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  • Anti-referendum leaflets seized in Matrouh

    Anti-referendum leaflets seized in Matrouh

    Date: 2013-12-28 08:33:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:465665

    Security forces arrested a Muslim Brotherhood member here with leaflets in his possession calling on citizens to boycott the upcoming public referendum on the nation’s constitution. The 20-year man was also wanted over another case as he is ....

  • MB denies involvement in Mansoura attack

    MB denies involvement in Mansoura attack

    Date: 2013-12-28 08:29:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:465659

    The Muslim Brotherhood denied on Friday any involvement in a deadly bombing that the Mansoura police headquarters on Tuesday. In a press release, the MB condemned the attack. It said that the radical group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdes had claimed the ....

  • Pensions to be increased by 10% as of January

    Pensions to be increased by 10% as of January

    Date: 2013-12-28 08:13:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:465625

    Interim President Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree on Friday to increase pensions by 10% as of January. The decision excludes employees who retired before the legal period of time in service. ....

  • Pro-Morsi coalition call for week of protests

    Pro-Morsi coalition call for week of protests

    Date: 2013-12-28 08:06:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:465618

    The so-called National Alliance in Support of Legitimacy, which includes supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, called Friday for staging a week of demonstrations that is dubbed the "week of anger". It called also in a statement, for ....

  • Health minister meets officials of Gamiya Shariya

    Health minister meets officials of Gamiya Shariya

    Date: 2013-12-28 07:50:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:465601

    Health Minister Maha el-Rabat met with three members of the board of directors of Al Gamiya al-Shariya. They asserted that the organization is still providing health services to Egyptians until new regulations are set up by the social solidarity ....

  • Police on alert in Aswan ahead of New Year Eve

    Police on alert in Aswan ahead of New Year Eve

    Date: 2013-12-28 07:47:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:465593

    Aswan Security Director Major General Hassan al-Sohagy said that security measures have been beefed up in the governorate in advent of the New Year's Eve. Security forces were deployed outside hotels, tourist and vital facilities, churches and ....

  • Police contain situation after clashes between MB students, residents in Nasr City

    Police contain situation after clashes between MB students, residents in Nasr City

    Date: 2013-12-28 07:39:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:465579

    Police contained the situation after clashes that erupted between Al-Azhar University students affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood and residents in the vicinity of the university hostel in Nasr City. The police troops have re-opened Mostafa El ....

  • Former Mufti: Al-Azhar fights terrorism, adopts moderate teachings

    Former Mufti: Al-Azhar fights terrorism, adopts moderate teachings

    Date: 2013-12-27 18:52:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:465269

    Egypt's Former Mufti Ali Gomaa said on Friday that Al-Azhar fights all forms of terrorism and adopts moderate teachings of Islam. During a popular conference in Gharbia governorate, Gomaa said Islam has a firm stance against terrorism and the ....

  • Awqaf minister decides placing banned associations' mosques under supervision

    Awqaf minister decides placing banned associations' mosques under supervision

    Date: 2013-12-27 18:23:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:465228

    Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa decided Friday to place banned associations' mosques under the ministry's supervision. Gomaa ordered the ministry's Undersecretary for Dawaa Affairs Mohamed Ezz el-Din, Undersecretary for Mosques and the ....

  • Clashes erupt between Brotherhood's protesters, residents in Alex.

    Clashes erupt between Brotherhood's protesters, residents in Alex.

    Date: 2013-12-27 18:16:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:465223

    Clashes erupted Friday between residents and members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group who were staging a march near Abu Suleiman area, east Alexandria. The march has arisen rejection and resentment among the citizens who showed ....

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