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  • Security chief follows up security situation in Cairo

    Security chief follows up security situation in Cairo

    Date: 2014-12-12 18:43:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:1524841

    Cairo security chief Ali el-Demerdash on Friday inspected several eastern Cairo districts, where the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood supporters used to stage protests every weekend. Demerdash inspected the security situation in Matariya, Ain Shams, ....

  • Fire contained in security camp on Cairo-Ismailia road

    Fire contained in security camp on Cairo-Ismailia road

    Date: 2014-12-12 18:42:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:1524829

    Firefighters put out a limited fire that erupted in a camp of the central security forces on Cairo-Ismailia road on Friday. Short circuit in a vehicle was blamed for the outbreak of the fire, a security source told MENA. No casualties or ....

  • 11 fugitives, 16 MB members nabbed in Giza

    11 fugitives, 16 MB members nabbed in Giza

    Date: 2014-12-12 18:42:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:1524833

    Eleven wanted fugitives and outlaws have been arrested during a security campaign in Giza province. The crackdown led to the seizure of 17 firearms, 20 light weapons, 67 bullets and amounts of drugs. In the meantime, 16 members of the ....

  • Housing minister presses for accelerated action in new cities

    Housing minister presses for accelerated action in new cities

    Date: 2014-12-12 12:59:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:1523329

    Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouli Friday pressed for accelerated progress in high-quality work in new cities. In a statement, Madbouli acknowledged that the new cities suffer from certain problems, asserting that the government will act to ....

  • Awqaf min. warns against abusing “Islamic Caliphate” term

    Awqaf min. warns against abusing “Islamic Caliphate” term

    Date: 2014-12-12 11:16:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:1522605

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa lashed out at those who abuse the “Islamic Caliphate” (succession) concept to play with the people’s feelings, misinterpreting several Islamic texts to this end. Islam has not set a certain rigid shape for the ....

  • UK embassy: Vehicle fire accidental

    UK embassy: Vehicle fire accidental

    Date: 2014-12-12 10:30:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:1522369

    A UK embassy spokesman said the fire that erupted earlier in an Egyptian security vehicle outside the diplomatic HQ in Cairo was accidental. Speaking to MENA, the spokesman said the Egyptian authorities have taken control of the situation ....

  • Pope meets French, Armenian ambassadors

    Pope meets French, Armenian ambassadors

    Date: 2014-12-12 08:07:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1521461

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received Thursday the French and Armenian ambassadors to Egypt. The pope met with France's envoy André Parant whose tenure has started in Cairo, Polis Halim, the pope's secretary, ....

  • Egypt, Sudan discuss incorporating joint co. to boost industrial projects

    Egypt, Sudan discuss incorporating joint co. to boost industrial projects

    Date: 2014-12-12 07:42:24 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:1521297

    Egyptian Ambassador to Sudan Osama Shaltout said on Thursday that a proposal to establish a joint Egyptian-Sudanese joint stock company is under discussion to boost industrial projects in the two Arab states. The diplomat made the remarks on the ....

  • No human rights violations in Torah prison: Minister

    No human rights violations in Torah prison: Minister

    Date: 2014-12-11 20:31:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:1520469

    Transitional Justice Minister Ibrahinm el-Henidy has said there are no violations on human rights or abuse of detainees in Torah prison. Following a visit to Torah prison on Thursday, the minister asserted that a delegation of the Transitional ....

  • Alaa Abdel-Fattah trial adjourned

    Alaa Abdel-Fattah trial adjourned

    Date: 2014-12-11 20:25:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:1520501

    Cairo Criminal Court decided to delay the trial of political activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and 24 others to Sunday. Abdel-Fattah and co-defendants are charged with blocking the traffic during demonstrations outside the Shura Council on November 26 ....

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