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Blast hits Egyptian consulate in Benghazi
Date: 2013-08-17 19:01:39 GMT - Libya - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:246468
A small explosion hit the Egyptian consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi, blowing out its windows and those of adjacent buildings, Al-Jazeera television reported. "Unknown assailants in a vehicle threw an explosive device at the Egyptian ....
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Ayman el-Zawahry's brother arrested - security source
Date: 2013-08-17 14:15:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:246018
Security forces managed to arrest Mohamed el-Zawahry, brother of el-Qaeda leader Ayman el-Zawahry, a high-level security source at the Interior Ministry said. In statements to MENA, the source further said that Zawahry was arrested in one of ....
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Ammar, son of MB guide, killed Friday in Ghamra march
Date: 2013-08-17 14:10:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:246008
The Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday said that Ammar, son of the group's Guide, was shot dead during a march in Ghamra district in central Cairo. In a statement posted on the website of the Freedom and Justice Party, the Islamist group announced ....
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Foreign Ministry spokesman interviewed by foreign media
Date: 2013-08-17 13:59:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:245962
Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Ati had interviews with a number of foreign media outlets. Among the media channels that interviewed him are BBC World, BBC Arabic, euronews, Al-Jazeera and Al-Jazeera International. Abdel-Ati ....
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Attack on patrol in Kafr el-Sheikh leaves police captain, 6 detectives injured
Date: 2013-08-17 13:56:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:245971
Unidentified assailants attacked in the wee hours of the morning a police patrol in Kafr el-Sheikh with cold weapons and batons. A captain, identified as Mohamed Abou-Hatab, sustained a broken jaw and six detectives were severely wounded as a ....
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Death toll in Alexandria clashes reaches 34
Date: 2013-08-17 13:54:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:245984
The death toll during clashes that erupted in various areas in Alexandria on Friday rose to 34, said Nasser Al-Abd, Alexandria security chief said. AS many as 157 people were arrested in the governorate over charges of rioting and violent ....
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FM orders reviving working group to interact with foreign countries
Date: 2013-08-17 13:43:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:245948
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi ordered the activation of a working group concerned with interacting with world countries. The group is assigned with making visits to foreign capitals to explain the truth about what is happening in Egypt, ....
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West's double standards in stance of combating terrorism in Egypt slammed
Date: 2013-08-17 13:41:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:245941
Assistant Foreign Minister Ambassador Mokhles Qotb criticized the West's double standards toward the terrorist acts carried out by the Muslim Brotherhood group in Egypt. In statements Saturday, Qotb said that the statements made by the US and ....
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Message from Egypt FM to Yemeni counterpart
Date: 2013-08-17 13:36:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:245928
Egyptian attaché in Yemen met Saturday with the director of the Yemeni foreign minister's office to convey a message from Egypt's Nabil Fahmy on brotherly relations between the two countries. The meeting took up the June 30 protests with the ....
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Security forces reopen Banha-Qanatar road blocked by Morsi supporters
Date: 2013-08-17 13:28:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:245919
Qalyubia security forces reopened Banha-el-Qanater el-Khaiyria road, after a number of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi blocked it today morning in protest of the dispersal of the two protest camps in Rabaa el-Adawya and el-Nahda ....