Egypt
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Sisi lauds police anti-terror efforts, stresses imp. of maintaining confidence of citizens
Date: 2015-01-20 16:31:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:1785293
In a meeting with the supreme police council on Tuesday, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi praised efforts exerted by policemen in the fight against terrorism. Sisi still stressed the need to always upgrade security performance, sources told ....
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Shehab: Reaching anti-terror pact depends on definition to terrorism
Date: 2015-01-20 16:03:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:1785129
Head of the Egyptian Society of International Law Mufeed Shehab linked the issue of clenching an international comprehensive agreement to confront terrorism to reaching a definition to terrorism. In a symposium marking the 70th anniversary of ....
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Higher Education Ministry denies receiving petition against new bill
Date: 2015-01-20 15:41:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:1784981
The Higher Education Ministry denied news reports that some 2,000 professors submitted a petition against a Higher Education bill. The ministry spokesman Adli Reda said the draft law has net been finalized, noting that the panel tasked with ....
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Sabahi stresses importance of EU participation in Egypt's economic conf.
Date: 2015-01-20 15:31:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:1784893
Former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi has underlined the importance of the European Union participation in the planned economic conference in Egypt. During a meeting with James Moran, the EU ambassador in Cairo, Sabahi said that the ....
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Interior minister endorses promotions at Cairo Police HQ
Date: 2015-01-20 14:43:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:1784493
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has endorsed promotions of a number of Cairo police officials, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday. A number of senior officials have been promoted as Cairo Police chief Major General Ali el Demerdash ....
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Azhar urged to clarify women's role, status in Islam
Date: 2015-01-20 14:27:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:1784301
Head of the National Council for Women (NCW) Mervat el Tellawi has called on Al Azhar to clarify the role and status of women in Islam. The remarks were made during the opening session of a conference dubbed "Women and Terrorism", which was ....
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Giza security forces arrest a convict in Kerdasa police station case
Date: 2015-01-20 14:20:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:1784277
Giza security forces arrested on Tuesday one of the convicts, who was sentenced to death, in the case of attacking the Kerdasa police station; killing its officers and servicemen, setting it ablaze and robbing its content. The defendant, Saeed ....
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Three servicemen injured in blast in Sheikh Zweid city
Date: 2015-01-20 14:07:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:1783869
A security officer and two recruits were injured when an explosive charge went off in southern Sheikh Zweid city, in Sinai on Tuesday. According to security sources, unidentified people planted the bomb along the road leading to Al-Toma ....
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Court rejects lawsuit for delaying House polls
Date: 2015-01-20 13:58:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:1784045
The Administrative Justice Court at the State Council on Tuesday issued a ruling turning down a lawsuit for delaying the House elections, that will be held in March this year. The plaintiff has called for delaying the elections for one year on ....
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Antiquities min., Cairo governor discuss vision to protect heritage palaces
Date: 2015-01-20 13:54:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:1784013
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El Damaty and Giza Governor Galal Mostafa discussed on Tuesday a vision to protect a number of heritage palaces, now used as public schools. They decided to form a committee to upgrade five heritage palaces and place ....