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  • Interior minister allows 14 prisoners to get out for 48 hours

    Interior minister allows 14 prisoners to get out for 48 hours

    Date: 2013-06-13 12:13:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:153388

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim agreed on Thursday to allow 14 prisoners to get out of prison for 48 hours to visit their families in accordance with Prisons Regulation Law no. 396/1956. The move is part of the ministry's policy to take human ....

  • Cairo, Sudan adopt unified stand on Ethiopia dam - minister

    Cairo, Sudan adopt unified stand on Ethiopia dam - minister

    Date: 2013-06-13 12:11:46 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:153380

    Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Belal said Egypt and Sudan agreed on a unified stand vis-a-vis Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam. In an interview with Al-Arabiya news channel on Wednesday, Belal said "Sudan fully respects the Egyptian side." He ....

  • Cabinet discusses slapping heavy penalties for attacks on police personnel

    Cabinet discusses slapping heavy penalties for attacks on police personnel

    Date: 2013-06-12 13:39:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:151922

    CAIRO (MENA) - The Cabinet held a meeting on Wednesday under Prime Minister Hisham Qandil to discuss a number of important domestic and foreign reports including the possibility of slapping heavy penalties for attacks on police personnel. The ....

  • Pope Tawadros meets Swedish ambassador

    Pope Tawadros meets Swedish ambassador

    Date: 2013-06-12 13:28:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:151900

    CAIRO (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese met Swedish Ambassador here Malin Karre at the Papal headquarters in the Cairo district of Abbassiya on Wednesday for talks on the latest developments in the country and ....

  • Criminal Court acquits all officers accused of burning, shredding State Security documents

    Criminal Court acquits all officers accused of burning, shredding State Security documents

    Date: 2013-06-12 13:13:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:151878

    CAIRO (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court, during its session on Wednesday under sitting judge Moustafa Salama, ordered the acquittal of 41 police leaders in the case of burning and shredding documents of the now-disbanded State Security Investigations ....

  • Tourism minister urges political powers to stage peaceful protests on June 30

    Tourism minister urges political powers to stage peaceful protests on June 30

    Date: 2013-06-12 11:22:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:151628

    CAIRO (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou urged political and national powers and citizens who will participate in the June 30 protests to stage peaceful protests and not to resort to violence under any circumstances in order not to harm the ....

  • National Security Council meet on Ethiopian Dam impact

    National Security Council meet on Ethiopian Dam impact

    Date: 2013-06-12 09:53:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:151440

    Egypt-Presidency-Meeting National Security Council meet on Ethiopian Dam impact CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Egypt's National Security Council held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the impact of an Ethiopian Dam on national security, said a ....

  • PM files complaint against Al-Watan newspaper, irrigation engineer

    PM files complaint against Al-Watan newspaper, irrigation engineer

    Date: 2013-06-11 19:57:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:150964

    CAIRO (MENA) – Prime Minister Hisham Qandil has filed a complaint against Al-Watan newspaper and irrigation engineer Hisham el-Neshawiy. The newspaper has quoted Neshawiy, who is an employee of the Ministry of Irrigation, in its Sunday issue ....

  • Morsi to approve governors' appointments within days – spokesman

    Morsi to approve governors' appointments within days – spokesman

    Date: 2013-06-11 19:51:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:150998

    CAIRO (MENA) – President Mohamed Morsi will approve new governors' appointments within the few coming days, presidential spokesman Omar Amer said. Speaking at a press conference at the presidency on Tuesday, Amer denied any delay in offering ....

  • Conference on Egyptian women status after Ramadan – presidential advisor

    Conference on Egyptian women status after Ramadan – presidential advisor

    Date: 2013-06-11 19:46:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:150989

    CAIRO (MENA) – The Presidency intends to prepare for a general conforence on the status quo of Egyptian women after Holy fasting month of Ramadan, said Dr Omayma Kamel, advisor to the President for family affairs, on Tuesday. Kamel said that ....

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