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FJP member decries acts of violence outside Abbassiya Cathedral
Date: 2013-04-08 11:49:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:54275
Secretary of the Human Rights Committee at the Shura Council Ezzeddin el-Komi deplored acts of violence in front of the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo's Abbassiya district on Sunday. El-Komi, who is also a member of the ....
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Health Ministry: Two killed, 89 injured in clashes outside Abbassiya Cathedral
Date: 2013-04-08 11:46:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:54272
The Health Ministry said that two persons were killed and 89 others injured in Sunday's clashes in front of Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo's Abbassiya district. In press statements, Head of the Central Administration ....
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Development key to settling Darfur issue - Egypt FM
Date: 2013-04-08 11:41:07 GMT - Qatar - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:54262
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr stressed Monday that increasing development rates and improving living conditions of Darfurians are the key to settle the conflict in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. "Development and ....
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Huge fire erupts in factory of Cairo district
Date: 2013-04-07 14:26:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:52898
A huge fire broke out on Sunday in a factory in Abdeen district in downtown Cairo and civil defense teams are currently trying to extinguish the fire. Director of the Public Authority of Civil Protection General Abdel Aziz ....
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Thousands of Copts converge on Cathedral to mourn victims of Cairo's El-Khusus clashes
Date: 2013-04-07 14:23:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:52881
Thousands of Copts converged on Sunday at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral to pay their last respect to four Copts who were killed in sectarian incidents in El-Khusus city, Qalyubiyah governorate. Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria ....
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Egyptian mufti underlines Cairo-Muscat cooperation in religious domains
Date: 2013-04-07 14:21:48 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:52878
Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam highlighted the importance of cooperation and coordination between Egypt and Oman in the various religious domains. During a meeting with Oman Mufti Ahmed ben Hamad al-Khalili, Allam underlined the ....
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Funeral of Khosous victims to be held Sunday, pope leads mass
Date: 2013-04-07 10:35:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:52413
The funeral of four Copts killed in sectarian violnce in the Qaliubiya city of Khosous Friday will be held at the Coptic Cathedral in Abbassiyaon on Sunday at 1 p.m, chuch sources told MENA. The sources added on Saturday that Pope ....
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Egypt's stance towards Halayeb, Shalateen not changed – Morsi's aide
Date: 2013-04-07 10:34:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:52411
President Mohamed Morsi's Advisor for Foreign Affairs Essam Haddad said on Saturday that Egypt's stance towards Halayeb and Shalateen has not changed. In a press release, he said that what really changed is the open relation between ....
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Tanta-Mahalla road re-opened after ending protest
Date: 2013-04-07 10:30:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:52399
Gharbia Security agencies under Security Chief Hatem Osman managed Sunday to open Mahalla-Tanta road, north of Cairo, after hundreds of people from a village in Tanta blocked it on the back of the disappearance of five girls. ....
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Oil slick detected offshore Lake Nasser
Date: 2013-04-07 10:28:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:52397
An oil slick was spotted early Sunday offshore Lake Nasser - which is behind the High Dam. Security teams went to the contaminated area to take all needed measures to contain the slick and clean it up. Initial reports show ....