign affairs council thanks Saudi Arabia for supporting Egypt
Date: 2013-08-22 12:57:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:253472
The Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs lauded on Thursday the Saudi stance towards Egypt at its current war against terrorism. In a message to Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed Qattan, head of the council Mohamed Ibrahim Shaker praised the ....