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Morsi follows up latest domestic developments
Date: 2013-06-30 18:06:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:180491
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi held on Sunday a number of phone calls with Prime Minister Hisham Qandil, Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah Sisi, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, Local Development Minister Mohamed Ali Beshr and intelligence chief ....
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Ezz acquitted of steel monopoly charges
Date: 2013-06-30 15:13:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:180093
The economic misdemeanors court acquitted steel mogul Ahmed Ezz and two others of monopoly charges on Sunday. Ahmed Ezz, the former owner of Ezz El-Dekheila Steel Company, managing director Alaa Abul-Kheir and sales manager Samir Noman were all ....
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Number of sit-inners increase outside Ittihadiya palace
Date: 2013-06-30 14:43:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:180025
Protesters outside the Ittihadiya palace continued their sit-in for the third day on Sunday. The number of tents have noticeably increased, in preparation of the June 30 protests, called for by Tamarod, or rebellion, movement and opposition parties ....
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No MPs have so far officially resigned -- Shura speaker
Date: 2013-06-30 14:28:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:179988
No Shura Council MPs have so far officially resigned, Speaker Ahmed Fahmi said Sunday. He said none of the MPs who announced their resignation before media people yesterday has sent any formal written notice to the Upper House, he said. He said he ....
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Electricity minister checks power emergency control center
Date: 2013-06-30 14:21:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:179968
Electricity Minister Ahmed Imam inspected the national emergency control center to check on its capability to manage the power network nationwide during crises. The minister inspected work at the center and main power transformers. ....
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Morsi issues decision on diplomatic reshuffle
Date: 2013-06-30 14:18:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:179961
President Mohamed Morsi issued Sunday a decision on the reshuffle of Egyptian diplomats. The decision includes the nomination of 34 ambassadors and consuls for Egypt's diplomatic missions abroad. ....
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Protesters urged to stay peaceful
Date: 2013-06-30 14:16:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:179956
Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam urged security bodies, responsible for protecting citizens, public and private property, and protesters to refrain from violence and express their views peacefully. In a statement Sunday, Allam urged all sides not to use ....
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Hadad urges protesters to stick to peaceful demonstration
Date: 2013-06-30 12:37:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:179730
Presidential Assistant for Foreign Relations and International Cooperation Essam Hadad urged protesters to express themselves peacefully and avoid violence or any other sabotaging acts. On his official Facebook page, Hadad said that part of having ....
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Morsi's opponents continue to converge on Tahrir Square
Date: 2013-06-30 12:26:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:179697
More protesters joined hundreds already camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday to demand the resignation of President Mohamed Morsi. The protesters raised the Egyptian flag, chanted slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood group and called ....
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Azhar Imam calls for self restraint
Date: 2013-06-30 12:18:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:179675
Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayeb urged all Egyptians on Sunday to exercise self-restraint and avoid all forms of violence in today's protests against President Mohamed Morsi. The nation's higher interests must be protected and placed above all ....