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  • Yemeni female activist denied entry to Egypt

    Yemeni female activist denied entry to Egypt

    Date: 2013-08-04 14:01:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:228474

    Prominent Yemeni political activist Tawakkul Karman, a moderate member of Yemen's Muslim Brotherhood party, was denied an access to Egypt on Sunday for being on the airport list of those banned from entering the country. Karman, the first Arab ....

  • 148 pieces of arms, three gangs seized in past 24 hours

    148 pieces of arms, three gangs seized in past 24 hours

    Date: 2013-08-04 11:07:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:228178

    Wide-scale security campaigns launched by the Interior Ministry have led to the seizure of 148 pieces of different types of arms and the arrest of three gangs in the past 24 hours. The arms include three machine guns, seven guns, six pistols, ....

  • Clashes between Muslims, Copts in Minya come under control

    Clashes between Muslims, Copts in Minya come under control

    Date: 2013-08-04 11:06:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:228176

    Security forces managed to control clashes between Muslims and Copts in Bani Ahmed village in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. Minya security chief Abdel-Aziz Qoura said that the clashes between the two sides left several persons ....

  • Invitation to parties to participate in political process still present - FM

    Invitation to parties to participate in political process still present - FM

    Date: 2013-08-03 13:24:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:227238

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi stressed that no party will be excluded from the political process, adding that the invitation to all parties to participate in the political process is still open. In an interview with Arabiya channel Saturday, ....

  • Interior Ministry stresses keenness on safety of Rabaa, Nahda protesters

    Interior Ministry stresses keenness on safety of Rabaa, Nahda protesters

    Date: 2013-08-03 13:01:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:227199

    The Interior Ministry is keen on the safety of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi sitting-in outside the Rabaa el-Adaweya Mosque and in Nahda Square, spokesman Hany Abdel-Latif said Saturday. The Interior Ministry still promises a ....

  • Health Ministry says 34 wounded in Friday clashes in Cairo, Fayyoum

    Health Ministry says 34 wounded in Friday clashes in Cairo, Fayyoum

    Date: 2013-08-03 12:59:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:227195

    As many as 34 people were injured in clashes outside the Egyptian Media Production City, in Ain Shams and Fayyoum Friday, the Health Ministry says. Twenty-five people were wounded in the confrontation outside EMPC, Dr Khaled el-Khatib, the ....

  • Fire extinguished at power station in Qalubiya

    Fire extinguished at power station in Qalubiya

    Date: 2013-08-03 12:57:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:227190

    Civil defense forces put out a fire at a power transformers station in the Qalubiya district of Basous on Saturday. A short circuit initiated the fire. No casualties were reported. ....

  • Egyptian diplomat hands over message from Mansour to Greek president

    Egyptian diplomat hands over message from Mansour to Greek president

    Date: 2013-08-03 11:59:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:227109

    Egypt's Ambassador to Greece Tareq Adel handed over a message from interim President Adly Mansour to Greek President Karolos Papoulias on the latest developments in Egypt. During a meeting with Adel, the Greek president expressed understanding ....

  • JEFA stresses support for roadmap

    JEFA stresses support for roadmap

    Date: 2013-08-03 11:40:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:227084

    The Japan-Egypt Friendship Association has issued a statement in which it voiced support for the Egyptian people and the roadmap agreed by the political powers to endorse a new constitution and hold parliamentary and presidential elections. The ....

  • Fahmy, Burns talked about developments in Egypt -- Spox

    Fahmy, Burns talked about developments in Egypt -- Spox

    Date: 2013-08-03 11:26:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:227063

    In a meeting earlier Saturday with US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy made a point of stressing that the Egyptian government is keen on implementing a roadmap for the transitional period and achieving national ....

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