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  • Sit-in outside Defense Ministry HQ enters day 7

    Sit-in outside Defense Ministry HQ enters day 7

    Date: 2013-06-29 11:01:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:177961

    CAIRO (MENA) – Protesters continued on Saturday a sit-in outside the Defense Ministry HQ in Abbassiya for the 7th day running. Calm prevailed at the sit-in area with normal traffic flow in nearby streets. ....

  • Protesters block Tayran St. in direction Rabaa Adaweya Mosque

    Protesters block Tayran St. in direction Rabaa Adaweya Mosque

    Date: 2013-06-29 10:53:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:177952

    CAIRO (MENA) - Sitting in outside the Rabaa Adaweya Mosque since Friday night, pro-regime protesters blocked the Tayran Street Saturday in the direction leading to the mosque. Street vendors are present in large numbers in the vicinity of the ....

  • Calm settles in Tahrir after Friday protests

    Calm settles in Tahrir after Friday protests

    Date: 2013-06-29 10:33:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:177911

    CAIRO (MENA) – Calm prevailed in Tahrir Square, Downtown Cairo, on Saturday morning, a day after mass anti-regime protests took place. All the square's entrances are still blocked, while more tents were set up in preparation for tomorrow's ....

  • US warns against Egypt travel after deadly clashes

    US warns against Egypt travel after deadly clashes

    Date: 2013-06-29 10:07:36 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:177883

    WASHINGTON (MENA) - The US has warned Americans not to travel to Egypt and has told non-emergency diplomatic staff to leave, as clashes continued in the country, the BBC reported Saturday. The State Department also urged US nationals in Egypt ....

  • Egypt on right path – diplomat

    Egypt on right path – diplomat

    Date: 2013-06-29 10:05:11 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:177881

    NEW YORK (MENA) – Egypt is proceeding in the correct direction despite the difficulties it is facing during the transitional period after the January revolution, said Egypt's permanent delegate to the United Nations Moataz Ahmeden Khalil. ....

  • Health Ministry denies death of tourist in Tahrir Square

    Health Ministry denies death of tourist in Tahrir Square

    Date: 2013-06-29 09:58:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:177872

    CAIRO (MENA) – The Health Ministry denied on Friday reports on news websites that a female tourist died in Tahrir Square after a sexual assault. The tourist, 22, were moved to hospital after some people clashed with her in the site. She ....

  • 40 Islamist parties, groups to start sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawaya Square

    40 Islamist parties, groups to start sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawaya Square

    Date: 2013-06-29 09:54:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:177860

    CAIRO (MENA) – As many as 40 Islamist parties and groups said on Friday they will start a sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawaya Square in Cairo's Nasr City after a massive rally in support of President Mohamed Morsi. The Islamist powers asserted support ....

  • Protesters storm FJP building in Qalyubia

    Protesters storm FJP building in Qalyubia

    Date: 2013-06-29 09:34:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:177835

    QALYUBIA, Egypt (MENA) – A large number of protesters on Friday stormed the Freedom and Justice Party premises in Khanka city in Qalyubia, north of Cairo. They set ablaze the building's contents. Police contained the situation where they ....

  • 2 killed, 139 injured in Friday clashes - minister

    2 killed, 139 injured in Friday clashes - minister

    Date: 2013-06-29 09:31:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:177827

    CAIRO (MENA) – Minister of Health Mohamed Mostafa Hamed said Friday that clashes among pro and anti-regime protesters nationwide left two people dead and 139 injured. Of them, 30 people were discharged from hospitals after receiving necessary ....

  • 17 people arrested for holding arms in Marg checkpoint

    17 people arrested for holding arms in Marg checkpoint

    Date: 2013-06-29 09:19:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:177810

    CAIRO (MENA) - As many as 17 persons were arrested on Friday for holding four arms and 132 bullets coming from the Delta Governorate of Gharbiya to Cairo, a security source said. The source added Tagarod forms were seized in possession with ....

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