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  • 50% of houses removed in 500-meter border area of Rafah

    50% of houses removed in 500-meter border area of Rafah

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:30:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:1986481

    Security sources said on Tuesday that around 50 percent of houses that were supposed to be removed in the border area of Rafah have already been removed as part of the second phase of the process. Up to 610 homes have already been demolished out ....

  • 4, 782 par'l hopefuls submit nomination papers: Election committee

    4, 782 par'l hopefuls submit nomination papers: Election committee

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:21:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:1984777

    The Higher Election Committee said on Tuesday that 4, 782 candidates seeking to stand in the upcoming parliamentary elections have submitted their nomination papers so far with 3, 338 independent candidates and 1, 444 candidates on party ....

  • Egyptian church commemorates slain Egyptian Copts in Libya

    Egyptian church commemorates slain Egyptian Copts in Libya

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:06:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:1986157

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St Mark's Diocese on Tuesday led a Mass in commemoration of the 21 Egyptian Copts who were killed in Libya earlier in the week by Daesh terrorist group. In his sermon, the head of the Coptic ....

  • Binladin Group to renovate Azhar Mosque

    Binladin Group to renovate Azhar Mosque

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:04:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:1986129

    Saudi Arabia-based Binladin Group will carry out the renovation works at Cairo's Al Azhar Mosque, said head of the Permanent Commission of Islamic and Coptic Antiquities Mostafa Amin on Tuesday. He added that the Saudi construction company has ....

  • 11 terrorist suspects arrested in Arish

    11 terrorist suspects arrested in Arish

    Date: 2015-02-17 13:56:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:1986021

    The security apparatus in Arish on Tuesday arrested 11 terrorist suspects and destroyed several terrorist hotbeds and four motorbikes. According to security sources, the security campaign covered Sheikh Zweid and Rafah areas. The arrested are ....

  • Alexandria court to announce on February 24 ruling on

    Alexandria court to announce on February 24 ruling on "coalition for supporting legitimacy"

    Date: 2015-02-17 13:54:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:1985993

    An Alexandria court on Tuesday decided to announce on February 24 the ruling in a lawsuit calling to place the so-called "coalition for supporting legitimacy" on the list of terrorist groups. The plaintiff is calling to declare this coalition a ....

  • Azhar univ. head to Qatar: Come to your senses or face isolation

    Azhar univ. head to Qatar: Come to your senses or face isolation

    Date: 2015-02-17 13:38:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:1985853

    President of Al-Azhar University Abdel Haai Azab has criticized Qatar for supporting the "black terrorism". In a statement on Tuesday, the head of Sunni Islam's foremost religious authority called on the Qatari leadership to "come to its senses" ....

  • Mauritanian president stresses support to Egypt in war on terror

    Mauritanian president stresses support to Egypt in war on terror

    Date: 2015-02-17 13:32:57 GMT - Mauritania - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:1985789

    Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stressed his country's support to Egypt in its brave war on terrorism and expressed condolences to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi over the killing of 21 Egyptians by Daesh in Libya. The Mauritanian ....

  • Pope leads mass in honor of Daesh massacre martyrs

    Pope leads mass in honor of Daesh massacre martyrs

    Date: 2015-02-17 13:22:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:1985097

    Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II led a mass on Tuesday to commemorate the 21 Egyptian Copts who were beheaded by Daesh along the seashore of Tripoli, Libya. The mass in their memory was held at St Mark's Coptic Orthodox ....

  • PM issues decree setting up new department in Interior Ministry for securing Suez Canal zone

    PM issues decree setting up new department in Interior Ministry for securing Suez Canal zone

    Date: 2015-02-17 13:20:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:1985185

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has issued a decree for setting up a department in the Interior Ministry for securing the Suez Canal zone. According to the decision, the interior minister will be in charge of issuing all decisions regulating the ....

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