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  • Egypt's mufti adviser condemns calls to stage demonstrations on Nov. 28

    Egypt's mufti adviser condemns calls to stage demonstrations on Nov. 28

    Date: 2014-11-17 10:10:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:1348889

    Adviser to Egypt's Mufti Ibrahim Negm has condemned calls by some parties, which are affiliated to political Islam, to stage demonstrations on November 28. In statements Monday, Negm added that calls by a number of people to raise the Qur'an ....

  • Sisi to embark on European tour in late February

    Sisi to embark on European tour in late February

    Date: 2014-11-17 09:52:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:1348681

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will embark on a European tour in late February that will take him to Italy and France with the aim of bolstering economic relations and expanding trade exchange with the two countries. The visit also aims at ....

  • MB elements arrested over inciting violence in several provinces

    MB elements arrested over inciting violence in several provinces

    Date: 2014-11-17 09:22:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:1348353

    Qalubiya security forces on Monday arrested 10 elements of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood over charges of inciting violence and organizing protests against state foundations, army and police in Shebin EL-Qanatir city. Qalubiya Security ....

  • PM says Egypt laying foundations for democratic state

    PM says Egypt laying foundations for democratic state

    Date: 2014-11-17 09:21:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1348341

    As Egypt braces for yet another vote next year, the government is assuring people that only them will choose their representatives at parliament. Ibrahim Mahlab, the Prime Minister, said his government is acting to lay the foundations for a ....

  • Shoukri leaves for Paris on start of European tour

    Shoukri leaves for Paris on start of European tour

    Date: 2014-11-17 09:15:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:1348293

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri left here on Monday for Paris at the start of an European tour that will take him to Copenhagen and London. During his visit to Copenhagen, Shoukri will take part in the High Level Partnership Forum Copenhagen (HLPF ....

  • Egypt strongly condemns beheading of US hostage by Daesh

    Egypt strongly condemns beheading of US hostage by Daesh

    Date: 2014-11-17 08:27:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:1347797

    Egypt Monday strongly condemned "as a barbaric act" the beheading of a US hostage by Daesh. In a new video Sunday, the terrorist group said it slaughtered Peter Kassig who had been held for a long time. "The crime asserts the need for greater ....

  • Police arrest rail stealing gang in Qalyubia

    Police arrest rail stealing gang in Qalyubia

    Date: 2014-11-17 08:14:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:1347705

    Police in Qalyubia have arrested a gang involved in stealing rails in Qalyub city. Two jobless young men run the gang, said security authorities in the province. They were referred to the prosecution. ....

  • Sisi to meet with representatives of world travel companies

    Sisi to meet with representatives of world travel companies

    Date: 2014-11-17 08:13:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:1347689

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet later Monday with representatives of the international travel companies at the presidential premises in Heliopolis, said Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef. ....

  • Huge fire in garbage collection area in Shobra el-Khaima controlled

    Huge fire in garbage collection area in Shobra el-Khaima controlled

    Date: 2014-11-17 08:11:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:1347673

    Civil defense troops were able to put out a huge fire that erupted early Monday in a garbage collection area near a gas pipeline of Misr Petroleum station in Shobra el-Khaima. No casualties were reported. Eight fire trucks rushed to the scene ....

  • Ismailia governor thanks Armed Forces for Suez Canal drilling rates

    Ismailia governor thanks Armed Forces for Suez Canal drilling rates

    Date: 2014-11-17 08:08:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:1347645

    Ismailia governor Ahmed Bahaa Eddin Qassas on Sunday thanked the Armed Forces after 114.5 million cubic meters of sand have been lifted in the new Suez Canal project. Digging rates exceeded all plans, the governor said in statements to ....

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