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  • Higher Education minister denies requesting arrest powers to security personnel in universities

    Higher Education minister denies requesting arrest powers to security personnel in universities

    Date: 2013-11-17 09:07:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:391199

    Egypt’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education Hossam Eisa said he did not request arrest powers to officers to administrative security personnel in universities. In an interview with Al Hayat TV Channel on Saturday, Eisa said ....

  • Army burns 12 feddans, 70 kg of narcotics, destroys weapon cache in N. Sinai

    Army burns 12 feddans, 70 kg of narcotics, destroys weapon cache in N. Sinai

    Date: 2013-11-17 09:02:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:391195

    Egypt’s Second Field Army forces burnt 70 kg of bango and destroyed 10 feddans planted with the narcotics in west of Arish city in North Sinai. The troops also destroyed three tunnels used in smuggling people and goods between Egypt and Gaza as ....

  • FM delays raise on visas to May 2014

    FM delays raise on visas to May 2014

    Date: 2013-11-17 08:17:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:391108

    Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy approved Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou’s request to halt implementation of visa raise on tourists until May 2014. Meantime, Zaazou thanked on Saturday Fahmy for his decision to delay the implementation for ....

  • Security forces teargas pro-Morsi rally in Suez

    Security forces teargas pro-Morsi rally in Suez

    Date: 2013-11-17 08:00:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:391056

    Security forces fired teargas canisters to disperse a rally staged by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in the canal city of Suez. No casualties were reported. Eyewitnesses said skirmishes erupted between protesters and residents after ....

  • Tamarod hails FM's comments on independence of Egyptian decision

    Tamarod hails FM's comments on independence of Egyptian decision

    Date: 2013-11-16 16:43:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:390485

    Tamarod (Rebel) Movement expressed satisfaction after holding a meeting Saturday with Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. The movement's spokesman Mahmoud Badr hailed the minister's comments on the liberalization of Egypt's external decisions. ....

  • Administrative prosecution authority head denies reports about resignation reasons

    Administrative prosecution authority head denies reports about resignation reasons

    Date: 2013-11-16 16:34:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:390474

    The Administrative Prosecution Authority Head Anani Abdel Aziz Anani denied news reports about the reasons behind his resignation. In a statement on Saturday, Anani said that statements attributed to him regarding the State Council are ....

  • Africa imposes itself firmly on Egypt's foreign policy - Fahmy

    Africa imposes itself firmly on Egypt's foreign policy - Fahmy

    Date: 2013-11-16 16:30:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:390464

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said that Africa is compelling on Egypt's foreign policy, stressing the depth of historical relations between Egypt and Asia to keep Egypt a blender to African and Asian cultures. The minister's remarks came during ....

  • Interior Ministry to take necessary measures to protect vital facilities nationwide

    Interior Ministry to take necessary measures to protect vital facilities nationwide

    Date: 2013-11-16 14:45:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:390288

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim ordered police leaders to take all security measures to protect key facilities nationwide as well as place all prisons and police stations on high alert. Ibrahim's statements came during a meeting on Saturday ....

  • Egyptian FM heads for Kuwait to partake in 3rd Arab-African Summit

    Egyptian FM heads for Kuwait to partake in 3rd Arab-African Summit

    Date: 2013-11-16 14:44:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:390284

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and his accompanying delegation left Egypt on Saturday heading for Kuwait to take part in the Third Arab-African Summit which is scheduled to commence on Tuesday. The summit is due to take up a raft of Arab and ....

  • Justice Ministry: News on changing directors of MB-run companies untrue

    Justice Ministry: News on changing directors of MB-run companies untrue

    Date: 2013-11-16 14:42:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:390280

    The Ministry of Justice has said the news on changing directors of the companies owned by the group or organization of the Muslim Brotherhood was untrue. Ezat Khamis, First Assistant to Justice Minister and chairman of a committee running assets ....

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