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  • UNSC consultations on Arab draft resolution on Libya continue - foreign ministry

    UNSC consultations on Arab draft resolution on Libya continue - foreign ministry

    Date: 2015-03-08 12:12:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2115001

    UN Security Council member states are resuming unofficial consultations at the experts' level to discuss an Arab draft resolution on the situation in Libya in New York in order to reach a compromise on rules and procedures which regulate the UN work ....

  • Citizens' dignity at police stations 'red line' - Cairo security chief

    Citizens' dignity at police stations 'red line' - Cairo security chief

    Date: 2015-03-08 12:10:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2114953

    The citizens' dignity at police stations is a red line that should not be crossed, affirmed Assistant Interior Minister for Cairo security sector Major General Fouad Bedeir. He, meanwhile, underlined the need of removing obstacles facing ....

  • 3 MB members arrested in Menoufiya

    3 MB members arrested in Menoufiya

    Date: 2015-03-08 11:51:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2113249

    Security forces arrested on Sunday three members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) over participating in a protest without permission from authorities in Menoufiya governorate. They were also arrested with Molotov Cocktail canisters in their ....

  • Retrial of 7 Al Jazeera defendants delayed to March 19

    Retrial of 7 Al Jazeera defendants delayed to March 19

    Date: 2015-03-08 11:50:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2114777

    The Cairo Criminal Court delayed the retrial of seven defendants and prepared retrial procedures for an eighth defendant over charges of inciting violence and spreading false news about Egypt through the screen of "Al Jazeera English" satellite ....

  • Boutros Ghali to take part in UN campaign against statelessness

    Boutros Ghali to take part in UN campaign against statelessness

    Date: 2015-03-08 11:49:04 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2114761

    Former UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali will take part in the UN High Commission for refugees' campaign against statelessness, to kick off Tuesday. In a statement, the organization said at least 10 million persons are still stateless and this means ....

  • Makeshift bomb explodes in Shebin el Koum, no casualties

    Makeshift bomb explodes in Shebin el Koum, no casualties

    Date: 2015-03-08 11:33:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2112377

    A makeshift bomb went off in Shebin el Koum early Sunday but no casualties were reported. The bomb damaged the facades of a number of shops in the street. Sappers also managed to defuse another bomb that was found in the same area. Police ....

  • Retrial of Port Said massacre delayed till Monday

    Retrial of Port Said massacre delayed till Monday

    Date: 2015-03-08 11:32:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2114569

    Port Said Criminal Court decided on Sunday to adjourn the retrial of the defendants in the "Port Said stadium massacre" case till Monday. Some 72 people were killed and 254 others wounded when Al Masry football fans attacked Al Ahly fans during a ....

  • Cairo governor orders preparations at historical locations ahead of EEDC

    Cairo governor orders preparations at historical locations ahead of EEDC

    Date: 2015-03-08 11:25:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2114525

    Cairo Governor Galal Saeed has ordered heads of Cairo districts to get ready for receiving visitors to historical locations coinciding with the convocation of Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC), to be held in Sharm El Sheikh on Friday and ....

  • Traffic movement on Benha-Cairo agriculture road back to normal

    Traffic movement on Benha-Cairo agriculture road back to normal

    Date: 2015-03-08 11:24:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2113949

    Traffic movement on the Benha-Cairo agriculture road is back to normal after repairing a water pipe that exploded earlier in Shoubra el Kheima district of Qalubiya governorate. Earlier, water leaking from the pipe disrupted traffic on the ....

  • Darul Iftaa says religious extremism is politically-motivated

    Darul Iftaa says religious extremism is politically-motivated

    Date: 2015-03-08 11:23:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2114509

    Darul Iftaa, Egypt's only body in charge of issuing fatwas, stressed on Sunday that religious extremism has pure political motives that have nothing to do with religion. Those extremists are power thirsty and are relying on twisted ....

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