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  • Court releases Fiqi in illicit gain case

    Court releases Fiqi in illicit gain case

    Date: 2014-01-21 15:26:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:512064

    Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday ordered releasing former information minister Anas el-Fiqi who had been detained over charges of illicit gain. His defense team has presented the court a cheque to the value of 1.8 million pounds; that is the value ....

  • Sisi: Armed Forces, police to firmly counter attempts to jeopardize Egypt security

    Sisi: Armed Forces, police to firmly counter attempts to jeopardize Egypt security

    Date: 2014-01-21 14:18:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:511894

    Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi said Tuesday that the Armed Forces and police will firmly counter any attempts to jeopardize Egypt's security. The army and police played an important role in protecting the referendum on the constitution in ....

  • Awqaf minister announces plan to renovate, develop Azhar mosque

    Awqaf minister announces plan to renovate, develop Azhar mosque

    Date: 2014-01-21 13:37:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:511802

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa announced Tuesday a plan to renovate and develop Al-Azhar mosque in a bid to restore the distinguished role of the mosque under the auspices of Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb and senior Azhar scholars. The plan ....

  • Salfists in Suez launch campaign to discard differences

    Salfists in Suez launch campaign to discard differences

    Date: 2014-01-21 13:28:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:511781

    Salfists in Suez have launched a campaign aimed at discarding differences and closing Egyptian ranks through applying the true teachings of Islam. Deputy head of the Daawa Salafiya (Salafi Preaching) movement in Suez Khaled Ali said the ....

  • Rafah crossing reopens

    Rafah crossing reopens

    Date: 2014-01-21 13:14:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:511727

    Egypt reopened Rafah border crossing on Tuesday following an almost ten-day closure. Travelers stuck on both sides of the borders have already begun to cross the terminal, an official source at the borders said. The crossing was closed Friday ....

  • Egyptian embassy denounces suicide bombing in southern Beirut

    Egyptian embassy denounces suicide bombing in southern Beirut

    Date: 2014-01-21 12:54:11 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:511654

    The Egyptian embassy here on Tuesday denounced the suicide bombing that hit southern Beirut leaving four people dead and more than 46 others wounded. In a press release, the embassy described the blast as a mean act that targets the stability of ....

  • 61 members of FJP annul memberships

    61 members of FJP annul memberships

    Date: 2014-01-21 12:20:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:511581

    Sixty-one members of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) have so far annulled their membership, Alexandria police chief Amin Ezzeldin said Tuesday. Alexandria police and the national and central security departments are ....

  • 260,000 policemen, 180 security formations will be securing revolution celebrations

    260,000 policemen, 180 security formations will be securing revolution celebrations

    Date: 2014-01-21 11:47:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:511487

    A security source told MENA that up to 260,000 policemen and 180 central security formations will be securing celebrations marking the 3rd anniversary of the January revolution. In statements to MENA Tuesday, he added that securing the ....

  • Alex police chief inspects security measures ahead of 3rd anniversary of revolution

    Alex police chief inspects security measures ahead of 3rd anniversary of revolution

    Date: 2014-01-21 11:30:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:511450

    Alexandria police chief Amin Ezzeldin Tuesday inspected the administration office of the civil defense department in the Mediterranean city to see how a plan to secure celebrations of the January 25 Revolution and Police Day is going. He ordered ....

  • Morsi, 16 others to be tried on February 16 on espionage charges

    Morsi, 16 others to be tried on February 16 on espionage charges

    Date: 2014-01-21 11:10:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:511404

    Chief Justice of the Cairo Court of Appeal Counselor Nabil Salib on Tuesday set February 16 as date for the first session in the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 16 other defendants on espionage charges. The are also facing charges of ....

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