Egypt
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Islamist party refuses Azhar mediation to solve current political crisis
Date: 2013-08-11 19:16:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:237208
The Islamist Building and Development Party (BDP) has refused an intiative floated by Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb to solve the current political crisis. Hesham el-Nagar, a member of the party's media committee said Sunday in a statement ....
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Cabinet denies reports that it agrees to cut water, electricity from protesters at Rabaa el-Adaweya, Nahda
Date: 2013-08-11 19:15:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:237201
The media adviser of the Cabinet Sherif Shawqi denied reports that the Egyptian Cabinet agreed to cut water and electricity from protesters at both Rabaa el-Adaweya and El-Nahda squares. These statements agreed with the Ministry of Electricity's ....
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Armed Forces: We work in silence with Interior Ministry
Date: 2013-08-11 19:07:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:237190
The Armed Forces stressed on Sunday that they are working in silence with the Interior Ministry to pursue terrorists and eliminate criminal hotbeds in Sinai. The army is keen on not announcing details about military operations in Sinai as this is ....
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Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood disrupt Metro movement
Date: 2013-08-11 18:17:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:237146
Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members have stormed and disrupted the movement of the underground Metro station of "Al-Shohadaa" for 18 minutes. Security forces managed to confront attackers and bring the Metro movement back to normal. Police ....
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25 terrorists killed, injured in Sinai - military spokesman
Date: 2013-08-11 18:12:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:237144
Security operations that were carried out by military troops on Saturday and Sunday in North Sinai left 25 terrorists dead and injured, said military spokesman Ahmed Ali. A cache of weapons and ammunition was destroyed during the operations, said ....
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McCain, Graham speak out about Egypt's Path to a better future
Date: 2013-08-11 17:51:18 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:237127
US Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham wrote in the Washington Post about their travel to Cairo this week to support a U.S. and international effort to help Egyptians end their political crisis, saying they met with leaders from the civilian ....
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Power companies serving all Egyptians - minister
Date: 2013-08-11 16:33:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:237014
All power companies are putting up their full capacities to serve the Egyptian people and are not part of any political struggles, said Electricity Minister Ahmed Imam. The power outage that occurred after midnight in the Nasr City district of ....
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19 killed, injured in Suez bus crash
Date: 2013-08-11 16:16:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:236988
Five people were killed and another 14 injured when a bus overturned on Suez-Qattamiya highway. The injured were rushed to Suez General Hospital and the dead taken to the morgue. Five of the wounded are reportedly suffering from serious ....
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Revolution will triumph-– ElBaradei
Date: 2013-08-11 16:08:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:236976
Egypt's Vice President for International Affairs Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei underlined on Sunday that revolution will triumph. ElBaradei said on his account on Twitter that he has been exposed to lies and distortion attempts since January 2010 by ....
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Rafah crossing reopens tomorrow after Eid holiday
Date: 2013-08-11 16:06:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:236973
Rafah border crossing will be reopened for travelers on both directions as of Monday after the end of the Eidul-Fitr vacation. The terminal has been closed since Thursday on the occasion of the Eid, the festivities that follow the holy Muslim ....