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  • FJP member decries acts of violence outside Abbassiya Cathedral

    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 ....

  • Health Ministry: Two killed, 89 injured in clashes outside Abbassiya Cathedral

    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 ....

  • Development key to settling Darfur issue - Egypt FM

    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 ....

  • Huge fire erupts in factory of Cairo district

    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 ....

  • Thousands of Copts converge on Cathedral to mourn victims of Cairo's El-Khusus clashes

    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 ....

  • Egyptian mufti underlines Cairo-Muscat cooperation in religious domains

    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 ....

  • Funeral of Khosous victims to be held Sunday, pope leads mass

    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 ....

  • Egypt's stance towards Halayeb, Shalateen not changed – Morsi's aide

    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 ....

  • Tanta-Mahalla road re-opened after ending protest

    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.     ....

  • Oil slick detected offshore Lake Nasser

    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 ....

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