Egypt
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Son of MB leader released after giving up Egyptian nationality, deported to US
Date: 2015-05-30 12:28:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2694601
Son of Muslim Brotherhood leader Salah Sultan, who is jailed over charges of inciting violence and participating in Rabaa Al-Adawiya sit-in camp, was released on Saturday, a high-ranking security source at the Ministry of Interior said. In ....
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Egypt condemns mosque bombing in Saudi Arabia
Date: 2015-05-30 11:52:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2694277
Egypt has strongly condemned the bombing outside a mosque in Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers that left four people dead and several others injured, said the foreign ministry spokesman. Egypt backs the people of Saudi Arabia against this ....
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Retrial in Port Said massacre case delayed to June 9
Date: 2015-05-30 11:07:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2693933
Port Said Criminal Court decided Saturday to postpone until June 9 the retrial of the defendants in the "Port Said stadium massacre" case. Some 72 people were killed and 254 others wounded when Al Ahly fans were attacked during a match in Port ....
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4 drinking water stations to be developed in Qalubiya
Date: 2015-05-30 10:13:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2692885
The expansion of four drinking water stations in Qalubiya has started, Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher said. The expansion works will cost a total of EGP 317 million, Abdel Zaher said. The National Authority for Potable Water and Sewage had also ....
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Egyptian community in Germany to welcome Sisi with rallies
Date: 2015-05-30 10:02:03 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2693365
The Egyptian community in the German cities of Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich and Frankfurt announced organizing rallies to show support for President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's Berlin visit. The community members will stage a huge welcome rally on ....
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13 killed in road accident on Beni Suef highway
Date: 2015-05-30 07:45:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2692461
Thirteen people were killed late Friday when a police vehicle collided with a truck on Beni Suef-Minya highway. Eleven policemen were among the fatalities, said a security official. ....
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Security, traffic campaigns launched nationwide
Date: 2015-05-29 19:59:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2691689
Security forces launched several campaigns nationwide to arrest outlaws and fugitives. A total of 27,295 convicted in criminal cases have been arrested. Also, 106 firearms and 200 cold steels were seized while six gangs were arrested. As ....
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Rafah crossing closes after opened for three days
Date: 2015-05-29 19:52:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2691641
Rafah border crossing closed on Friday after it exceptionally opened for three days to allow the stranded and humanitarian cases and aid supplies into the Gaza Strip. As many as 1,413 stranded Palestinians crossed the terminal into the Gaza Strip ....
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Azhar imam condemns Saudi Shiite mosque blast
Date: 2015-05-29 19:51:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2691633
Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb on Friday condemned a suicide attack outside a Shiite mosque in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, during Friday prayers. "Bloodshed is forbidden and houses of worship should be distanced from conflicts," Tayyeb ....
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Journalist Hamdan Tawfiq dies at age of 58
Date: 2015-05-29 13:37:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2689989
Journalist Hamdan Tawfiq died on Friday at the age of 58. The veteran reporter, who served as a correspondent for the Middle East News Agency (MENA) in Yemen, Ramallah and Tunisia, joined the state-run news agency in 1981, where he worked at ....