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Criminal Court releases Ahmed Nazif pending retrial over illicit gains charges
Date: 2013-06-20 13:35:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:164836
The Giza Criminal Court ordered on Thursday the release of ex-prime minister Ahmed Nazif pending retrial over illicit gains charges. On June 13, the Cassation Court revoked Nazif's three-year prison sentence over illicit gains charges and ....
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Morsi, Ashton discuss EU's aid to Egypt in democracy
Date: 2013-06-20 12:52:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:164740
President Mohamed Morsi held talks Wednesday with European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on ways to boost bilateral relations. According to a statement issued by the presidency, Morsi reiterated his keenness on providing a ....
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Killer of army personnel arrested
Date: 2013-06-20 11:36:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:164578
Cairo security forces seized the man who killed an army officer in Shoroq city, 37 km away from Cairo. The officer was killed when a group of unidentified people opened fire at him while trying to steal his car. The 23-year-old man admitted during ....
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Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya discuss preparations for June 21 protest
Date: 2013-06-20 11:29:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:164564
The Muslim Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau held Wednesday a meeting with the Guidance Bureau of Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya (Islamic Group) to discuss preparations for a protest planned for June 21. In a statement by the Islamic group, the meeting ....
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Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Cairo Monday – Pope Tawadros
Date: 2013-06-20 11:25:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:164550
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese said on Wednesday that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will visit Cairo on Monday. This is the first visit of the new father to Egypt since his March appointment, ....
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Security source denies finding explosives, bombs near presidential palace
Date: 2013-06-20 11:13:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:164523
A well-placed security source denied finding explosives or bombs in the vicinity of the presidential palace, Al-Ittihadiya, in Heliopolis. The source told MENA that the security measures in the area have been stepped up. ....
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Ethiopia dam to shrink Egypt's water share, disrupt power generation in High Dam - expert
Date: 2013-06-20 11:12:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:164475
Ethiopia's dam expected to shrink Egypt's quota of water from 55 billion cubic meters to 40, a member of the tripartite committee on Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam said. Ethiopia's dam will also disrupt power generation in Egypt's High Dam, Alaa ....
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Oil minister denies reports on June 30 day-off
Date: 2013-06-20 10:42:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:164447
Minister of Petroleum Sharif Haddara has denied reports about banning the ministry's employee a day-off on June 30, a day that expected to witness major protests. "Such reports are unfounded and baseless," he said in statements on Wednesday. ....
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Morsi warns against harming state facilities
Date: 2013-06-20 10:36:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:164428
President Mohamed Morsi warned on Wednesday against harming the state facilities. In a statement issued by the presidency, Morsi held meeting with ministers of defense, interior, and the head of the General Intelligence Service to discuss efforts ....
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Mubarak trial judge denies any relativity with Suzanne Thabet
Date: 2013-06-19 20:53:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:163885
The head of the Cairo Criminal Court which is retrying former President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, former interior minister Habib al-Adli and six security aides over the killing of peaceful protesters during January revolution denied on Wednesday ....