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  • Army warns against provocative acts, clashes with peaceful protesters

    Army warns against provocative acts, clashes with peaceful protesters

    Date: 2013-07-06 10:12:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:189627

    CAIRO (MENA) – The Armed Forces warned against any provocative acts or clashes with peaceful protesters, asserting that violators will be firmly and decisively dealt with in line with law. In a statement on Friday, the army vowed to protect ....

  • Army condemns dispute between field armies' commanders, defense minister

    Army condemns dispute between field armies' commanders, defense minister

    Date: 2013-07-06 10:07:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:189622

    CAIRO (MENA) – The Armed Forces condemned on Friday claims saying that the field armies' commanders were exercising pressure on Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to backtrack ousting president Mohamed Morsi. These rumors are unfounded, ....

  • Prosecution orders forensic reports on Republican Guard HQ deaths

    Prosecution orders forensic reports on Republican Guard HQ deaths

    Date: 2013-07-06 10:06:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:189621

    CAIRO (MENA) – The public prosecution ordered Friday forensic reports about four deaths in clashes that occurred outside the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Cairo. The violence involved supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and ....

  • MB's Heshmat denies detention

    MB's Heshmat denies detention

    Date: 2013-07-06 09:54:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:189606

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt (MENA) – Dr. Mohamed Gamal Heshmat, a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, dismissed as unfounded reports that he had been detained. "I denies false news saying I was detained," Heshmat said on Facebook. ....

  • Grand Imam urges Egyptians to avoid bloodshed

    Grand Imam urges Egyptians to avoid bloodshed

    Date: 2013-07-06 09:50:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:189599

    CAIRO (MENA) – Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb appealed Friday to Egyptians to avoid bloodshed, sabotage and strife. The grand imam warned that the sedition could endanger the country to slide into a quagmire. He urged Egyptians to ....

  • CBE governor denies appointed as PM

    CBE governor denies appointed as PM

    Date: 2013-07-06 09:47:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:189594

    CAIRO (MENA) - Egypt Central Bank's governor Hisham Ramez denied on Friday reports saying that he was appointed as Egypt's new prime minister. Speaking to Al-Hayat television, Ramez said he will refuse this position if offered to him. ....

  • 12 killed, 200 injured in Alexandria clashes – official

    12 killed, 200 injured in Alexandria clashes – official

    Date: 2013-07-06 09:42:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:189591

    ALEXANDIRA (MENA) – The death toll from clashes that erupted in Alexandria between supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and protesters rose to 12, said Dr. Amr Nasr, the head of the ambulance authority. As many as 200 people were ....

  • Ex-MB leader to remain in custody pending investigations

    Ex-MB leader to remain in custody pending investigations

    Date: 2013-07-06 09:40:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:189585

    CAIRO (MENA) – The South Cairo prosecution ordered on Friday to hold former Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahdi Akef in custody for one day pending investigations. Akef is facing charges of inciting violence. During today's investigations, ....

  • Arish checkpoints, central security sector attacked

    Arish checkpoints, central security sector attacked

    Date: 2013-07-06 09:35:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:189574

    ARISH, Egypt (MENA) - A number of unidentified gunmen opened fire on Saturday at three checkpoints and a central security post in Arish. Police exchanged fire with the gunmen who, according to eyewitnesses, were traveling in an SUV. ....

  • 52 arrested in connection with Sidi Gaber violence

    52 arrested in connection with Sidi Gaber violence

    Date: 2013-07-06 09:32:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:189571

    ALEXANDRIA (MENA) - As many as 52 persons have been arrested in a combing operation in Sidi Gaber, an Alexandria neighborhood. Two of them were arrested red-handed with two bombs, said Nasser el-Abd, director of the investigation bureau in the ....

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