Egypt
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Trial of defendants in 'cabinet incidents' case delayed to April 1
Date: 2014-03-20 18:20:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:621301
Cairo Criminal Court decided on Thursday to delay the trial of 269 defendants, including activist Ahmed Doma, to April 1. The defendants standing trial in the case, known in the media as that of the "cabinet incidents", are accused of carrying ....
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38 suspected terrorists arrested in Rafah
Date: 2014-03-20 18:19:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:621300
Thirty-eight suspected terrorists were arrested during a security clampdown in Rafah, North Sinai, on Wednesday and Thursday. Also 20 smuggling tunnels were destroyed and 83 huts used by terrorists to launch attacks against the police and army ....
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Egypt partakes in UNSC reform talks
Date: 2014-03-20 18:15:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:621294
Egypt participated in the intergovernmental negotiations on the United Nation Security Council reform held in New York. Egypt's permanent delegate to the UN Moataz Ahmadeen Khalil delivered Egypt's address to the gathering, which mainly focused ....
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PM attends signing of protocol to restore historical Cairo
Date: 2014-03-20 14:21:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:620924
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended the signing of a cooperation protocol between the housing and antiquities ministries to resume the restoration of historical sites in Cairo. The first phase of the protocol, after getting the approval of the ....
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Clashes erupt between MB students, security forces in Alex.
Date: 2014-03-20 14:07:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:620875
Clashes erupted on Thursday between students belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and security forces in the Science Faculty of Alexandria University. The security forces used tear gas to disperse the protesters. The group has called for ....
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2,000 ID readers to be used during presidential polls – IT minister
Date: 2014-03-20 14:00:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:620859
Communications and Information Technology Minister Atef Helmy received a delegation from French Safran group, an owner of Morpho company, a pioneer in identification and detection systems and a major player in e-documents, on Thursday. During the ....
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Sisi did not announce decision on presidential polls - spokesman
Date: 2014-03-20 13:57:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:620852
Army Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has not announced his decision on whether he will run for president, the military spokesman said. "It is his personal choice and he will announce it in the right ....
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Presidential, parliamentary elections in Egypt to be complete by this summer -- diplomat
Date: 2014-03-20 13:55:29 GMT - United Kingdom - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:620848
Egyptian diplomat Ramzy Ezzedin said on Thursday that presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt are expected to be complete by this summer. In an article, published by the Financial Times, he added that the two polls represent the final ....
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Mansour awards Order of Republic to Egyptian delegation of Taba arbitration
Date: 2014-03-20 13:32:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:620795
Interim President Adly Mansour issued a decree to bestow the Order of the Republic and the Order of Merit on the Egyptian delegation involved in the Taba international arbitration case, which ended with returning Taba to the country in ....
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Military Spokesman: Highly-explosive materials were seized with Qalyoubiya terrorist cell
Date: 2014-03-20 12:39:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:620634
Military Spokesman Colonel Mohamed Ahmed Ali said on Thursday that highly-explosive materials were seized with Qalyoubiya terrorist cell on Wednesday. He said that these materials included 20 barrels of 1,058 kilograms of highly-explosive ....