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  • Political parties' alliance supports Al Azhar initiative for national reconciliation

    Political parties' alliance supports Al Azhar initiative for national reconciliation

    Date: 2013-08-12 13:00:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:237940

    An alliance of political parties expressed on Monday full support of the initiative of Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb to achieve a national reconciliation among conflicting sides. In a statement, the alliance, comprising 12 parties ....

  • Engineer arrested over allowing Brotherhood weapon training in his apartment

    Engineer arrested over allowing Brotherhood weapon training in his apartment

    Date: 2013-08-12 12:14:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:237858

    An engineer was arrested over allowing Brotherhood members to use his Nasr City apartment in weapon training. Security bodies received a tip that the apartment was frequented by Brotherhood members. The man was arrested with papers ....

  • Huge fire guts textile company in northern Cairo

    Huge fire guts textile company in northern Cairo

    Date: 2013-08-12 12:01:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:237823

    A huge fire ripped through a textile company in Shoubra al-Khaima in northern Cairo on Monday, damaging an entire section for paints but no casualties were reported. Ten fire engines rushed to the scene to put out the fire before it reaches ....

  • FM says peaceful protest right guaranteed so long as citizens interests remain unharmed

    FM says peaceful protest right guaranteed so long as citizens interests remain unharmed

    Date: 2013-08-12 11:57:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:237816

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has defended the right of people to stage peaceful protests so long that the everyday life of citizens is not harmed. Provocative sentiments and attacks on public facilities cannot be seen as peaceful, Fahmy ....

  • Egypt's presidential adviser warns of Brotherhood insistence on incapacitating demands

    Egypt's presidential adviser warns of Brotherhood insistence on incapacitating demands

    Date: 2013-08-12 11:55:04 GMT - Algeria - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:237812

    Adviser of Egypt's Interim President Adly Mansour, Sekina Fouad, warned that the Muslim Brotherhood's insistence on its incapacitating demands could drag Egypt into a dark tunnel. In an interview with the Algerian newspaper of Shorouk out ....

  • Alex police chief says 629 weapons seized in 10 days

    Alex police chief says 629 weapons seized in 10 days

    Date: 2013-08-12 11:14:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:237748

    Alexandria police have seized 138 firearms and 491 white weapons over the past 10 days. Possessors of the weapons were arrested in the campaign, said Alexandria police chief Amin Ezzeldin in statements to MENA Monday. The campaign is ....

  • Quota of lottery pilgrimage to be reduced by 20%

    Quota of lottery pilgrimage to be reduced by 20%

    Date: 2013-08-12 10:37:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:237683

    The Interior Ministry announced in a statement on Monday that it will hold a lottery as of Saturday on the lottery pilgrimage to exclude 20 percent of pilgrims. This comes in light of the Saudi authorities' decision to reduce the number of ....

  • CSF conscript injured while foiling smuggling operation in N.Sinai

    CSF conscript injured while foiling smuggling operation in N.Sinai

    Date: 2013-08-12 10:24:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:237660

    A conscript of the Central Security Forces (CSF) was injured during a security force efforts to foil a smuggling operation in North Sinai. The conscript sustained a gunshot in the leg. ....

  • Pro-Morsi supporters step up security measures after reports of dispersing protesters

    Pro-Morsi supporters step up security measures after reports of dispersing protesters

    Date: 2013-08-12 09:57:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:237617

    Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi stepped up on Sunday security measures in their major protesting camp in Nasr City's Rabaa al-Adawiya and Giza's Nahda after reports saying that security forces will disperse protesters on early ....

  • Metro service back to normal

    Metro service back to normal

    Date: 2013-08-11 19:26:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:237217

    Traffic on the first Metro line returned back to normal Sunday after being blocked for several minutes by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Dozens of pro-Morsi protesters cut off the metro tracks between Ramses and Ghamra stations. ....

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