Egypt
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Minya court sentences governor to six months in prison
Date: 2014-04-23 12:29:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:683777
Minya misdemeanor court on Wednesday sentenced governor Major General Salah Eddin Hafez to six months in prison and ordered a bail of 1,000 pounds for failure to implement a contract allocating around 19 feddans to Samuel Thabet Zaki. The court ....
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Congresswoman describes as encouraging Obama decision to dispatch 10 Apaches to Egypt
Date: 2014-04-23 12:25:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:683755
Head of the House Appropriations Committee Kay Granger on Wednesday described as encouraging a decision by US President Barack Obama to dispatch 10 Apaches to Egypt. In press statements, she added that the decision came at a critical time for ....
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3 new suspects arrested over Aswan tribal clashes
Date: 2014-04-23 12:23:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:683752
Security bodies in Aswan arrested three more suspects in the violence which erupted in the Upper Egypt governorate between the Daboud and Beni Helal tribes on April 2. The total number of people arrested over involvement in the clashes reached ....
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New 50 pedestrian bridges to be set up in Cairo - governor
Date: 2014-04-23 12:21:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:683742
Cairo Governor Galal Moustafa Saeed unveiled on Wednesday plans to establish 50 new pedestrian bridges to protect peoples' lives in areas of high rate of road accidents. Studies and designs of the bridges will be presented to the companies that ....
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Political delegation urges Egyptians to vote in presidential polls
Date: 2014-04-23 12:18:12 GMT - Greece - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:683726
A delegation of Egyptian political powers, currently in Greece, urged Egyptian expatriates to cast their votes in the upcoming presidential elections as it is their "constitutional and legal right." The delegation asserted that the Egyptian ....
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Sobhi delegates army leaders to lay wreath at Unknown Soldier Memorial
Date: 2014-04-23 12:15:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:683720
Army Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister Colonel General Sedqi Sobhi delegated field armies and military zones top brass to lay a wreath of flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the occasion of Sinai Liberation Day. Chief of the ....
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16 parcels of presidential papers airlifted to Sinai
Date: 2014-04-23 12:12:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:683704
Cairo airport authorities airlifted 16 parcels containing presidential elections papers to North Sinai and South Sinai governorates, airport security sources said. The parcels were loaded amid tight security on a Hurghada-bound plane, the ....
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Fahmy receives delegation of Cairo University students union
Date: 2014-04-23 12:06:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:683682
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy received on Wednesday a delegation of students' union of Cairo University before they embark on a visit to Moscow as part of students' exchange program between the two countries. Foreign Minister Spokesman Ambassador ....
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US clears Egypt for some military assistance
Date: 2014-04-23 11:34:51 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:683589
The Obama administration said Wednesday it has certified that Egypt is upholding its 35-year-old peace treaty with Israel and therefore qualifies for some military and counterterrorism assistance, The Wall Street Journal reported. A ....
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Sobhi: Anniversary of Sinai liberation will remain symbol of greatness of Egypt
Date: 2014-04-23 11:29:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:683567
Minister of Defense and Military Production General Sedki Sobhi said on Wednesday that the anniversary of Sinai liberation, that falls on April 25, will remain a symbol of the greatness of Egypt and its people and the strong will of its Armed Forces ....