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Sami Anan officially excluded from voters' database
Date: 2018-01-24 08:45:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7207944
The National Elections Authority (NEA) on Tuesday excluded Lieutenant General Sami Anan from the voters database of the upcoming presidential elections. The decision was taken as Anan is still a military man who is prevented from exercising ....
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Military prosecution orders media gag in Anan's case
Date: 2018-01-23 17:18:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:7207306
The Military Prosecution issued a media gag order in investigations opened into the case of former Egyptian army chief of staff Sami Anan, on Tuesday. Under the gag, no local or foreign media outlet or newspaper would be allowed to publish ....
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Senior lawmaker meets Canadian counterpart, Chinese ambassador
Date: 2018-01-23 17:17:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:7207261
Head of the parliament's foreign affairs committee Tareq Radwan held on Tuesday a meeting with Chinese ambassador to Egypt Song Aiguo and Member of the Canadian House of Commons Omar Alghabra. During his meeting with the Chinese diplomat, Radwan ....
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64 NGOs applied to monitor presidential election - minister
Date: 2018-01-23 17:17:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:7207241
Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali said on Tuesday that about 64 non-governmental organizations have applied to monitor the upcoming presidential election. The ministry's operations room assigned to receive requests from NGOs willing to ....
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Two dangerous takfiri elements killed in N. Sinai - military spokesman
Date: 2018-01-23 14:54:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:7206982
Law enforcement forces of the Second Field Army, in cooperation with the Air Force, killed over the past two days two dangerous takfiri elements in North Sinai, military spokesman Colonel Tamer el Refaei said in a Tuesday statement. Two other ....
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Press syndicate drops Ayman Nour's membership
Date: 2018-01-23 14:17:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:7206916
The Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists dropped the membership of Ayman Nour on Tuesday for his failure to pay off the subscription fees. The syndicate, in a released statement said that, Nour acted too late when he asked on 31/7/2017 and ....
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39 ships transit Suez Canal
Date: 2018-01-23 14:01:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:7206874
Thirty-nine ships transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, with a total cargo of 2.5 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 17 ships laden with 1.1 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 22 vessels carrying 1.4 million tons, ....
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Hemeda announces resignation from Misr el Erouba party
Date: 2018-01-23 13:36:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7206733
Ragab Hilal Hemeda, the secretary of the policies committee of Misr el Erouba Party, announced his resignation from the party, that is chaired by Samy Annan, the former chief of staff and presidential hopeful. At a press conference, Hemeda said ....
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Business sector minister orders probe into violations inside National Cement Co.
Date: 2018-01-23 13:35:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:7206830
Minister of the Business Sector Khaled Badawi met Tuesday with chairman of the National Cement Co. Mohamed Radwan to discuss problems hindering restructuring of the company. The National Cement Co. bore big losses during the last fiscal year. ....
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Egypt scourged by climate change - min.
Date: 2018-01-23 13:34:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7206771
Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati stressed that Egypt is suffering a lot from the impact of climate change, considering rising temperature as a major challenge threatening the Nile Delta region. Addressing the inaugural ....