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  • Foreign ministry denies detention of Egyptian ship crew in Cote d'Ivoire

    Foreign ministry denies detention of Egyptian ship crew in Cote d'Ivoire

    Date: 2013-08-13 09:18:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:238955

    Egyptian Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire Osama Saeed denied on Monday reports alleging that Ivorian authorities detained an Egyptian ship with 19 people on board. The Egyptian embassy in Abidjan contacted the crew of the ship and made sure that ....

  • Cabinet denies appointing Mansour's daughter in premier office

    Cabinet denies appointing Mansour's daughter in premier office

    Date: 2013-08-13 09:10:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:238938

    Egypt's cabinet media advisor Sherief Shawqy has denied reports about appointing the daughter of Interim President Adli Mansour in the technical office of the Prime Minister with a salary up to 35,000 pounds per month. Such reports are ....

  • Nour Party ready to participate in constitution-amending committee under some preconditons

    Nour Party ready to participate in constitution-amending committee under some preconditons

    Date: 2013-08-13 09:02:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:238924

    The Salafist Nour Party said Monday it is willing to participate in the 50-member constitution-amending committee, but under some preconditions. The Islamist party said the constitution amending process should be an inclusive one. It ....

  • More troops deployed in North Sinai

    More troops deployed in North Sinai

    Date: 2013-08-13 08:48:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:238906

    More troops have been deployed in North Sinai to back security forces in eastern Arish in combing and attacking the terrorists' hotbeds in the governorate. As many as seven developed armored vehicles were deployed outside Sheikh Zuwaid police ....

  • US urges Egypt halting 'politically motivated arrests'

    US urges Egypt halting 'politically motivated arrests'

    Date: 2013-08-13 08:19:31 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:238888

    The United States on Monday urged the Egyptian government to stop all "politically motivated arrests and detentions," without mentioning the ousted president Mohamed Morsi by name. "We continue to call for an end to all politically ....

  • Rafah crossing reopens after Eid vacation

    Rafah crossing reopens after Eid vacation

    Date: 2013-08-12 15:02:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:238155

    Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip reopened on Monday for travelers from both directions after a four-day vacation on the occasion of Eidul-Fitr (Lesser Bairam). Travelers have already begun crossing the terminal from both ....

  • El-Wafd party: Dispersing sit-ins, trying violence inciters are conditions for reconciliation with MB

    El-Wafd party: Dispersing sit-ins, trying violence inciters are conditions for reconciliation with MB

    Date: 2013-08-12 14:53:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:238134

    Spokesman for El-Wafd Party Fouad Abu Homaila said that his group has set as conditions for accepting a reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood dispersing the sit-ins in Cairo's Rabaa El-Adaweya and Giza's El-Nahda Squares and bringing to justice ....

  • Border guards hold 39 illegal immigrants

    Border guards hold 39 illegal immigrants

    Date: 2013-08-12 14:52:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:238001

    Border guards of the northern military region arrested 39 people of various nationalities while trying to illegally cross the borders. All needed legal measures have been taken against the arrested people. Military spokesman Ahmed ....

  • Meslemany: I have no relatives working at presidency, don't take salary as presidential media adviser

    Meslemany: I have no relatives working at presidency, don't take salary as presidential media adviser

    Date: 2013-08-12 14:05:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:238063

    Ahmed el-Meslemany, the media adviser for Interim President Adly Mansour, denied reports on appointing his niece or one of his relatives at the presidential institution. In statements on Monday, Meslemany also refuted as "baseless" reports on ....

  • 29 supporters of Morsi remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations

    29 supporters of Morsi remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations

    Date: 2013-08-12 14:00:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:238059

    Misdemeanor Court Judge Haitham Serafy renewed the detention of 29 supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi for 15 days pending investigations over Qalyub highway violence that left two dead and 18 injured. The prosecution leveled against ....

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