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Infamous lawyer Mansour accused of 'insulting judiciary'
Date: 2013-08-28 11:36:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:261907
Alexandria's prosecution listened to the claims of a lawyer who accused Mortada Mansour, infamous lawyer, of insulting judiciary. Sherif Gadallah, of revolutionary lawyers' movement, charged Mansour of insulting judges, disturbing the public and ....
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Fire at agriculture ministry put out
Date: 2013-08-28 11:11:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:261839
Firefighters put out a huge fire that erupted at the Agriculture Ministry HQ in Giza's upmarket district of Dokki on Wednesday. Three people suffered suffocation from smoke inhalation and now their condition is stable. Four fire engines rushed ....
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Libya foils drug smuggling attempt to Egypt
Date: 2013-08-28 10:09:09 GMT - Libya - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:261683
The joint security operations room in Tubruq city thwarted an attempt to smuggle 300 kg of drugs to Egypt via Libya's Mossad border terminal. In statements on Wednesday, Spokesman for the Libyan Interior Ministry Rami Kaal said a pick-up truck ....
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Police arrest Shater's son in Nasr City
Date: 2013-08-28 10:07:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:261667
Cairo police arrested the son of former Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat Shater inside his apartment in Nasr City, a security source said on Wednesday. The source told MENA that Saad Khairat al-Shater, 23, did not resist security forces ....
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Constitution amendment committee rejected political isolation article – presidential adviser
Date: 2013-08-28 09:54:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:261655
Presidential adviser for constitutional affairs Ali Awad said on Tuesday that a committee assigned with amending the Constitution has refused to endorse an article for political isolation. He made the remarks in an interview aired by Al-Hayat ....
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Azhar's grand Imam names three candidates for Constitution panel
Date: 2013-08-28 09:51:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:261651
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb named on Tuesday three candidates to take part in the 50-member committee tasked with amending the Constitution. The candidates included Egypt's grand Mufti Shawki Allam, the grand imam's legal adviser ....
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Deputy PM reaffirms right of students to demonstrate
Date: 2013-08-28 09:48:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:261646
Deputy Prime Minister and Higher Education Minister Hossam Essa held a meeting Tuesday with head of the Egyptian student union to discuss articles of student dormitory internal regulations. Article no. 31 suggests the immediate ejection of ....
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PM: ElBaradei's resignation had no effect on Egypt's foreign policy
Date: 2013-08-28 09:15:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:261590
Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy said on Tuesday that former interim Vice-President, Mohamed ElBaradei's resignation has not affected the Egyptian foreign policy after the June 30 revolution. El-Beblawy made the remarks in an interview with ....
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Catholic Church in Egypt condemns Erdogan statements against Azhar imam
Date: 2013-08-28 08:41:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:261555
The Catholic Church in Egypt has condemned statements made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan against Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr Ahmed el-Tayyeb. Tayyeb is a great stature who is not affected by little abuses, said a statement by ....
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Egyptian amb. sends letter to French officials on democratization in Egypt
Date: 2013-08-28 08:37:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:261551
Egyptian Ambassador to France Mohamed Mostafa Kamal has sent a letter to a set of officials in French language titled ''Program for protecting Democratic Process", which was announced by Egypt's cabinet on Wednesday. Kamal's contacts came in ....