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  • Retrial of activists over Shura Council protests adjourned to Wed.

    Retrial of activists over Shura Council protests adjourned to Wed.

    Date: 2014-11-23 11:53:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:1391321

    The Cairo Criminal Court decided Sunday to postpone until Wednesday the retrial of political activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and 24 others over charges of staging unlawful protests last year outside the Shura Council and defying a controversial protest ....

  • Foreign Ministry warns from bids to enter Saudi Arabia with narcotics

    Foreign Ministry warns from bids to enter Saudi Arabia with narcotics

    Date: 2014-11-23 10:14:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:1390317

    The Foreign Ministry warned citizens against trying to enter Saudi Arabia with narcotics in their possession especially large amounts of Tramadol. The Egyptian consulate in Jeddah said Sunday a number of Egyptians have tried recently to enter the ....

  • Egypt, S.Sudan ink memo over mutual exemption of visas

    Egypt, S.Sudan ink memo over mutual exemption of visas

    Date: 2014-11-23 10:13:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:1390301

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri and South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin signed on Sunday a memorandum of understanding on mutual exemption of visas for diplomatic, special and mission purposes. This came on the ....

  • Egypt's envoy: Five agreements worth dlrs 540 mn to signed during Sisi visit to Rome

    Egypt's envoy: Five agreements worth dlrs 540 mn to signed during Sisi visit to Rome

    Date: 2014-11-23 10:12:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:1390289

    Egypt's Ambassador to Italy Amr Helmi said five agreements worth dlrs 540 million will be clinched during President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's visit to Italy, due to start on Monday. The agreements include pumping dlrs 100 million of investments into ....

  • Sisi to Al-Rai Al-Am: Egypt-Sudan relations will not go backwards

    Sisi to Al-Rai Al-Am: Egypt-Sudan relations will not go backwards

    Date: 2014-11-23 10:05:25 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:1389645

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted that Egypt-Sudan relations will not go backwards, noting that cooperation between the two countries could overcome several challenges whether political, economic or security ones. Interviewed by ....

  • 10 suspects arrested over inciting violence, protesting in Minya

    10 suspects arrested over inciting violence, protesting in Minya

    Date: 2014-11-23 09:18:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:1389857

    Minya security forces launched a large-scale campaign to arrest outlaws in the province. The campaign resulted in the arrest of 10 suspects involved in inciting violence, attacking public property and breaching the protest law. Five firearms, ....

  • MB member jailed for 15 days over charges of attacking police troops in Suez

    MB member jailed for 15 days over charges of attacking police troops in Suez

    Date: 2014-11-23 08:14:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:1389381

    Suez Public Prosecution ordered a leading figure in the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood to be remanded in custody for 15 days over charges of setting on fire police vehicles and assaulting security forces in Suez. A security source said on Sunday ....

  • Italy's envoy: Choosing Rome as first station of Sisi tour reflects strong ties with Italy

    Italy's envoy: Choosing Rome as first station of Sisi tour reflects strong ties with Italy

    Date: 2014-11-23 07:57:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1389229

    Italian Ambassador in Cairo Maurizio Massari asserted that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's choice of Italy to be the first leg of his European tour reflected the strong ties binding Italy and Egypt. In statements to MENA on Sunday, Massari said ....

  • Retrial of ex-minister in exporting gas to Israel adjourned to Sunday

    Retrial of ex-minister in exporting gas to Israel adjourned to Sunday

    Date: 2014-11-22 16:01:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:1386709

    Cairo Criminal Court decided to adjourn to Sunday the trial session of former oil minister Sameh Fahmy and five other defendants over charges of squandering public funds and profiteering from a deal for exporting the Egyptian gas to ....

  • Interior min. probes security plans with top commanders

    Interior min. probes security plans with top commanders

    Date: 2014-11-22 14:46:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:1386173

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim chaired on Saturday a meeting of senior security officials on Saturday to discuss the ministry's security plan in the coming period. The minister reiterated that illegal activities which threaten national ....

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