Egypt
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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" ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....