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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....