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Libyan Navy releases Egypt merchant ship after holding it for violating territorial waters
Date: 2014-02-18 17:17:31 GMT - Libya - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:562957
The Libyan Navy Command announced Tuesday the release of an Egyptian merchant ship that had been held for illegally entering Libya's territorial waters. The ship and its 32 crew were released this afternoon and have already set sail for home, ....
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Spokesman: No electioneering campaign for Sisi was launched
Date: 2014-02-18 17:06:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:563085
The Armed Forces on Tuesday asserted that no official electioneering campaign for Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was launched. Military Spokesman Colonel Mohamed Ali said in press statements that Sisi is still undertaking his role as ....
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Halayeb residents welcome Cabinet decision to turn Halayeb into city
Date: 2014-02-18 17:02:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:563076
Halayeb residents in south the Red Sea Governorate gladly welcomed a Cabinet decision to turn Halayeb into a city and to improve its public services and utilities. Abu Ramad chieftain Sheikh Seddo Mohamed said this is a long-awaited fateful ....
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Court issues prison sentences against rioting MB students in Alexandria
Date: 2014-02-18 16:51:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:563035
Alexandria's Bab Sharq Misdemeanor Court ordered Tuesday that 27 Muslim Brotherhood students be imprisoned for one year and fined them 10,000 pounds each after finding them guilty of acts of violence in the vicinity of Bibliotheca Alexandrina on ....
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Sisi meets delegation of US Congress
Date: 2014-02-18 16:17:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:562953
Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi met Tuesday with a delegation of the US Congress led by Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Mike Rogers. The meeting focused on regional and international developments. Senior military commanders ....
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Mubarak, sons to stand trial Wednesday on charges of stealing funds of presidential palaces
Date: 2014-02-18 16:12:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:562950
Former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons will stand trial Wednesday on charges of stealing more than 100 million pounds allocated for presidential palaces. Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat had referred the case to the criminal court after ....
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Army continues search for missing person in Sinai mountain
Date: 2014-02-18 15:59:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:562920
The Armed Forces continues its search operations for the missing Egyptian citizen in the rugged area of Saint Catherine Mountains in South Sinai. Military forces have been combing the area with all possible means, Armed Forces spokesman Ahmed ....
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Cairo governor gives go-ahead to removal of shanty town in Ezbet el-Nakhl
Date: 2014-02-18 15:55:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:562911
Cairo governor Galal Moustafa Saeid Tuesday gave the green light to remove a slum area in Ezbet el-Nakhl neighborhood. Residents of the shanty town will be moved to new residential units in Marg, the governor assured. Saeid said he is keen on ....
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Trial of 26 defendants in Nasr City terrorist cell adjourned to Feb 25
Date: 2014-02-18 15:24:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:562841
Cairo Criminal court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of 26 defendants in the case of Nasr City terrorist cell to February 25. The postponement came to complete the hearing of testimonies by witnesses. ....
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Misr Spinning & Weaving Co. strike continues, driving the company to more losses
Date: 2014-02-18 15:15:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:562797
Workers at the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company continued their strike for the ninth day in a row Tuesday to press for firing chairman of the holding company Fouad Abdel-Aleem and board elections to be held. The workers are also seeking to have ....