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Qalubiya hit by bad weather
Date: 2014-01-09 09:18:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:487924
Qalubiya was hit on Thursday by heavy rains and strong winds, disrupting traffic and causing many shops to close. The streets were inundated with large ponds of water seen at tunnel ends. Vacuum trucks were sent to pump out water to avoid ....
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Foreign Ministry, Dar El Iftaa agree on outlining 'encyclopedia of fatwas' in African tongues
Date: 2014-01-09 09:11:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:487901
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam have signed a joint protocol to boost cooperation between the Foreign Ministry and the Egyptian Dar El Iftaa or (House of Fatwas). The two sides agreed to outline an "encyclopedia ....
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Heavy rains hit Alex., parts of north-west coast
Date: 2014-01-09 09:10:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:487896
Heavy rains pounded the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria and different parts of the north-west coast on Thursday morning with large puddles of water accumulating on streets and main squares. The rainfall disrupted the morning rush-hour ....
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Egypt FM to take part in Paris meeting on Syria
Date: 2014-01-09 09:01:55 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:487863
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy will take part in a meeting of the Friends of Syria to take place in Paris on Sunday, diplomatic sources said. The meeting comes ten days ahead of the long-hoped-for Geneva 2 conference meant to find a ....
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Badawi calls upon Egyptians to vote "Yes" for constitution
Date: 2014-01-09 08:32:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:487785
Al-Wafd Party Chairman Al-Sayed Al-Badawi has called upon Egyptians to vote "Yes" for the draft constitution during a mid-January referendum. During a rally in Sharqia governorate, Badawi said the approval of the new charter will help counter ....
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Journalists at Al-Masry Al-Youm stage open-ended sit for unfair dismissal
Date: 2014-01-08 18:37:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:487238
Journalists working for Al-Masry Al-Youm daily staged an open-ended sit-in in the newspaper headquarters for unfair dismissal. The journalists protested at a decision issued by the newspaper's management to sack them in violation with ....
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Business Tycoon Ahmed Bahgat banned from travel
Date: 2014-01-08 18:34:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:487233
Business Tycoon Ahmed Bahgat, owner of Dream TV satellite channels, was banned from traveling to Sudan for security reasons. According to a well-placed sources at Cairo International Airoport, Bahgat was placed on a ban travel list in line with a ....
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Bahaa El-Din says gov't to achieve "difficult balance" between development, social justice
Date: 2014-01-08 18:30:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:487230
Deputy Prime Minister and International Cooperation Minister Ziad Bahaa el-Din said on Wednesday that the government has launched many projects and policies in a bid to achieve the difficult balance between social justice and development. During ....
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Mansour issues decree to reform fact-finding committee into incidents followin June 30
Date: 2014-01-08 18:28:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:487228
Interim President Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree Wednesday to reform the independent fact-finding committee tasked with collecting information about incidents that followed the June 30 Revolution. The new lineup includes: - Dr ....
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S. Sinai governor says new charter satisfactory to all sects
Date: 2014-01-08 18:27:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:487225
South Sinai governor Khaled Fouda said Wednesday that the new constitution appeals to all sects of the society. It sets the scene for social justice and stresses rights of farmers, workers and women to live a decent life, according to a speech ....
