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  • Azmi's retrial postponed to Dec. 27

    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 ....

  • Interior ministry denies raiding house of NCHR member

    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 ....

  • Shoukri meets Algeria minister on regional issues

    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 ....

  • Army, police kill 3 takfiris, injure 3 in N. Sinai

    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 ....

  • New patch of Malaysian Imams graduate from Azhar

    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 ....

  • Egypt's mufti condemns Israel closure of Aqsa Mosque

    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 ....

  • Cairo gov. partakes in German emb. ceremony in Azhar Park

    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. ....

  • Govt works to eliminate investment obstacles - PM

    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 ....

  • Power generation capacity of Ethiopian dam

    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 ....

  • Min.: 4 railroad crossings in Sharqiya, Qalubiya developed

    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 ....

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