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  • Trial of Al-Ahram chief editor for assaulting journalist adjourned

    Trial of Al-Ahram chief editor for assaulting journalist adjourned

    Date: 2013-12-21 14:49:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:453989

    A criminal court on Saturday decided to adjourn the trial of Al-Ahram newspaper Editor-in-Chief Abdel-Nasser Salama over accusations of assaulting and libeling an Al-Ahram journalist to a December 28 session. The journalist, Sahar Abdel-Rahman, ....

  • Egypt able to overcome current political problems, says Sudanese amb.

    Egypt able to overcome current political problems, says Sudanese amb.

    Date: 2013-12-21 14:29:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:453930

    Sudanese Ambassador in Cairo Kamal Hassan Ali said that Egypt is capable of overcoming its current political problems. Sudan is seeking to re-open its consulate in Alexandria with the aim to boost bilateral relations, Ali, who is visiting Aswan ....

  • PM stresses end of women exclusion from political life

    PM stresses end of women exclusion from political life

    Date: 2013-12-21 13:36:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:453831

    Prime Minister Hazem el-Biblawy underlined that the Egyptian women have struggled a lot since 1952 so as to get their right to participate in political life. The Egyptian women got two seats in the parliament in 1957 and participated in the ....

  • Essam el-Hadad, Amin Ali moved to Akrab prison

    Essam el-Hadad, Amin Ali moved to Akrab prison

    Date: 2013-12-21 11:15:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:453539

    Essam el-Hadad and Ayman Ali, two Advisers to ousted president Mohamed Morsi, were transferred to heavily-guarded Akrab prison, a security source said. In exclusive statements to MENA on Saturday, the source said that pair were moved from their ....

  • Mansour invites Egyptian women to vote in referendum

    Mansour invites Egyptian women to vote in referendum

    Date: 2013-12-21 10:41:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:453466

    Interim President Adly Mansour called on all Egyptian women to vote in the upcoming referendum on the nation’s constitution. In an address, delivered on his behalf by presidential adviser for women affairs Sekina Fouad at a conference Saturday, ....

  • Morsi, 129 others referred to criminal court on jailbreak charges

    Morsi, 129 others referred to criminal court on jailbreak charges

    Date: 2013-12-21 10:34:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:453444

    Former president Mohamed Morsi and other leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood group have been referred to the criminal court on charges of jailbreak during the January 25 Revolution. Standing the trial will also be MB leader Mohamed Badie, his ....

  • 28 MB elements arrested in 6 governorates

    28 MB elements arrested in 6 governorates

    Date: 2013-12-21 09:46:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:453301

    Twenty-eight Muslim Brotherhood elements were arrested over violence incitement charges in six governorates. The arrests took place in Dakahlia, Alexandria, Minya, Fayyoum, Menufia and Minya. Security forces notified the public prosecution of ....

  • Egypt amb. in Ramallah points to moves to restart Palestinian reconciliation talks

    Egypt amb. in Ramallah points to moves to restart Palestinian reconciliation talks

    Date: 2013-12-21 09:44:52 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:453357

    Egyptian Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Yasser Othman said interim president Adly Mansour will meet with PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas later Saturday to discuss the Palestinian reconciliation. There are moves to activate reconciliation talks ....

  • Morsi to appoint lawyer as “procedural measure” - lawyer

    Morsi to appoint lawyer as “procedural measure” - lawyer

    Date: 2013-12-21 07:57:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:453129

    Ousted president Mohamed Morsi will hire one lawyer or more as a procedural measure but he does not acknowledge the existing court, said member of Morsi’s defense team Mohamed el-Damaty. In an interview with “Al-Arabiya TV” Saturday, Damaty ....

  • Fahmy receives phone calls from German FM, US Mideast envoy while in Tokyo

    Fahmy receives phone calls from German FM, US Mideast envoy while in Tokyo

    Date: 2013-12-21 07:28:18 GMT - Japan - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:453082

    Currently on a visit to Japan, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy received two phone calls from his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier and US envoy to the Middle East Martin Indyk respectively. Fahmy and Steinmeier discussed bilateral ....

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