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  • Chief of Staff inspects polling station of non-resident Egyptian voters

    Chief of Staff inspects polling station of non-resident Egyptian voters

    Date: 2014-01-14 15:53:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:498399

    Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lt. General Sedki Sobhi on Tuesday went on an inspection tour of the polling station of non-resident Egyptian voters in the referendum on the new constitution in Alexandria. He was accompanied by ....

  • Judges pleased with tablets, bar code readers used in referendum

    Judges pleased with tablets, bar code readers used in referendum

    Date: 2014-01-14 15:48:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:498388

    Judges overseeing the vote on the draft constitution are pleased with the newly introduced tablets and bar code readers used for the first time in Egypt. The tablets and bar code readers are used in the referendum on the draft constitution that ....

  • Cairo security chief tours polling stations

    Cairo security chief tours polling stations

    Date: 2014-01-14 15:43:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:498336

    Cairo Security Chief Osama al-Saghir on Tuesday toured several polling stations in the Egyptian capital to follow up the referendum process and overcome any obstacles facing the voters. Security measures have been beefed up around polling ....

  • 4 killed, 7 injured in shooting by MB loyalists in Upper Egypt

    4 killed, 7 injured in shooting by MB loyalists in Upper Egypt

    Date: 2014-01-14 15:29:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:498362

    Four people were killed and about seven others injured, including two policemen, when Muslim Brotherhood loyalists shot at them in the Upper Egyptian province of Suhag, an official from the Interior Ministry reported. He said that the banned ....

  • Attempt to attack oil companies in Mostorod foiled

    Attempt to attack oil companies in Mostorod foiled

    Date: 2014-01-14 15:26:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:498355

    Qalyubiya police have seized a car full of firearms, home-made bombs and masks coming from Gesr el-Suez district in Cairo to Shobra el-Khaima neighborhood. Four persons were traveling in the car, said Qalyubiya police chief Mahmoud Yosri, noting ....

  • Second Field Army commander tours polling stations in Damietta

    Second Field Army commander tours polling stations in Damietta

    Date: 2014-01-14 15:24:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:498353

    Major General Ahmed Wasfy, the commander of the Second Field Army, on Tuesday toured several polling stations in the coastal city of Damietta to make sure that voting in the referendum on Egypt's draft constitution is going on smoothly. In the ....

  • 4 deaths, 13 injuries on 1st day of referendum -- Health Ministry

    4 deaths, 13 injuries on 1st day of referendum -- Health Ministry

    Date: 2014-01-14 15:08:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:498317

    At least four people were killed and 13 more injured on the first day of the referendum on Egypt's draft constitution, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. The injuries were reported in the governorates of Alexandria, Beni Sweif, Menufiya, Qena, ....

  • Officials and public figures participate in referendum

    Officials and public figures participate in referendum

    Date: 2014-01-14 15:03:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:498304

    Officials and public figures have participated in the referendum on the new constitution on Tuesday. They urged the public to show up and actively participate in the referendum, asserting that the national charter helps realize the aspirations of ....

  • HEC allocates more polling stations to non-resident Egyptians in referendum

    HEC allocates more polling stations to non-resident Egyptians in referendum

    Date: 2014-01-14 14:57:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:498133

    High Elections Commission (HEC) on Tuesday decided allocating additional polling stations to non-resident Egyptians who are seeking to cast their ballots in the referendum on the constitution. Head of the commission Counselor Nabil Salib decided ....

  • Azhar Imam casts his ballot in Luxor

    Azhar Imam casts his ballot in Luxor

    Date: 2014-01-14 14:39:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:498246

    Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb on Tuesday cast his ballot in a school in Upper Egyptian city of Luxor, said his brother Sheikh Mohamed el-Tayyeb. Egyptians are voting in a two-day referendum on Egypt's amended constitution that was drafted by a ....

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