Egypt
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Presidency rebuffs request by German FM to visit Morsi
Date: 2013-07-31 17:31:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:223831
The Egyptian presidency turned down a request by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle to meet ousted President Mohamed Morsi, saying he is under investigations over charges of conspiring with Hamas during Egypt's 2011 revolution. In a ....
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Security forces did not open fire at Rabaa sit-inners - interior ministry officials
Date: 2013-07-31 16:52:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:223784
Assistant Interior Minister Osama el-Sagh'iyer and Assistant Interior Minister for Central Security Affairs Major General Ashraf Abdullah gave their testimonies Wednesday on the violent incidents which recently took place in Nasr Road. In ....
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Investigations with Egypt's former prosecutor general, 75 judges over law violation to start Thursday
Date: 2013-07-31 16:48:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:223780
Investigating judge Counselor Mohamed Sherin Fahmi will start on Thursday questioning former prosecutor general Talaat Abdullah and 75 judges over adopting a biased stance for the Muslim Brotherhood in violation of the Judicial Authority Law that ....
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Constitutional amendment committee continues off-camera meetings
Date: 2013-07-31 16:44:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:223773
The expert committee assigned by Egypt's Interim President Adly Mansour to amend the 2012 frozen Constitution continued on Wednesday its behind-closed-door meetings. The technical secretariat of the committee is now examining all proposals ....
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ElBaradei meets EU South Mediterranean envoy
Date: 2013-07-31 16:30:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:223749
Vice President Mohammed ElBaradei met on Wednesday with European Union envoy to Southern Meditranean Bernardino Leon as part of the union's efforts to help Egypt find an outlet of the current crisis. Talks aim at finding a solution that ....
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Sherif Shawki appointed as cabinet's media adviser
Date: 2013-07-31 16:11:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:223719
Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy issued a decision to appoint Sherif Shawki as the Cabinet's media adviser. Shawki was already a member of the Cabinet's media team. ....
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Interpreter of Ashton-ElBaradei press conference works for EU mission - sources
Date: 2013-07-31 16:05:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:223704
Well-informed sources said on Wednesday that the translator that was responsible for interpreting the press conference of Vice President Mohammed ElBaradei and European Union foreign and security affairs official Catherine Ashton is the special ....
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Burundian president praises relations with Egypt
Date: 2013-07-31 11:42:15 GMT - Burundi - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:223169
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza lauded deeply-rooted relations between his country and Egypt, the two Nile-basin states. This came in a meeting between Egyptian presidential envoy Mona Omar and Nkurunziza. She delivered the Burundian ....
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Ashton: Morsi follows up events through newspapers, television
Date: 2013-07-31 11:21:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:223135
EU top diplomat Catherine Ashton said Egypt's former president Mohamed Morsi is well and keeping up with current events through newspapers and television. In an interview with CNN, Ashton said she has no information about the place, in which ....
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Cabinet to discuss continuing to allow foreigners to own property in Egypt
Date: 2013-07-31 11:13:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:223112
The Egyptian cabinet will study whether or not to continue allowing non-Egyptians to own property in the next meeting, the justice minister Counselor Adel Abdel Hamid said. Abdel Hamid, speaking at a workshop by the Cabinet Information Centre, ....