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Presidency declares 3 days of mourning over Dahshour train victims
Date: 2013-11-21 07:09:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:398657
Interim President Adly Mansour declared a three-day mourning period Wednesday over the 37 victims of Dahsour train who died on Monday. The presidency also extended condolence to the families of the victims. Twenty-seven people were killed and ....
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Cairo-Upper Egypt railway traffic to resume on Saturday -- official
Date: 2013-11-20 18:26:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:398294
Security authorities have agreed to operate 14 trains from Cairo to Upper Egypt as of Saturday, said the railways authority's chief Hussein Zakariya on Wednesday. Two trains will also be operational between Cairo and Alexandria, said ....
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Court adjourns ex-minister Shafiq corruption trial to December 14
Date: 2013-11-20 17:54:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:398233
The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned to December 14 the "pilots housing" corruption case in which former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq is accused, with 10 others, of embezzling public funds. Shafiq is accused of seizing land that belonged to fish ....
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New constitution contains 241 articles - Salmawy
Date: 2013-11-20 17:28:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:398196
The new constitution contains 241 articles, including those related to the Armed Forces, which have not been discussed until now, said the spokesman of the 50-member committee entrusted with writing Egypt's new constitution Mohamed Salmawy. He ....
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Mansour back home from Kuwait
Date: 2013-11-20 16:52:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:398150
Interim President Adly Mansour returned home from Kuwait where he attended the third Afro-Arab summit. Mansour delivered Egypt's word at the summit. He stressed that Egypt is taking concrete steps in implementing its future map despite difficult ....
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Egypt determined to confront terrorism - Cabinet spokesman
Date: 2013-11-20 16:51:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:398148
The State is determined to confront the scourge of terrorism, affirmed Cabinet Spokesman Ambassador Hani Salah. Speaking at a press conference held following several meetings by the prime minister, Salah said that the prime minister holds ....
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Al-Azhar Grand Imam invited to visit Libya
Date: 2013-11-20 16:10:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:398065
Libyan Ambassador to Egypt Fayyez Gebril conveyed on Wednesday an invitation to the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb to visit his country. The invitation came during a meeting between Gebril and al-Tayyeb in which they tackled ways ....
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Health Ministry announces 2nd death in Tuesday rallies
Date: 2013-11-20 15:56:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:398029
The ambulance department announced Wednesday the second death in Tuesday's rallies marking the second anniversary of the Mohamed Mahmoud incidents. Mahmoud Abdel-Hakim, 23, died of a shot in the head, said head of the department Dr Ahmed ....
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11 non-commissioned officers killed in attack by Takfiri elements on buses in Sinai
Date: 2013-11-20 15:49:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:398013
Takfiri elements have targeted four buses carrying non-commissioned officers in Sinai on Wednesday morning. Two suicide bombers riding a booby-trapped car intercepted the buses in Shalaqa area on Rafah-Arish road Wednesday, the Armed Forces said ....
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PM condoles with pope over Dahshour train victims
Date: 2013-11-20 15:48:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:398008
Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy Wednesday telephoned Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese to offer condolences over victims of the Dahshour train accident on Monday morning. Beblawy also assigned the minister of ....
