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Retrial of Mubarak-era oil min. delayed to Aug 26
Date: 2014-08-23 12:29:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:887474
The re-trial of former oil minister Sameh Fahmy over charges of squandering public funds was adjourned on Saturday till Aug 26. The retrial was ordered by the Cassation Court in March, 2013. Five other Mubarak-era officials of the petroleum ....
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14 still under treatment from Sharm bus accident
Date: 2014-08-23 12:28:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:887472
Only 14 persons out of 41 injured in a tragic bus accident that occurred in Sharm El-Sheikh Friday morning are still receiving treatment, a Health Ministry official has said. Four of them are at the intense care unit at Sharm El-Sheikh Hospital, ....
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5 MB members arrested in Behaira over violence charges
Date: 2014-08-23 12:16:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:886981
Five members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested in Behaira governorate over charges of inciting violence. The prosecution was informed to start a probe. The prosecution office in Suez has remanded four members of a Muslim ....
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Fire at drugs warehouse contained in Minya
Date: 2014-08-23 12:04:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:887412
Fire squads contained Saturday a fire erupted in a drugs warehouse in the Upper Egypt governorate of Minya. Investigations revealed that a short circuit was behind the blaze. No casualties were reported. The prosecution was reported of the ....
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Trial of ex-housing min. delayed until Oct. 28
Date: 2014-08-23 11:55:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:887398
South Cairo Criminal Court delayed during a session Saturday the trial of former housing minister Mohamed Ibrahim Soliman, 6th Of October Agricultural For Land Reclamation and Development Chairman Samir Zaki Abdel-Qawi and three officials of the New ....
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Egypt to participate in IGAD summit in Ethiopia
Date: 2014-08-23 11:53:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:887391
An Egyptian delegation left Saturday for Ethiopia to participate in the regional leaders’ summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which takes place on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Badr Abdel-Aati stated ....
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Saboteurs continue targeting electricity pylons in Alexandria
Date: 2014-08-23 11:31:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:887349
Vandals continued targeting electricity pylons in many places nationwide to weaken the country's infrastructure, the Ministry of Electricity said in a statement Saturday. Some saboteurs planted explosive devices beside the pillar of an ....
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Misr-Iran Textile strike ends as workers accept pay offer
Date: 2014-08-23 11:24:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:887326
Workers of the Misr-Iran Textile Company in Suez province ended a three-day strike after they accepted an agreement brokered by the Third Field Army. Some 2,000 workers of the company went on strike on Thursday, halting production at the ....
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Unemployment index down due to national projects – PM
Date: 2014-08-23 11:14:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:887306
The unemployment index in Egypt has declined thanks to the national projects the country is undertaking, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said. Mahlab made the remark during an inspection of Egypt's northwest coast to open a number of projects on ....
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Azhar denounces deadly attack on Iraqi mosque
Date: 2014-08-23 11:13:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:887301
Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb condemned a terror attack against a Sunni mosque in Iraq, which left 70 people dead. Tayyeb called on Iraqi religious leaders to decry the cowardly attack and work on spreading tolerance among Iraqis. On ....
