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Protesters close local municipality building in Monufia
Date: 2013-06-26 20:16:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:174390
Hundreds of protesters have closed the building of the local municipality of Ashmoun in Monufia governorate, 75 km north of Cairo in protest at the newly-appointed governor, Ahmed Shaarawi. Ahmed Shaarawi is a leading member of Muslim ....
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Red card protest in Tahrir to urge people joining June 30 protests
Date: 2013-06-26 20:08:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:174375
Tens of activists staged a red card protest at Tahrir Square on Wednesday to urge people to join the planned June 30 demonstrations. Protestors wrote some of their demands on the red cards, asking as a priority demand for holding early presidential ....
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Army forces arrive in Damietta
Date: 2013-06-26 19:44:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:174342
Army forces arrived in Damietta on Wednesday to protect vital and strategic areas in the governorate during the expected June 30 demonstrations. Meanwhile a number of activists began to arrive to Sa'a Square in Damanhour hoisting Egyptian flags and ....
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Cabinet agrees to establish UN regional office for women in Cairo
Date: 2013-06-26 19:24:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:174321
The Cabinet agreed Wednesday on a draft resolution to open a UN regional office for women in Cairo. The government also okayed a loan agreement between Egypt and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) to upgrade irrigation and ....
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Tamarod young activists launch "June 30 Front"
Date: 2013-06-26 19:10:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:174300
A group of young activists from the Tamarod "Rebel" campaign announced on Wednesday the establishment of "June 30 Front", at a press conference held in Cairo. "In these crucial moments of Egypt's history and after a full year under the rule of the ....
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9 parties launch initiative to achieve national reconciliation
Date: 2013-06-26 19:05:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:174287
Nine parties, including the Justice and Freedom, and 12 Islamic movements have launched an initiative to achieve national reconciliation. The Watan Party announced the initiative at a Cairo hotel Wednesday. It is about forming a national coalition ....
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Our role to protect peaceful demonstrators and not a certain party – Gharbya security Chief
Date: 2013-06-26 19:02:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:174282
Gharbya Security Chief, General Hatem Othman stressed on Wednesday that the role of security men on June 30 will be to protect all peaceful demonstrators and not a particular party. "We are not against any one and our role is to protect all ....
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State of alert declared in Cairo Airport
Date: 2013-06-26 18:40:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:174246
Director of the customs authority in Cairo Airport, Ahmed Hassan, declared a state of alert in the customs authority in the airport on Wednesday. "We extended shift periods of the workers and tightened passengers inspection procedures," he ....
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Top prosecutor refers 9 to criminal court on charges of spying for Israel
Date: 2013-06-26 18:35:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:174232
Prosecutor General Talaat Abdullah has referred nine people to the criminal court for allegedly spying for Israel. Four of them are officers at the Israeli Directorate of Military Intelligence (AMAN). A probe has revealed that Auda Ibrahim, Salama ....
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Shura refuses to lift immunity of Sobhi Saleh
Date: 2013-06-26 18:28:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:174218
The Shura Council refused on Wednesday to lift the parliamentary immunity of member Sobhi Saleh to be able to take legal action against him over his comments on a court ruling concerning toppled president Hosni Mubarak and his interior ....
