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  • Egypt decries Daesh execution of Japanese hostage

    Egypt decries Daesh execution of Japanese hostage

    Date: 2015-01-25 08:24:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:1817209

    Egypt has condemned the execution of one of the two kidnapped Japanese citizens by militants of Al-Qaeda terrorist splinter of Daesh. In a press release on Sunday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Badr Abdel Aati described the execution as barbaric ....

  • Inquiry opened into protester's death in Cairo

    Inquiry opened into protester's death in Cairo

    Date: 2015-01-25 08:21:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:1817173

    General Prosecutor Hisham Barakat has opened an inquiry into the death of a protester in Cairo's Talaat Harb Square on Saturday. The female protester was killed in a protest organized by the Socialist Popular Alliance Party in central ....

  • MB-linked group claims responsibility for Suez sound bombs

    MB-linked group claims responsibility for Suez sound bombs

    Date: 2015-01-25 08:08:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:1817033

    A Muslim Brotherhood-linked group claimed responsibility for detonating two sound bombs near police stations in Suez governorate. Suez security Chief Tareq el Gazzar said there were no causalities. A security source said the group which calls ....

  • Strong Egypt Party holds internal polls Feb 13

    Strong Egypt Party holds internal polls Feb 13

    Date: 2015-01-25 08:07:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:1817029

    The Strong Egypt Party will hold its internal elections on February 13, the head of the party's elections commission has said. Ahmed Ghuneim added that Abdel Monem Abu el Fotouh was the only candidate to file to run for the party leadership in ....

  • Heavy security measures in Giza

    Heavy security measures in Giza

    Date: 2015-01-25 08:06:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1817017

    More security forces were deployed in Giza's Nahda Square on Sunday, the fourth anniversary of 25 January revolution which toppled the long-serving president Hosni Mubarak. Six armored vehicles were stationed at the square, according to MENA's ....

  • Cairo's Tahrir Square still closed

    Cairo's Tahrir Square still closed

    Date: 2015-01-25 07:51:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:1816933

    The iconic Tahrir Square is completely closed for the second day on Sunday as Egypt marks the fourth anniversary of the 25 January revolution that toppled president Hosni Mubarak. At least 22 army vehicles have been deployed at the square ....

  • Sisi issues decree giving license to Evangelical sect church

    Sisi issues decree giving license to Evangelical sect church

    Date: 2015-01-24 16:45:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:1814629

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday issued a republican decree giving a license to a church affiliated to the Evangelical sect in Alexandria's district of Sidi Bishr. ....

  • Sisi appoints 7 deans at Assiut, Minia universities

    Sisi appoints 7 deans at Assiut, Minia universities

    Date: 2015-01-24 16:43:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:1814609

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued on Saturday a decision appointing seven new deans for faculties at Assiut and Minya universities. The new deans will serve a three-year term. The appointees are: Prof. Ahmed Farooq Ahmed Hassan - Dean ....

  • Fostering age for abandoned kids lowered to 3 months

    Fostering age for abandoned kids lowered to 3 months

    Date: 2015-01-24 16:42:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:1814601

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a draft law lowering fostering age for abandoned children to three months instead of two years. The new bill is to allow foster families to take care of abandoned infants, which will positively reflect on ....

  • Egypt's FM kicks off trip to Ethiopia Monday

    Egypt's FM kicks off trip to Ethiopia Monday

    Date: 2015-01-24 16:42:00 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:1814597

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will leave here on Monday to Addis Ababa to take part in a meeting by the Executive Council of Foreign Ministers in preparation for 24th Summit of the African Union. During his visit, Shoukry is expected to meet ....

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