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  • Public prosecutor orders probe into collapse of canal basin

    Public prosecutor orders probe into collapse of canal basin

    Date: 2015-01-20 17:42:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:1785781

    Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat has ordered an investigation into the collapse of a sand barrier of the sediment basin that resulted in an overflow of water that covered the equipment used in digging the New Suez Canal. The basin collapsed on ....

  • MB 'terrorist, fascist' movement: Egyptian thinker

    MB 'terrorist, fascist' movement: Egyptian thinker

    Date: 2015-01-20 16:58:05 GMT - United Kingdom - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:1785469

    The Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist and fascist movement that should be banned in all countries of the world, Egyptian liberal thinker Tarek Haggy said. Speaking at a parliamentary symposium in the UK, Haggy said the US and the UK were wrong ....

  • Egyptian governorates celebrate Police Day, Jan. 25 revolt anniversary

    Egyptian governorates celebrate Police Day, Jan. 25 revolt anniversary

    Date: 2015-01-20 16:53:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:1785449

    The Egyptian governorates are getting ready for the celebrations of the 4th anniversary of January 25 revolution and Police Day. The celebrations are underway in Assiut, Minya, New Valley, Fayyoum and Qalubiya. ....

  • Talks over establishing UNCHR office in Egypt

    Talks over establishing UNCHR office in Egypt

    Date: 2015-01-20 16:49:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:1785421

    Minister of Transitional Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ibrahim el Heneidi said that there are negotiations between Egypt and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) on establishing a UNCHR regional office in Egypt. On laws ....

  • 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 ....

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