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Quota of lottery pilgrimage to be reduced by 20%
Date: 2013-08-12 10:37:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:237683
The Interior Ministry announced in a statement on Monday that it will hold a lottery as of Saturday on the lottery pilgrimage to exclude 20 percent of pilgrims. This comes in light of the Saudi authorities' decision to reduce the number of ....
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CSF conscript injured while foiling smuggling operation in N.Sinai
Date: 2013-08-12 10:24:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:237660
A conscript of the Central Security Forces (CSF) was injured during a security force efforts to foil a smuggling operation in North Sinai. The conscript sustained a gunshot in the leg. ....
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Pro-Morsi supporters step up security measures after reports of dispersing protesters
Date: 2013-08-12 09:57:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:237617
Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi stepped up on Sunday security measures in their major protesting camp in Nasr City's Rabaa al-Adawiya and Giza's Nahda after reports saying that security forces will disperse protesters on early ....
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Metro service back to normal
Date: 2013-08-11 19:26:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:237217
Traffic on the first Metro line returned back to normal Sunday after being blocked for several minutes by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Dozens of pro-Morsi protesters cut off the metro tracks between Ramses and Ghamra stations. ....
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Islamist party refuses Azhar mediation to solve current political crisis
Date: 2013-08-11 19:16:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:237208
The Islamist Building and Development Party (BDP) has refused an intiative floated by Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb to solve the current political crisis. Hesham el-Nagar, a member of the party's media committee said Sunday in a statement ....
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Cabinet denies reports that it agrees to cut water, electricity from protesters at Rabaa el-Adaweya, Nahda
Date: 2013-08-11 19:15:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:237201
The media adviser of the Cabinet Sherif Shawqi denied reports that the Egyptian Cabinet agreed to cut water and electricity from protesters at both Rabaa el-Adaweya and El-Nahda squares. These statements agreed with the Ministry of Electricity's ....
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Armed Forces: We work in silence with Interior Ministry
Date: 2013-08-11 19:07:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:237190
The Armed Forces stressed on Sunday that they are working in silence with the Interior Ministry to pursue terrorists and eliminate criminal hotbeds in Sinai. The army is keen on not announcing details about military operations in Sinai as this is ....
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Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood disrupt Metro movement
Date: 2013-08-11 18:17:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:237146
Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members have stormed and disrupted the movement of the underground Metro station of "Al-Shohadaa" for 18 minutes. Security forces managed to confront attackers and bring the Metro movement back to normal. Police ....
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25 terrorists killed, injured in Sinai - military spokesman
Date: 2013-08-11 18:12:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:237144
Security operations that were carried out by military troops on Saturday and Sunday in North Sinai left 25 terrorists dead and injured, said military spokesman Ahmed Ali. A cache of weapons and ammunition was destroyed during the operations, said ....
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McCain, Graham speak out about Egypt's Path to a better future
Date: 2013-08-11 17:51:18 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:237127
US Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham wrote in the Washington Post about their travel to Cairo this week to support a U.S. and international effort to help Egyptians end their political crisis, saying they met with leaders from the civilian ....
