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  • Vice-president of Anglican church calls for keeping Article 2, omitting Article 3 of constitution

    Vice-president of Anglican church calls for keeping Article 2, omitting Article 3 of constitution

    Date: 2013-08-27 14:25:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:260613

    Dr. Andrea Zaki, the Vice-President of the Anglican Communion, called for keeping Article 2 and omitting Article 3 of the Constitution. Article 3 stipulates "The principles of the jurisprudence of Christian and Jewish Egyptians are the main ....

  • Egyptian Foreign Ministry slams Erdogan's unacceptable statements against Azhar

    Egyptian Foreign Ministry slams Erdogan's unacceptable statements against Azhar

    Date: 2013-08-27 14:04:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:260562

    The Egyptian Foreign Ministry censured the unacceptable statements by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan against Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb. In an interview to Al-Arabiya news channel, the Foreign Ministry ....

  • PM deplores Erdogan's unacceptable statements against Azhar

    PM deplores Erdogan's unacceptable statements against Azhar

    Date: 2013-08-27 11:48:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:260277

    Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi condemned the recent statements by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan against Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb. In statements Tuesday, he urged to stop smearing religious icons, ....

  • Interim president abolishes social insurance law no 135 - minister

    Interim president abolishes social insurance law no 135 - minister

    Date: 2013-08-27 11:25:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:260221

    Interim President Adly Mansour issued a decree abolishing Law no. 135 on social insurance and pensions which was issued on June 2010, Social Solidarity Minister Ahmed el-Borai said. Several institutions rejected the law, including the Egyptian ....

  • Beltagi claims there were no arms in Rabaa el-Adaweya, Nahda sit-ins

    Beltagi claims there were no arms in Rabaa el-Adaweya, Nahda sit-ins

    Date: 2013-08-27 10:37:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:260114

    Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed el-Beltagi claimed in a video wired by Aljazeera news channel on Monday that there were no weapons in the sit-ins of Nasr City's Square Rabaa el-Adaweya and Giza's Nahda Square. Beltagi said if the Brotherhood ....

  • Safwat Hegazi remanded in custody for 15 days over inciting murder in Manyal clashes

    Safwat Hegazi remanded in custody for 15 days over inciting murder in Manyal clashes

    Date: 2013-08-27 10:01:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:260059

    South Cairo prosecution ordered Islamist hardliner Safwat Hegazi to be remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations into charges of inciting the murder of peaceful citizens opposing the Muslim Brotherhood in el-Manyal district of Cairo in ....

  • Gov't should take decisive stance on Erdogan's comments on grand imam - party

    Gov't should take decisive stance on Erdogan's comments on grand imam - party

    Date: 2013-08-27 09:54:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:260041

    The Conference Party called on Monday the government to take a decisive stance against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over recent statements that assaulted Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmed Tayyeb. The party rejected "the offense ....

  • Passenger movement in Egyptian airports declines 50 pct

    Passenger movement in Egyptian airports declines 50 pct

    Date: 2013-08-27 07:59:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:259902

    Chairman of the Egyptian company of airports Gad Al Karim Nasr said that the passenger movement dropped the last week by 50 percent. The decline in the number of passengers, especially in Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada airports, was prompted by ....

  • Mufti urges foreign ministry to combat assault on Azhar

    Mufti urges foreign ministry to combat assault on Azhar

    Date: 2013-08-26 15:21:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:259195

    Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam called on the Foreign Ministry to combat assaults on Al-Azhar, asserting that these attacks pose a threat to the Egyptian national security. In a statement, the Mufti stressed that Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmed ....

  • Five defendants sentenced to life imprisonment for planning to bomb Interior Ministry

    Five defendants sentenced to life imprisonment for planning to bomb Interior Ministry

    Date: 2013-08-26 15:19:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:259189

    Cairo Criminal Court sentenced five persons to life imprisonment for planning to attack the Interior Ministry headquarters using explosives. Four of the five defendants are at large, while the fifth, named Ashraf Mohamed Farag, is remanded in ....

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