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  • Port Said security chief denies torturing detainees

    Port Said security chief denies torturing detainees

    Date: 2014-04-16 13:08:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:671702

    Port Said Security Director Maj. Gen. Mohammed Sharqawi denied what was reported on some websites which claim that the detainees in the province's police stations had been tortured. The security director stressed that they were treated according ....

  • Court sentences Abu Ismail to seven years in prison

    Court sentences Abu Ismail to seven years in prison

    Date: 2014-04-16 13:07:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:671692

    Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Hazem Abu Ismail to seven years in prison over charges of forging documents presented to the presidential elections commission in 2012 elections. He is accused ....

  • Sisi electoral campaign holds press conference

    Sisi electoral campaign holds press conference

    Date: 2014-04-16 12:27:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:671539

    The electoral campaign of presidential candidate Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday held a press conference expounding all steps adopted since Sisi tendered his resignation as defense minister ahead of running for the top post. Campaign legal ....

  • Brotherhood students stage rallies at Azhar University

    Brotherhood students stage rallies at Azhar University

    Date: 2014-04-16 12:01:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:671464

    Students belonging to the terrorist Brotherhood group staged on Wednesday rallies outside some faculties of Al Azhar University in Nasr City, according to sources at the university. Some Brotherhood students tried to disrupt the traffic movement ....

  • Mansour greets Denmark over queen's birthday

    Mansour greets Denmark over queen's birthday

    Date: 2014-04-16 11:58:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:671460

    Egypt's Interim President Adly Mansour delegated on Wednesday Presidential Secretary Abdel Aziz Sherif to visit the Danish Embassy here to offer greetings on the occasion of the birthday of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. ....

  • Spokesman: Aircraft breaks sound barrier, causing loud boom in Giza

    Spokesman: Aircraft breaks sound barrier, causing loud boom in Giza

    Date: 2014-04-16 11:57:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:671455

    The loud boom which was heard in the vicinity of Giza governroate on Wednesday was caused by military airplanes that broke the sound barrier while carrying out training for the air force, affirmed the Military Spokesman of the Armed Forces Mohamed ....

  • Sham el-Nessim fully paid national holiday - ministry

    Sham el-Nessim fully paid national holiday - ministry

    Date: 2014-04-16 11:29:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:671366

    Monday, April 21, is a fully paid national holiday marking Sham el-Nessim, the Ministry of Manpower said Monday. This applies to civil servants and workers in the private sector in line with law number 12 for 2003, it added. Workers whose job ....

  • Dostour Party decides to support Sabahi in elections

    Dostour Party decides to support Sabahi in elections

    Date: 2014-04-16 11:27:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:671364

    Dostour Party announced here Wednesday its endorsement of Hamdeen Sabahi in the presidential elections. The decision, announced during a press conference held at the party's headquarters, came following a poll held among the party's members ....

  • Aviation flights between Hurghada, Gulf countries to be launched Saturday

    Aviation flights between Hurghada, Gulf countries to be launched Saturday

    Date: 2014-04-16 11:14:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:671146

    Hurghada International Airport will receive first aviation flights from the Arab Gulf countries in a bid to lure Arab tourists to Egypt, said Red Sea Governor Major General Ahmed Abdullah. In statements Wednesday, the governor said that the ....

  • Calm prevailing at HPEC's premises

    Calm prevailing at HPEC's premises

    Date: 2014-04-16 11:13:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:671318

    A state of calm prevailed Wednesday in the vicinity of the High Presidential Elections Commission's temporary headquarters at the State Information Service in Nasr City, four days before door for candidacy is closed. The commission is still ....

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