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  • Azhar denounces deadly attack on Iraqi mosque

    Azhar denounces deadly attack on Iraqi mosque

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:13:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:887301

    Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb condemned a terror attack against a Sunni mosque in Iraq, which left 70 people dead. Tayyeb called on Iraqi religious leaders to decry the cowardly attack and work on spreading tolerance among Iraqis. On ....

  • Cause of Sharm el-Sheikh accident is human error - PM

    Cause of Sharm el-Sheikh accident is human error - PM

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:12:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:887296

    Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab underlined that a bus accident of Sharm el-Sheikh took place due to human error and has nothing to do with the efficiency of roads. The road projects are developmental, he noted. The prime minister's ....

  • Bomb in Kafr el-Sheikh's train station baseless- security chief

    Bomb in Kafr el-Sheikh's train station baseless- security chief

    Date: 2014-08-23 11:11:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:887295

    Kafr el-Sheikh security chief Abdul-Rahman Sharaf dismissed Saturday news circulated by media outlets about a bomb that was planted in the governorate's Sidi Ghazi train station. Sharaf told MENA that a tip-off was reported by unidentified person ....

  • Sisi, Abbas probe resumption of truce talks

    Sisi, Abbas probe resumption of truce talks

    Date: 2014-08-23 10:54:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:887165

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said his current Cairo visit aims to probe the resumption of truce talks in Egypt as soon as possible to prevent the fall of more victims in Gaza. During a press conference Saturday, Abbas said he had talks ....

  • PM inaugurates Fouka bridge in Matrouh

    PM inaugurates Fouka bridge in Matrouh

    Date: 2014-08-23 10:30:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:887210

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab Saturday inaugurated a bridge in Mersa Matrouh. Fouka Bridge extends over Fouka railway barrier on Alexandria-Matrouh road. The project is meant to boost security levels along the road by cancelling the ....

  • VFS TasHeel not concerned with job placing -- Embassy

    VFS TasHeel not concerned with job placing -- Embassy

    Date: 2014-08-23 10:05:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:887157

    The Saudi Embassy in Cairo said Saturday that VFS TasHeel - an office that provides visa services - has nothing to do with job placement. The embassy made that clear on Saturday after critical remarks against the center. Media outlets in Egypt ....

  • Interior Ministry denies presence of Islamic State militants in Egypt

    Interior Ministry denies presence of Islamic State militants in Egypt

    Date: 2014-08-23 09:48:48 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:887114

    The Interior Ministry has denied claims that Islamic State militants have infiltrated Egypt and formed an Islamic State in Egypt. There is no such group as the Islamic State in Egypt, spokesman Hani Abdel-Latif stressed Saturday. Those claims ....

  • Sisi to meet Abbas Saturday over Gaza

    Sisi to meet Abbas Saturday over Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-23 09:47:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:887026

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday to discuss efforts to reach a truce in Gaza. Abbas is expected to hold a news conference following the meeting. Palestinian Ambassador in Cairo Jamal ....

  • Power transformer fire in Monufia under control

    Power transformer fire in Monufia under control

    Date: 2014-08-23 09:31:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:887062

    Firefighters extinguished a fire that erupted in a power transformer in a Monufia village on Saturday. Three fire engines rushed to the scene to put out the flames that were probably ignited by a short circuit. ....

  • FM leaves for Arabia for Syria crisis meeting

    FM leaves for Arabia for Syria crisis meeting

    Date: 2014-08-23 07:09:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:886830

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri will leave on Saturday for Saudi Arabia to attend an Arab ministerial meeting to discuss the developments in Syria. The meeting, including Arab member states of the "Friends of Syria Group", will probe the ....

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