Egypt
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....