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  • Sisi lauds police anti-terror efforts, stresses imp. of maintaining confidence of citizens

    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 ....

  • Shehab: Reaching anti-terror pact depends on definition to terrorism

    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 ....

  • Higher Education Ministry denies receiving petition against new bill

    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 ....

  • Sabahi stresses importance of EU participation in Egypt's economic conf.

    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 ....

  • Interior minister endorses promotions at Cairo Police HQ

    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 ....

  • Azhar urged to clarify women's role, status in Islam

    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 ....

  • Giza security forces arrest a convict in Kerdasa police station case

    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 ....

  • Three servicemen injured in blast in Sheikh Zweid city

    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 ....

  • Court rejects lawsuit for delaying House polls

    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 ....

  • Antiquities min., Cairo governor discuss vision to protect heritage palaces

    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 ....

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