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  • Azhar Uni. warns against Quran-raising calls in protests

    Azhar Uni. warns against Quran-raising calls in protests

    Date: 2014-11-22 10:34:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1383897

    Al-Azhar University warned the Egyptian people against heeding calls to raise copies of the Holy Quran during pro-Muslim Brotherhood protests planned for Friday. The objective of such calls is to sow sedition and undermine the state, misguiding ....

  • Trial of activist Ahmad Duma, cabinet defendants adjourned to Dec. 9

    Trial of activist Ahmad Duma, cabinet defendants adjourned to Dec. 9

    Date: 2014-11-22 10:08:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:1383677

    Giza criminal court adjourned to December 9 the trial of activist Ahmed Duma and 268 other defendants over charges of sparking off violence and chaos in front of the cabinet premises and the parliamentary buildings. The court decision was taken ....

  • PM: Economic summit to be held in March in Sharm

    PM: Economic summit to be held in March in Sharm

    Date: 2014-11-22 10:05:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:1382885

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab announced holding the awaited economic summit on March 13-15 in the resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. The event aims at supporting and developing the national economy with the help of development partners, Mahlab said ....

  • Culture min, S. Sudanese opposite number ink cultural cooperation document

    Culture min, S. Sudanese opposite number ink cultural cooperation document

    Date: 2014-11-22 09:50:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:1383517

    Culture Minister Gaber Asfour and his South Sudanese counterpart Nadia Arop Dudi inked a cultural cooperation document. The memorandum of understanding included several aspects of cooperation topped by delegating specialized experts and cultural ....

  • Unlicensed weapons seized in Qena; unregistered medical equipment seized in Alex.

    Unlicensed weapons seized in Qena; unregistered medical equipment seized in Alex.

    Date: 2014-11-22 08:33:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:1382913

    Security bodies in Qena governorate seized unlicensed weapons and bullets in four separate incidents. On the other hand, security bodies in Alexandria seized a quantity of unregistered medical equipment inside a warehouse. ....

  • Soldier injured in Arish roadside bomb

    Soldier injured in Arish roadside bomb

    Date: 2014-11-22 08:32:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:1382897

    A soldier was injured on Saturday when a bomb went off at the Arish-Qantara road in North Sinai. Unidentified persons have planted the explosive charge at Arish western entrance. It exploded when a bus carrying conscripts drove by, injuring one ....

  • Sisi meets S. Sudanese president

    Sisi meets S. Sudanese president

    Date: 2014-11-22 07:52:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:1382617

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will hold talks with his visiting South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardit on Saturday. The president will also receive the credentials of a number of new ambassadors today, presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef ....

  • Democratic process did not fail in Egypt: Amr Shobaki in Washington

    Democratic process did not fail in Egypt: Amr Shobaki in Washington

    Date: 2014-11-22 07:50:00 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:1382585

    The democratic process in Egypt did not fail, Secretary General of the Egyptian Wafd Alliance Amr El-Shobaki said, adding that it only faced some obstacles. This came during a seminar held in the Middle East Institute in Washington on the ....

  • Pope Tawadros II distributes awards of Saint Mark Episcopate Festival

    Pope Tawadros II distributes awards of Saint Mark Episcopate Festival

    Date: 2014-11-22 07:44:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:1382537

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese chaired on Thursday a ceremony to distribute awards of the Saint Mark Episcopate Festival in the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo's Abbassiya district. The annual festival represents a ....

  • Police seize 30,000 narcotic pills with unemployed in Alex.

    Police seize 30,000 narcotic pills with unemployed in Alex.

    Date: 2014-11-22 07:19:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:1382345

    Alexandria police arrested an unemployed man over having about 30,000 narcotic pills in the coastal city. The man was ambushed and arrested upon information on trafficking activities. The man confessed to possession of the narcotic pills ....

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