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US citizen stabbed to death in Alexandria clashes
Date: 2013-06-29 09:17:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:177806
ALEXANDRIA (MENA) – An American citizen has died of wounds after he was stabbed in chest during clashes that erupted between opponents and supporters of President Mohamed Morsi in Sidi Gaber in Alexandria on Friday. The man, who was not ....
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Sabahi denounces killing of two Brotherhood members
Date: 2013-06-28 14:02:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:176860
Leading opposition figure Hamdeen Sabahi denounced Friday the killing of two members of the Muslim Brotherhood in clashes that erupted in the Nile Delta towns of Zagazig and Mansoura. "Egyptian bloodshed is prohibited," Sabahi, the founder of ....
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Judges in Alexandria reject Morsi speech, call on Justice Min. to resign
Date: 2013-06-28 14:01:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:176856
The Judges' Club in Alexandria has rejected President Mohamed Morsi's speech delivered on Wednesday and called on the Minister of Justice to resign. In an extraordinary meeting held on Friday, the club board said that the President's speech ....
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Tahrir closed completely to traffic
Date: 2013-06-28 12:32:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:176695
Sitters-in at Tahrir Square, Downtown Cairo, blocked all its entrances to traffic on Friday. They placed steel barriers at all entrances, except for the one leading to and from Simon Bolivar Street. Popular watch groups stood at each ....
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Heavy army presence in Suez
Date: 2013-06-28 12:31:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:176688
Third Field Army forces were heavily deployed at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal on Friday ahead of anti-regime protests, called by opposition groups, planned to start following the Friday prayer. Third Field Army units are still ....
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Peaceful protests permissible in Islam: Mufti
Date: 2013-06-28 12:26:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:176687
Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam said that peaceful protest is permissible in Islam. In a statement on Friday, Allam called on all parties to avoid acts of violence and secure public and private property. Allam said the state security ....
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Protesters at defense ministry keep sit-in for sixth day
Date: 2013-06-28 12:25:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:176686
Protesters pressed ahead with a sit-in at the Defense Ministry for the sixth day in a row, demanding President Mohamed Morsi to leave office. Calm prevailed around the area and traffic went smoothly as protesters stayed at their tents. ....
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More tents in Tahrir
Date: 2013-06-28 12:22:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:176685
The number of tents set up at Downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square, the center of the 2011 revolution, increased remarkably ahead of the planned marches on Friday. The anti-president campaign, Tamaroud (Rebel), had announced organizing several ....
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Ongoing contacts for date for Ethiopian FM's Egypt visit
Date: 2013-06-28 11:22:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:176608
The spokesman for the foreign ministry said there are ongoing contacts between Egypt and Ethiopia for setting a date for the visit by Ethiopia's top diplomat to Egypt. The visit will be a response to a visit made by Foreign Minister Mohamed ....
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Egypt amb. to US praises expats' role in enhancing democracy
Date: 2013-06-28 11:21:51 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:176605
Egypt Ambassador in Washington Mohamed Tawfik has hailed the role played by the Egyptian expatriates to enhance the process of development and democracy in Egypt. In a keynote speech to commemorate the 61-year anniversary of Egypt's 1952 ....
