Egypt
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Gov't to buy rice from farmers at 2,050 per ton
Date: 2014-10-30 16:29:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:1233697
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi approved on Thursday purchasing rice from farmers at EGP 2, 050 per ton, said Presidency spokesman Alaa Yousef. During a meeting with Agriculture Minister Adel el-Beltagi, the president approved providing direct ....
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Chief of staff meets Armed Forces servicemen, police in Arish
Date: 2014-10-30 15:33:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:1233337
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt General Mahmoud Hegazy held meetings with Armed Forces servicemen and police in Arish along with Sinai chieftains. He also reviewed the security measures in place to eliminate criminal hotbeds and ....
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Minister visits army men injured in Sinai terrorist attack
Date: 2014-10-30 15:32:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:1233333
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim and senior police officers have visited army men injured in Sinai's terrorist attack on Friday which led to the killing of about 30 soldiers. Ibrahim also inquired after police personnel injured in security ....
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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. ....