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Heikal chosen new EMPC chairman
Date: 2014-08-26 14:46:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:892429
Osama Heikal has been chosen as new chairman of the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC). EMPC board members unanimously chose Heikal in a meeting Tuesday, Egyptian TV chief Magdi Lashin told MENA. He hoped Heikal would act to upgrade the ....
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Sisi meets Malian PM
Date: 2014-08-26 14:44:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:892555
President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi met Tuesday with visiting Malian Prime Minister Moussa Mara. Mara conveyed a message from Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to Sisi on boosting cooperation between the two countries, especially in the fields ....
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Army seizes 465 shotguns, destroys 5 tunnels
Date: 2014-08-26 14:35:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:892543
As many as 465 shotguns were found and seized in a warehouse during a raid by the border guards in the western military area. They also seized two cars carrying some 850,000 Tramadol tablets and 31,250 cartons of smuggled cigarettes. In Sinai, ....
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Re-trial of Nazif, Adli in "license plates" case adjourned until Sept. 28
Date: 2014-08-26 14:34:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:892539
Cairo Criminal Court decided Tuesday to adjourn until September 28 the retrial of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif and former interior minister Habib el-Adli in the license plates case. The court delayed the re-trial to hear the defense ....
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Amr Moussa says ISIS "dangerous phenomenon"
Date: 2014-08-26 14:30:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:892524
Chairman of the panel of 50 that amended Egypt's constitution Amr Moussa lashed out at the Islamic State group Tuesday, calling it "a dangerous negative phenomenon". Like any other organization, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ....
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Daughter of MB leader released on bail
Date: 2014-08-26 14:27:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:892518
The daughter of a Muslim Brotherhood leader has been released on bail pending a probe into charges of joining an anti-army and police movement. Fatma Hassan el-Brens was visiting her father at Borg el-Arab Prison when she got arrested with a ....
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Unidentified gunmen kill Libyan security element
Date: 2014-08-26 14:07:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:892497
Unidentified gunmen killed on Tuesday a Libyan security element after opening fire at him in Sidi Hussein city in Benghazi. The body was moved to hospital. The authorities were notified to launch a probe. ....
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Adviser to Mufti denounces Boko Haram announcement of Khalifate in areas under its control
Date: 2014-08-26 14:06:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:892493
Ibrahim Negm, an adviser to the Egyptian Mufti of the republic on Tuesday denounced a move by Boko Haram announcing the Islamic Khalifate in areas under its control. Negm, in a press release, added that they seized these areas by violence and ....
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170 corpses of migrants found off Libya shores
Date: 2014-08-26 13:37:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:892023
As many as 170 bodies of immigrants have been found washed up on shores 30 miles east of Tripoli, the Libyan coastguards said on Tuesday. The small vessel - which was crammed with men, women and children - sank late on Friday, according to the ....
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Judicial source stresses probe still on into "Al-Ahram gifts" case
Date: 2014-08-26 13:35:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:892437
A judicial source has denied claims by chairman of the Central Auditing Organization Hisham Genaina that "Al-Ahram gifts" case has been shelved. A probe is still going on, the judicial source said Tuesday. Investigators had ordered that a ....
