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  • Hagel to Visit Egypt amid Middle East tour

    Hagel to Visit Egypt amid Middle East tour

    Date: 2013-04-18 12:36:01 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:70217

    US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will travel to Egypt on a Middle East tour that will include Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates from April 20 to April 27, Pentagon officials said in a statement issued ....

  • ElBaradei appoints interim vice leader for Al-Dostour party

    ElBaradei appoints interim vice leader for Al-Dostour party

    Date: 2013-04-18 12:33:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:70207

    Al-Dostour Party leader Mohamed ElBaradei appointed on Wednesday Shokry Fouad as acting deputy leader of the party.    Fouad will temporarily occupies the post while Ahmed el-Boray, the party's vice leader who left the office for a short ....

  • Germany announces Development Media Awards for outstanding human rights reports

    Germany announces Development Media Awards for outstanding human rights reports

    Date: 2013-04-17 14:25:33 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:68842

    Deutsche Welle and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) announced the German Development Media Awards for journalists who made outstanding reports on human rights.    The prize aims to honor ....

  • Egypt's mufti receives invitation to visit Bahrain

    Egypt's mufti receives invitation to visit Bahrain

    Date: 2013-04-17 14:17:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:68817

    Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam received an invitation from Bahraini King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa to pay a visit to Bahrain.   This came at a meeting between the mufti and Bahraini Ambassador in Cairo Rashid bin Abdul-Rahman al-Khalifa at ....

  • Cabinet discusses several domestic, foreign files

    Cabinet discusses several domestic, foreign files

    Date: 2013-04-17 14:08:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:68790

    The Egyptian Cabinet held a meeting on Wednesday under Prime Minister Hisham Qandil to discuss a number of important domestic and foreign files including the latest developments of negotiations between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ....

  • Non-commissioned officer killed in line of duty in Gharbiyah

    Non-commissioned officer killed in line of duty in Gharbiyah

    Date: 2013-04-17 11:30:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:68391

    Non-commissioned officer Walid el-Sayyed Mubarak was killed on Wednesday in a shootout while he was in the line of duty manning a police checkpoint in Gharbiyah governorate.   The police personnel, of Gharbiyah security forces, died on the ....

  • JPost claims three rockets fired from Sinai hit Eilat city

    JPost claims three rockets fired from Sinai hit Eilat city

    Date: 2013-04-17 11:25:16 GMT - Israel - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:68385

    The Jerusalem Post claimed that three Grad rockets fired from the Sinai area hit Israel's southernmost city of Eilat on Wednesday morning, causing no injuries but some damage.    The paper said on its website that one of the rockets fell ....

  • Pope Tawadros receives head of Sufi Council

    Pope Tawadros receives head of Sufi Council

    Date: 2013-04-17 10:54:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:68333

    Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II received Tuesday Head of Egypt's Supreme Sufi Council, Abdel Hadi Ahmed Al-Kasabi.    During the meeting, al-Kasabi extended condolences to the pope over the deaths of sectarian violence in Khusus, and ....

  • Five mumps cases detected in Aswan – official

    Five mumps cases detected in Aswan – official

    Date: 2013-04-17 10:52:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:68324

    As many as five mumps cases have been detected among school students in Kom Ombo, Aswan, said Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Aswan, Magdy Hegazy on Tuesday.    The necessary medical procedures were taken and the students ....

  • No Egyptians among victims of Boston bombings – ambassador

    No Egyptians among victims of Boston bombings – ambassador

    Date: 2013-04-17 10:50:50 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:68319

    Egyptian Ambassador to the United States Mohamed Tawfiq asserted Tuesday that there no Egyptians were killed or injured in a bombing that hit a marathon in Boston on Monday.    "No one from the Egyptian community was injured", said Tawfiq ....

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