Egypt
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2 police officers to stand trial June 6 in torture to death case
Date: 2015-04-15 12:31:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2384805
Head of the Cairo Court of Appeals Ayman Abbas Wednesday set June 6 as the first session in the trial of two police officers in the case of torturing to death a lawyer inside Mataria police station. He ordered that the North Cairo Criminal Court ....
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Egypt's community in Ethiopia marks Easter
Date: 2015-04-15 12:16:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2384649
The Egyptian community in Ethiopia celebrated the Easter and Sham el Nesim, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. Speaking at the ceremony, Egypt's Ambassador Mohamed Edris said such occasions, which are celebrated by all ....
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2 Military Academy students killed in Kafr el Sheikh Stadium blast
Date: 2015-04-15 12:04:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2384489
Two Military Academy students were killed and six others injured here on Wednesday in a bomb explosion at Kafr el Sheikh Stadium fence, Governor Ossama Hamdi said. The terrorist act targeted a group of Military Academy students inside the Kafr el ....
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Tayyeb: Al Azhar ready to cooperate with UNESCO in educational fields
Date: 2015-04-15 11:59:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2384453
Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb Wednesday stressed Al Azhar's readiness to cooperate with the UNESCO in the educational fields. During a meeting with a UNESCO delegation, Tayyeb called for defining a scientific program for joint action ....
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Dar al Iftaa urges combating extremist ideolgy of Somali Shabab movement
Date: 2015-04-15 11:54:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2384385
Dar al Iftaa, the primary Egyptian authority responsible for issuing religious edicts, Wednesday called for combating the extremist ideology of the terrorist Somali al Shabab movement by providing the intellectual and financial support to Sufi ....
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Cabinet probes political, economic, security files
Date: 2015-04-15 11:45:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2384301
The cabinet held its weekly meeting Wednesday under Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to probe political, economic and security files. The meeting took up also means of fighting terrorism, securing the Egyptian street as well as the latest ....
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Singaporean diplomat voices interest in New Suez Canal
Date: 2015-04-15 11:42:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2384237
A Singaporean diplomat has voiced big interest in Egypt's New Suez Canal project. It is a national project that has unified Egyptians, said Mugant Mehanathan, the first secretary at the Singaporean Embassy in Cairo, in statements to MENA ....
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Social insurance funds protected under consitution, minister assures
Date: 2015-04-15 11:39:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2384181
Social insurance funds are protected under the constitution, the minister of social solidarity has assured. Insurance money and pensions are considered public funds that should be protected by the state, Ghada Wali said Wednesday. Estimated to ....
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Mahlab reviewes one-million-feddan development project
Date: 2015-04-15 10:51:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2383645
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting here on Wednesday on the one-million-feddan development project attended by the ministers of planning and housing to review the various aspects of the project which aims at expanding urban communities in ....
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More than 26mn pills of counterfeit drugs seized at Alex. port
Date: 2015-04-15 10:13:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2383181
Alexandria Port police have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 26 million pills of counterfeit medicine into Egypt. The seized drugs, whose source is unknown, do not meet the standards. Acting on a tip, the port police searched a shipment ....