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  • Ashton concerned over death sentences against 529 Brotherhood members

    Ashton concerned over death sentences against 529 Brotherhood members

    Date: 2014-03-25 06:24:16 GMT - Belgium - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:628783

    EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has voiced deep concern over rulings by an Egyptian court sentencing 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death. "It was with utmost concern that I learnt that the court in Minya in southern Egypt ....

  • Ahly club chairman arrives in Tora prison: security source

    Ahly club chairman arrives in Tora prison: security source

    Date: 2014-03-25 06:20:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:628773

    Chairman of Cairo's giant club Al-Ahly and former head of Al-Ahram Agency for Advertising Hassan Hamdy arrived in Tora prison to serve a 15-day custody order pending investigations, a security source told MENA. An investigative panel had ordered ....

  • Hague concerned about Egypt's death sentences

    Hague concerned about Egypt's death sentences

    Date: 2014-03-25 06:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:628757

    UK Foreign Secretary Willian Hague expressed concern at the 528 death sentences a court has passed in Egypt against Muslim Brotherhood supporters. Speaking about the verdict, Hague said "I am deeply concerned by the reports that 528 individuals ....

  • Information minister follows up plan to develop broadcasting in governorates

    Information minister follows up plan to develop broadcasting in governorates

    Date: 2014-03-24 19:02:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:88 - ID:628481

    Information Minister Doria Sharafuldin held a meeting on Monday to follow up a project to establish a new radio and television broadcasting station in ​​Karkar to serve Upper Egypt and Nuba. She also followed up work in Alexandria's Smouha ....

  • El-Arabi meets Egyptian Harvard univ. alumni

    El-Arabi meets Egyptian Harvard univ. alumni

    Date: 2014-03-24 18:38:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:87 - ID:628448

    Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ashraf el-Arabi held a meeting Monday with Egyptian Harvard University Alumni. The meeting took up means of benefiting from Egyptian expertise that were able to figure out solutions for achieving ....

  • Pope Tawadros to visit Beirut to attend funeral of senior cleric

    Pope Tawadros to visit Beirut to attend funeral of senior cleric

    Date: 2014-03-24 18:17:37 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:86 - ID:628418

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese arrives Tuesday in Beirut to attend the funeral of Supreme Head of Syrian Orthodox Church Patriarch Mar Ignatius Zakka. In statements to MENA, Egypt's Ambassador in Beirut ....

  • Law enforcement campaign launched

    Law enforcement campaign launched

    Date: 2014-03-24 18:16:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:84 - ID:628412

    A security campaign was launched to enforce judicial orders against runaways. The campaign led to the enforcement of 12,194 judicial orders in just 24 hours. Also 1,225 unlicensed motorbikes were seized. It was led by Assistant Interior ....

  • Suspect arrested over storming Arish police station

    Suspect arrested over storming Arish police station

    Date: 2014-03-24 18:15:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:83 - ID:628410

    A suspect accused of storming a police station in Al-Arish, North Sinai, has been arrested. The suspect, a 44-year-old accountant, was arrested over raiding Bi'r Al-Abd police station, along others. ....

  • Palestinian arrested in N. Sinai

    Palestinian arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2014-03-24 18:14:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:82 - ID:628407

    Security forces arrested Monday a Palestinian national with a German passport in North Sinai. Dollars, euros and Egyptian pounds were found in his possession, a security source in North Sinai said. ....

  • Egypt supports Falk's recommendation to issue advisory option on legal status of Israeli occupation to Palestine --  Envoy to UN

    Egypt supports Falk's recommendation to issue advisory option on legal status of Israeli occupation to Palestine -- Envoy to UN

    Date: 2014-03-24 18:13:02 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:80 - ID:628402

    Walid Mahmoud Abdelnasser, the Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Office at Geneva, expressed his deep appreciation to the efforts of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories Richard ....

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