Egypt
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Azmi's retrial postponed to Dec. 27
Date: 2014-10-30 15:31:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:1233329
Former chief of presidential staff Zakaria Azmi's retrial has been adjourned until December 27 over charges of illicit gains. The judge delayed the session to appoint an antiquities expert to help determine the value of the statues found at the ....
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Interior ministry denies raiding house of NCHR member
Date: 2014-10-30 15:30:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:1233317
The Interior Ministry denied Thursday news circulated by a number of websites which claimed that security forces raided and searched the house of Manal el-Tibi, a member of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR). In a statement issued ....
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Shoukri meets Algeria minister on regional issues
Date: 2014-10-30 15:29:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:1233313
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri met Thursday with Algeria's Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel for talks on regional issues of mutual interest. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of boosting ....
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Army, police kill 3 takfiris, injure 3 in N. Sinai
Date: 2014-10-30 15:29:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:1233305
Three takfiri elements were killed and three others injured in North Sinai during a wide-scale campaign launched by the Armed and security forces to eliminate criminal and terrorist hotbeds. Armed and security forces also burnt and destroyed ....
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New patch of Malaysian Imams graduate from Azhar
Date: 2014-10-30 15:28:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:1233301
Al-Azhar Undersecretary Abbas Shoman has attended the graduation ceremony of a batch of Malaysian Imams. Shoman renewed his call on the media outlets not to use the word "Islamists" when referring to the terrorist groups. He added that the ....
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Egypt's mufti condemns Israel closure of Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2014-10-30 15:27:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:1233297
Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam has strongly condemned Israel's decision to close Al-Aqsa Mosque. In a statement Thursday, Allam said that this serious escalation from the Israeli occupation forces was considered a move which provoked the ....
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Cairo gov. partakes in German emb. ceremony in Azhar Park
Date: 2014-10-30 15:26:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:1233285
The German Embassy in Cairo is to organize a celebration on Saturday in Azhar Park. The ceremony is titled "Germany in Azhar Park". The occasion comes in celebration of the 35-years-old friendship agreement between Cairo and Stuttgart. ....
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Govt works to eliminate investment obstacles - PM
Date: 2014-10-30 15:26:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:1233277
The government will continue to remove any obstacles hampering investments to create an investment-attractive atmosphere in Egypt, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said. Mahlab gave the remark during a meeting Thursday with Nissan Motor ....
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Power generation capacity of Ethiopian dam "limited'' - former irrigation minister
Date: 2014-10-30 12:02:43 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1231313
The energy generation capacity of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam is limited and will not exceed 30 percent, said Egypt's former water resources and irrigation minister Mohamed Nasr Allam. Speaking at a conference held at the Lebanese ....
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Min.: 4 railroad crossings in Sharqiya, Qalubiya developed
Date: 2014-10-30 11:41:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:1231145
Egypt's Transportation Minister Hany Dahy said on Thursday the overall development of four railroad crossings in Sharqiya and Qalubiya governorates was finalized. In a press release on Thursday, he added that this comes within a national project ....