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  • Sedki Sobhi takes oath as defense minister

    Sedki Sobhi takes oath as defense minister

    Date: 2014-03-27 13:29:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:634238

    General Sedki Sobhi took oath Tuesday before Egypt's Interim President Adly Mansour as the new Defense Minister. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended the swearing-in ceremony. Early in the day, Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has ....

  • Mahlab back to Cabinet meeting with new defense minister

    Mahlab back to Cabinet meeting with new defense minister

    Date: 2014-03-27 13:12:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:634209

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab returned to the Cabinet HQ after attending the swearing in of new defense minster General Sedqi Sobhi at the presidential palace. Mahlab and Sobhi returned to the conference room, where a Cabinet meeting was taking ....

  • Mahmoud Hegazy appointed new army chief-of-staff

    Mahmoud Hegazy appointed new army chief-of-staff

    Date: 2014-03-27 13:05:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:634194

    Interim President Adly Mansour issued a decision to promote head of the military intelligence service Major General Mahmoud Hegazy to Lieutenant General and appoint him as the new chief-of-staff of the Armed Forces. Hegazy will be succeeding ....

  • Interior ministry delegation heads for Jeddah

    Interior ministry delegation heads for Jeddah

    Date: 2014-03-27 12:40:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:634131

    A delegation of the Egyptian interior ministry's department of civil affairs left here on Thursday heading for Jeddah. The staffers will renew the IDs of Egyptian expatriates in Saudi Arabia ahead of the coming elections. This step will ....

  • Sabahi campaign : presidential candidates should sign code of ethics

    Sabahi campaign : presidential candidates should sign code of ethics

    Date: 2014-03-27 12:16:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:634055

    The secretary general of presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahi's campaign in Suez has said that all those entering the presidential race should sign a code of ethics. He called, in statements on Thursday, on the media and state institutions not to ....

  • Moussa welcomes Sisi's presidential bid

    Moussa welcomes Sisi's presidential bid

    Date: 2014-03-27 11:59:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:634003

    Amr Moussa, head of the 50-strong man that wrote Egypt's Constitution after the June 30 revolution, welcomed on Thursday Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's running for presidency. In a statement, Moussa said Sisi's nomination came in response ....

  • Presidential candidacy concerns Egyptians only - Foreign Ministry

    Presidential candidacy concerns Egyptians only - Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2014-03-27 11:56:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:633990

    Any Egyptian citizen has the right to run for president under the new constitution, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said. Commenting on Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi's announcement of his intention to run for the post, ministry spokesman Badr ....

  • Ahly chairman Hamdy released on bail over corruption charges

    Ahly chairman Hamdy released on bail over corruption charges

    Date: 2014-03-27 11:22:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:633897

    Chairman of Cairo's giant club Al-Ahly and former head of Al-Ahram Agency for Advertising Hassan Hamdy was released on a 100,000 EGP-bail. The decision is also applied to former office manager of Al-Ahram board chairman Amr Abdel-Aziz. On ....

  • Foreign Ministry follows up wounded Egyptians in Amman fire

    Foreign Ministry follows up wounded Egyptians in Amman fire

    Date: 2014-03-27 11:17:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:633882

    Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Badr Abdel-Atti said on Thursday the Embassy of Egypt in Amman is following up conditions of Egyptians wounded in the fire which erupted at a flour mill in central Amman on Wednesday. The blaze injured eight ....

  • Government to prepare for fair presidential election--Governor

    Government to prepare for fair presidential election--Governor

    Date: 2014-03-27 10:34:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:633749

    Giza Governor Ali Abdel-Rahman affirmed Thursday the government will make preparations for holding fair and transparent presidential election. The voting would convince Egyptians and the world that Egypt deserves a president to lead it at an ....

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