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  • Morsi supporters protest in Qasr el-Aini street

    Morsi supporters protest in Qasr el-Aini street

    Date: 2013-07-21 16:31:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:209816

    At least 2,000 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi staged a protest in Qasr el-Aini Street, after they failed to reach the premises of the US Embassy. Security forces stepped up their presence in the area and the commandos forces ....

  • Amr Moussa steps down from  Conference Party leadership

    Amr Moussa steps down from Conference Party leadership

    Date: 2013-07-21 16:30:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:209807

    Amr Moussa resigned on Sunday as leader of the Conference Party. Moussa has chosen his deputy Ambassador Mohamed el-Orabi, a leading member in the party, to head the party. The step came to open the way to a new generation to follow the ....

  • Army mourns Alamein road collision victims

    Army mourns Alamein road collision victims

    Date: 2013-07-21 14:46:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:209641

    The Armed Forces expressed deep sorrow over the bus-truck collision on Al-Alamein-Wadi el Natroun highway that left 15 army personnel dead and 34 wounded early Sunday. Army spokesman Ahmed Mohamed Ali expressed condolences to the families of the ....

  • PM receives candidate for justice ministry

    PM receives candidate for justice ministry

    Date: 2013-07-21 14:32:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:209617

    Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi received Sunday morning Adel Abdel-Hamid who is nominated to be the justice minister. The transport minister should also be named today as the two ministers should be sworn in before Interim President Adly Mansour. ....

  • Death toll of Wadi Natrun bus crash rises to 17

    Death toll of Wadi Natrun bus crash rises to 17

    Date: 2013-07-21 14:20:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:209590

    The death toll of the tragic colision between an army bus and a truck on Al-Alamein/Wadi Natrun highway on Sunday rose to 17, Health Undersecretary in Behira Mohamed Menisi said. He told MENA that the army sent helicopters to airlift the wounded ....

  • Mufti decries killing of 3 women in Mansoura violence

    Mufti decries killing of 3 women in Mansoura violence

    Date: 2013-07-21 14:04:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:209555

    Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam condemned the killing of three women during the clashes that erupted Friday night in Mansoura. In statements Sunday, the mufti underlined the sanctity of Egyptian blood. The three women were present during protests ....

  • 15 army personnel dead, 34 injured in bus crash

    15 army personnel dead, 34 injured in bus crash

    Date: 2013-07-21 13:52:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:209534

    At least 15 army personnel were killed and 34 others variously injured when their bus collided with a truck on the Wadi el Natroun-Alamein highway in Beheira on Sunday. Ambulances rushed to the scene to transport the victims. ....

  • Al-Azhar top imam resumes activities after end of vacation

    Al-Azhar top imam resumes activities after end of vacation

    Date: 2013-07-21 13:42:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:209516

    Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayyib resumed on Sunday his activities after the end of the vacation he is used to take in the first ten days of the holy month of Ramadan in his hometown Luxor, a source at al-Azhar said. The source told MENA ....

  • Cabinet meeting forces social solidarity minister to call off press conference

    Cabinet meeting forces social solidarity minister to call off press conference

    Date: 2013-07-21 13:37:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:209509

    Social Solidarity Minister Ahmed Borai called off the press conference he was scheduled to hold on Sunday because of a cabinet meeting, the first since the new government was sworn in before interim President Adly Mansour. The minister ....

  • Constitution-amending committee starts 1st meeting

    Constitution-amending committee starts 1st meeting

    Date: 2013-07-21 13:30:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:209489

    The first meeting of the expert committee assigned with amending the 2012 suspended constitution started its first meeting at the Shura Council HQ on Sunday. The committee was formed under a decree by interim President Adly Mansour. ....

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