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  • US embassy in Egypt advises Americans to avoid protest areas

    US embassy in Egypt advises Americans to avoid protest areas

    Date: 2013-08-23 09:57:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:254604

    The US embassy in Egypt issued Thursday a new security message to its citizens in Egypt, advising them to stay away from protest hot spots on Friday. In a message published through its website, it said received reports that there will be ....

  • Internet connection to be back within two hours – minister

    Internet connection to be back within two hours – minister

    Date: 2013-08-23 09:54:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:254602

    Minister of Communications and Information Technology Atef Helmy said on Thursday that internet connection will be back to Upper Egyptian governorates within two hours after reported cuts. The minister told MENA that Internet service was ....

  • Egypt FM sends message to Australian counterpart, fresh diplomatic efforts in Ethiopia, Jordan on Egypt situation

    Egypt FM sends message to Australian counterpart, fresh diplomatic efforts in Ethiopia, Jordan on Egypt situation

    Date: 2013-08-22 16:10:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:253928

    Egypt's Ambassador to Australia Hassan el-Leithy held a phone call with the Australian foreign minister to convey a message from Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabily Fahmy on the situation in Egypt and the challenges facing it during the upcoming phase, ....

  • Helicopter lands in Tora prison to transfer Mubarak to house arrest

    Helicopter lands in Tora prison to transfer Mubarak to house arrest

    Date: 2013-08-22 16:07:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:253920

    A medically-equipped helicopter landed at Tora Prison Thursday to transfer former president Hosni Mubarak to a new location where he would remain under house arrest. In exclusive statements to MENA Thursday, a security source said that the ....

  • Egypt's army urges citizens to abide by curfew hours

    Egypt's army urges citizens to abide by curfew hours

    Date: 2013-08-22 13:14:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:253521

    The Armed Forces urged on Thursday all citizens to abide by the dusk-to-dawn curfew and to cooperate with the military forces to bring about security and stability. The curfew, imposed following unrest triggered by the breakup of the two ....

  • Foreign affairs council thanks Saudi Arabia for supporting Egypt

    Foreign affairs council thanks Saudi Arabia for supporting Egypt

    Date: 2013-08-22 12:57:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:253472

    The Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs lauded on Thursday the Saudi stance towards Egypt at its current war against terrorism. In a message to Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed Qattan, head of the council Mohamed Ibrahim Shaker praised the ....

  • Health ministry holds press conference to probe future plans

    Health ministry holds press conference to probe future plans

    Date: 2013-08-22 12:55:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:253468

    Health and Population Minister Maha el-Rabat held a press conference Thursday morning to probe the ministry's future plans during the coming phase in various sectors. The Health Ministry leaders attended the press conference. El-Rabat ....

  • Hague: Egyptian judicial system to decided Mubarak fate

    Hague: Egyptian judicial system to decided Mubarak fate

    Date: 2013-08-22 11:18:26 GMT - United Kingdom - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:253241

    The fate of Hosni Mubarak must be decided in a "transparent and impartial" way, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said amid fears the former Egyptian president's release from jail could further inflame unrest. "This is a matter for the ....

  • Lawyer remanded in custody for 4 days over charges of aiding escape of Safwat Hegazi

    Lawyer remanded in custody for 4 days over charges of aiding escape of Safwat Hegazi

    Date: 2013-08-22 11:17:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:253237

    First Attorney General Counselor Tareq Abu-Zeid ordered the arrest of a lawyer for four days and a driver for 24 hours pending investigations into charges of aiding the escape of Islamic preacher Safwat Hegazi. On Wednesday, security forces ....

  • Hamdeen Sabahi : “Egypt will not return to the times of Mubarak”

    Hamdeen Sabahi : “Egypt will not return to the times of Mubarak”

    Date: 2013-08-22 11:10:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:253220

    Hamdeen Sabahi – who is a former left-wing presidential candidate and one of the leaders of the National Salvation Front, underlined that Egypt will not return to the regime of toppled president Hosni Mubarak. Speaking to euronews’ Egypt ....

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