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  • Zaazou meets Chinese amb. to discuss tourism to Egypt

    Zaazou meets Chinese amb. to discuss tourism to Egypt

    Date: 2014-07-16 06:37:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:829516

    Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou met Tuesday with Chinese Ambassador in Cairo Sung Hey Jo to discuss means of increasing the flow of tourists from China to Egypt. Zaazou assured the ambassador about security conditions in Luxor and Aswan, as well ....

  • Ibrahim stresses need to constantly upgrade security system

    Ibrahim stresses need to constantly upgrade security system

    Date: 2014-07-15 18:11:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:829154

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said Tuesday that the security system should be constantly upgraded. This is a must in light of the current challenges, Ibrahim said as he inspected a security camp in el-Gabal el-Ahmar area. The minister ....

  • Former PM Hisham Qandil arrives in Dokki Police Station in preparation for release

    Former PM Hisham Qandil arrives in Dokki Police Station in preparation for release

    Date: 2014-07-15 18:11:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:829153

    Former prime minister Hisham Qandil arrived on Tuesday evening in Dokki Police Station to crosscheck him for criminal records before letting him go, a security source told MENA. Qandil was deported from Tora Prison to the Giza Security ....

  • FM receives phone call from Greek counterpart on Palestinian developments

    FM receives phone call from Greek counterpart on Palestinian developments

    Date: 2014-07-15 17:43:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:829110

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri received on Tuesday a phone call from his Greek counterpart Evangelos Venizelos as they reviewed the latest developments on the Palestinian arena in view of the continuation of the Israeli offensive on Gaza and the ....

  • Qandil deported from Tora to Giza Police HQ

    Qandil deported from Tora to Giza Police HQ

    Date: 2014-07-15 17:42:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:829107

    Former prime minister Hisham Qandil was deported from Tora Prison to the Giza Police HQ Tuesday. The prisons department had received a notification from the prosecution to set him free following a court ruling issued yesterday to that ....

  • Tayyeb in UAE tomorrow to meet VP, receive Quran award

    Tayyeb in UAE tomorrow to meet VP, receive Quran award

    Date: 2014-07-15 17:41:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:829104

    Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr Ahmed el-Tayyeb will leave for the UAE Wednesday to meet with Vice President Mohamed bin Rashed and a number of senior UAE officials. Tayyeb will also attend a ceremony in which he will receive the Dubai International ....

  • 4 Brotherhoods arrested over making explosives in Fayyoum

    4 Brotherhoods arrested over making explosives in Fayyoum

    Date: 2014-07-15 17:40:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:829101

    Four supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood group were arrested Tuesday for implicating in making explosives in Fayyoum Governorate, southwest of Cairo. They were discovered after a blast occurred on Friday, July 4 in workshop, set for making ....

  • Pope Tawadros leaves for Austria

    Pope Tawadros leaves for Austria

    Date: 2014-07-15 16:32:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:829047

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese has left for Austria on a therapeutic trip. The pontiff is suffering from back pain and will undergo physiotherapy there. This is the pope's second visit to Austria within ....

  • Awqaf minister thanks Sisi for appointment on top of pilgrimage mission

    Awqaf minister thanks Sisi for appointment on top of pilgrimage mission

    Date: 2014-07-15 16:27:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:829035

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has thanked President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi for appointing him head of the pilgrimage mission for the Hijra year 1435. Gomaa, in a statement Tuesday, vowed to exert utmost effort to serve Egyptian ....

  • 15 MBs get 7 years in jail

    15 MBs get 7 years in jail

    Date: 2014-07-15 16:09:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:828992

    Zagazig Criminal Court sentenced Tuesday former MP Farid Ismail and 14 other members of the terrorist Muslim brotherhood group to seven years rigorous imprisonment over acts of violence. Among the convicts are Sharqiya former deputy governor ....

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