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  • Nour Party urges fair division of electoral constituencies

    Nour Party urges fair division of electoral constituencies

    Date: 2014-10-17 21:29:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:1146297

    Salafi Nour Party called on Friday for fair representation of all provinces in the new electoral constituencies. The division of the constituencies should comply with article no. 102 of the constitution, head of the party's legal committee Talaat ....

  • "Religious minority" term not applicable in Egypt: Mufti

    Date: 2014-10-17 14:15:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:1144561

    Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam on Friday said that "religious minority" as a term has never been acknowledged in Egypt. Delivering Friday's sermon in Sedy Ahmed el-Badawi Mosque in the Delta city of Gharbiya, Allam said that Egyptians are not ....

  • EgyptAir operates 11 flights to ferry pilgrims back home

    EgyptAir operates 11 flights to ferry pilgrims back home

    Date: 2014-10-17 13:36:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:1144357

    Eleven flights will be operated Friday to carry 2,815 Egyptian pilgrims back home, chairman of EgyptAir Airlines Hisham El-Nahhas said. He added that the flights will take off from Jeddah and Medina airports, Efforts are underway to overcome any ....

  • Assistant professor at Azhar univ. referred to disciplinary council for insulting Egyptians

    Assistant professor at Azhar univ. referred to disciplinary council for insulting Egyptians

    Date: 2014-10-17 11:23:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:1143609

    Dean of Islamic and Arabic Studies at Azhar University in Desouk Mohamed el-Tayyeb Khodari referred an assistant professor to disciplinary council for insulting Egyptians. The professor will also be deprived from part of his financial dues for ....

  • Sisi welcomes establishing int'l logistic center for food supplies

    Sisi welcomes establishing int'l logistic center for food supplies

    Date: 2014-10-17 09:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:1142737

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi welcomed a 13.1-billion-pound project to establish an international logistic center for food supplies, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafi said. Hanafi said that he presented the project to Sisi ....

  • 2 policemen killed, 1 injured in attack in Sinai

    2 policemen killed, 1 injured in attack in Sinai

    Date: 2014-10-17 07:56:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:1142197

    Two policemen were killed and a third was injured in an attack on their vehicle in Arish city, North Sinai. According to security sources, unknown gunmen targeted the vehicle with a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) on the international highway in ....

  • Mahlab to take part in Equatorial Guinea national day celebrations

    Mahlab to take part in Equatorial Guinea national day celebrations

    Date: 2014-10-17 07:55:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1142189

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will take part in celebrations marking the Equatorial Guinea's 46th national day. The premier started his visit to the African country on Thursday at an invitation by Equatorial Guinea's ambassador in Cairo. ....

  • 5 suspects arrested over Tanta blasts

    5 suspects arrested over Tanta blasts

    Date: 2014-10-17 07:55:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:1142185

    Five suspects were arrested Thursday in connection with the blasts that took place earlier on Thursday near el-Sayed el-Badawi shrine in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, a security source said. The arrestees are being interrogated, the source said, ....

  • Egypt army offers food provisions to Gaza

    Egypt army offers food provisions to Gaza

    Date: 2014-10-16 18:15:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:1140721

    Supply provisions were presented from the Egyptian Armed Forces to Gaza Strip, an official at Rafah crossing said on Thursday. As many as 200 tons of food supplies and humanitarian assistance were given to the Palestinian people in coordination ....

  • 11 people wounded in Tanta explosions

    11 people wounded in Tanta explosions

    Date: 2014-10-16 18:14:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:1140709

    Eleven people have been wounded in two locally-made explosive charges near el-Sayed el-Badawi Shrine in Tanta, Gharbia province on Thursday. A Security source at the Ministry of Interior said in statements to MENA the blasts smashed the glass ....

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