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  • police seize 95 arms across Egypt in 24 hours

    police seize 95 arms across Egypt in 24 hours

    Date: 2013-07-14 10:23:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:199865

    CAIRO (MENA) - Police forces seized 95 arms in crackdowns carried out across the nation in 24 hours. The seized arms include machine guns, pistols, rifles and light weapons. During the security campaigns, the security forces managed to ....

  • Security patrol attacked in Arish

    Security patrol attacked in Arish

    Date: 2013-07-14 10:03:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:199843

    ARISH (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a security patrol in Arish on Saturday but no casualties were reported, security sources said. Masked men driving a 4x4 vehicle attacked the patrol forces tasked with securing Waheshi power ....

  • FJP leader says to continue peaceful protests to uncover 'coup'

    FJP leader says to continue peaceful protests to uncover 'coup'

    Date: 2013-07-14 09:56:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:199832

    CAIRO (MENA) – The secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Hussein Ibrahim said that Islamist protesters will continue their sit-in until they succeed to uncover the recent "military coup, ....

  • Army denies shelling mosque minaret in Sinai

    Army denies shelling mosque minaret in Sinai

    Date: 2013-07-14 09:38:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:199799

    CAIRO (MENA) – An Armed Forces source denied on Saturday reports that an Apache helicopter had fired two rockets on a mosque minaret in Sinai. The military urges media to be accurate in any news concerning it, the source said. The army is ....

  • Gunmen shoot man in Rafah

    Gunmen shoot man in Rafah

    Date: 2013-07-14 09:35:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:199796

    RAFAH (MENA) – Unidentified gunmen shot a man in Rafah on Saturday, police said. The motive behind the crime was not immediately known. The army is currently conducting a major operation in Sinai against militants and criminals. ....

  • Mohamed Kamel Amr apologizes for declining to remain in new gov't

    Mohamed Kamel Amr apologizes for declining to remain in new gov't

    Date: 2013-07-13 20:09:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:199531

    Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr has declined to remain in the new government of Prime Minister designate Hazim el-Beblawi, MENA learnt. Amr sees that the coming period after June 30 requires a new leadership for the foreign ministry. ....

  • Beblawi: New cabinet comprises 30 ministers, two deputies for economy, security

    Beblawi: New cabinet comprises 30 ministers, two deputies for economy, security

    Date: 2013-07-13 20:08:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:199530

    Prime Minister designate Hazim el-Beblawi said on Saturday that the new government will comprise 30 ministers along with two deputy premiers for economic and security affairs. He told reporters he will start at 11am on Sunday receiving the ....

  • US embassy denies alleged naval ships to invade Egypt

    US embassy denies alleged naval ships to invade Egypt

    Date: 2013-07-13 20:07:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:199529

    The US embassy denied on Saturday reports that American naval ships had been deployed to invade Egypt. "We deny false claims in Egyptian press that U.S. naval ships are in the vicinity of the Arabian Peninsula and the Suez Canal to militarily ....

  • Health ministry staff stage protest to condemn MB

    Health ministry staff stage protest to condemn MB

    Date: 2013-07-13 14:39:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:199288

    A number of employees at the Health Ministry staged a protest Saturday outside the main gate of the Cabinet and chanted slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood. They also chanted slogans in support of caretaker Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi. They ....

  • Rafah border crossing to be opened 4 hours per day

    Rafah border crossing to be opened 4 hours per day

    Date: 2013-07-13 14:27:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:199268

    Rafah border crossing was opened between Egypt and Gaza Strip starting from Saturday morning. An official source said that the terminal will be opened for four hours per day so as to allow sick people and humanitarian cases to pass through the ....

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