Egypt
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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. ....
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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 ....