Egypt
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Ashton meets NSF secretary, Free Egyptians Party chairman
Date: 2013-06-19 20:43:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:163868
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton met on Wednesday Secretary of the National Salvation Front Mounier Fakhry Abdel-Nour and Chairman of the Free Egyptians Party Ahmed Saaed. The ....
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Azhar: Peaceful protests against ruler permissible in Islamic Sharia
Date: 2013-06-19 20:15:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:163809
Al-Azhar on Wednesday issued a religious opinion to the effect that peaceful protests against the ruler are permissible in Islamic law. In a released statement, the prestigious Egyptian religious institution indicated that peaceful protests have ....
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Tourism minister tendered his resignation yesterday but the PM did not accept it -- spokesman
Date: 2013-06-19 19:41:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:163749
Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou tendered his resignation yesterday but the prime minister refused to accept it and asked him to continue carrying out his duties, Cabinet Spokesman Alaa el-Hadidi said on Wednesday. The minister attended today's ....
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Ex-MB leader afraid of June 30 rallies
Date: 2013-06-19 19:38:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:163745
Former leader at the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Kamal el-Halbawi expressed fears over staging violent rallies on June 30. Halbawi warned against committing any acts of violence during the rallies, which, he warned, could move the country ....
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Assiut Governor calls for activating role of crisis management committee
Date: 2013-06-19 19:36:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:163742
Assiut Governor Yehia Keshk has called for activating the role of the crisis management committee in the governorate in the coming days. Given the fact that some political powers have been calling for staging demonstrations taking this step would ....
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Nour Party won't participate in planned Islamist demos
Date: 2013-06-19 11:03:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:162715
CAIRO (MENA) – The Salafist Al-Nour Party said on Tuesday that it will not participate in planned Islamist demonstration on Friday to evade any violent accidents. In a statement, the party stressed that demonstrations at this time of tension ....
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Shura Council speaker disavows lawmaker's remarks against diplomats
Date: 2013-06-19 11:00:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:162698
CAIRO (MENA) - Speaker of the Shura Council Ahmed Fahmi has disavowed remarks by a lawmaker slamming ambassadors and employees at the ministry of foreign affairs. Abdul Rahman Salem's remarks do not represent the official point of view of the ....
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Egypt supports developing NGOs performance – minister
Date: 2013-06-19 10:50:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:162679
CAIRO (MENA) - Planning and International Cooperation Minister Amr Darrag said on Tuesday that the government pays great attention to boosting the performance of non-governmental organizations. The minister added that the government spares no ....
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Train movement to work as normal on June 30 – minister
Date: 2013-06-19 10:47:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:162674
CAIRO (MENA) – The train movement will never be halted for any reason on June 30, Transport Minister Hatem Abdul Latif said. "The railways in Upper and Lower Egypt will operate normally," Abdul Latif asserted in a tweet on Tuesday. ....
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Casualties among feuding Gharbia protesters, Brotherhood members up
Date: 2013-06-19 10:36:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:162645
TANTA, Egypt (MENA) - The number of those injured in Tuesday's clashes between demonstrators, who reject the appointment of Ahmed el-Billy as Gharbia Governor, and members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) rose to 23, the Health Ministry ....