Egypt

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  • Hany Mahmoud sworn in as Minister of Local Development

    Hany Mahmoud sworn in as Minister of Local Development

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:16:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:214182

    Hany Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid took constitutional oath Wednesday before interim President Adly Mansour as Minister of Local Development, presidential media adviser Ahmed el-Meslemany said. ....

  • Court upholds ruling to provisionally detain 4 MB leaders for inciting killing of protesters in Muqattam

    Court upholds ruling to provisionally detain 4 MB leaders for inciting killing of protesters in Muqattam

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:09:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:214176

    Cairo Appeals Court has overruled a challenge filed by Muslim Brotherhood leaders Khairat el-Shaater, Mahdy Akef, Saad el-Katatni and Mohamed Rashad Bayoumi to annul provisional detention orders issued by the prosecution on charges of allegedly ....

  • Ahmed Fahmi accused of impersonating Shura speaker

    Ahmed Fahmi accused of impersonating Shura speaker

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:08:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:214174

    Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat referred a complaint from a number of lawmakers at the now-defunct Shura Council, who accused Ahmed Fahmi of impersonating the speaker of the Shura Council, to the attorney general of East Cairo. The MPs ....

  • Soldier killed in terror attack in Arish

    Soldier killed in terror attack in Arish

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:04:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:214170

    A soldier was killed Wednesday in a terror attack on a security checkpoint in south Arish. The body of the 23-year-old soldier was moved to Arish Military Hospital. Mohamed Khamis Abdel Nabi died on the spot after being shot in the ....

  • 14 MB members held for 15 days in Fayyoum

    14 MB members held for 15 days in Fayyoum

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:02:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:214167

    The Fayyoum prosecution office has remanded 14 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Upper Egyptian city in custody for 15 days pending investigations into kidnapping and assaulting an officer and a policeman while on duty. The MB members ....

  • Gul greets Egypt interim president on July 23 revolution anniversary

    Gul greets Egypt interim president on July 23 revolution anniversary

    Date: 2013-07-24 16:59:29 GMT - Turkey - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:214162

    Turkish President Abdullah Gul sent a cable of greetings to Interim President Adly Mansour on the occasion marking the 61st anniversary of the July 23 Revolution. In exclusive statements to MENA correspondent here, Arshad Hormozlo, counselor ....

  • Interim president opens national reconciliation conference

    Interim president opens national reconciliation conference

    Date: 2013-07-24 16:56:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:214127

    Interim President Adly Mansour opened on Wednesday the first session of the national reconciliation and transitional justice conference at Heliopolis presidential palace. The session is attended by Vice President for International Relations ....

  • Jordanian spy trial adjourned to Oct. 20

    Jordanian spy trial adjourned to Oct. 20

    Date: 2013-07-24 16:50:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:214138

    The trial of a Jordanian telecommunications engineer held over charges of spying for Israel has been adjourned to February 17. The postponement also came to look into a request by the Jordanian defendant to change the panel presiding over the ....

  • Ahram editor in chief released on bail over Morsi arrest news

    Ahram editor in chief released on bail over Morsi arrest news

    Date: 2013-07-24 16:47:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:214134

    Abdel-Nasser Salama, the editor in chief of Al-Ahram newspaper, has been released on a 5,000-pound bail pending a probe into publishing groundless news about an arrest order for deposed president Mohamed Morsi. The news of holding Morsi for ....

  • Egypt FM receives phone call from British counterpart

    Egypt FM receives phone call from British counterpart

    Date: 2013-07-24 16:34:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:214106

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi received a phone call from his British counterpart William Hague. During the phone conversation, Hague said that his country appreciates ties with Egypt and is keen on maintaining cooperation to deal with ....

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