Egypt
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Tight security in Nasr City ahead of church funeral prayers
Date: 2016-12-12 07:11:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6130521
The Interior Ministry beefed up on Monday security in the surroundings of Saint Mary and Saint Athanasius Church in Nasr City in preparation for the funeral prayers of the victims of the explosion that hit El Boutroseya Coptic Orthodox Church ....
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Three mourning tents erected on El Nasr road for Church victims
Date: 2016-12-12 07:01:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6130421
Three mourning tents were erected in Nasr City's El Nasr Road ahead of the state funeral possession for the martyrs of Sunday's terrorist blast that targeted the Boutroseya Church in Cairo's Abbassiya district. The blast left 23 persons dead and ....
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Pope Tawadros: All Egyptians share sadness over church victims
Date: 2016-12-12 06:59:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6130409
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese said Sunday that all Egyptians shared deep sorrow over the death of church victims. Pray for the injured now in hospitals, the Pope added in a brief address at the Coptic ....
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Cassation court orders re-trial of Safwat el Sherif, his son
Date: 2016-12-10 11:40:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6119497
The court of cassation annulled on Saturday a five-year jail sentence issued against former Shura Council speaker Safwat el-Sherif and his son Ehab and ordered retrial. They are accused of profiteering and influence peddling. Sherif and Ehab ....
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Sisi arrives to venue of monthly youth dialogue session
Date: 2016-12-10 10:47:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6119097
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived on Saturday to the venue hosting the first monthly dialogue session for youth. The session will shortly kick off under the auspices of president Sisi. Egyptian youths, intellectuals and dignitaries are ....
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Sisi exchanges greeting cables with Arab, Muslim leader on Mualed occasion
Date: 2016-12-10 08:38:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6118189
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi exchanged Saturday cables of greetings with kings, presidents and emirs of Arab and Muslim countries on the Mualed el Nabawi occasion. In his cables, Sisi wished the leaders of the Arab and Muslim countries a happy ....
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Turkey deplores Haram terror attack, offers condolences to Egyptians
Date: 2016-12-10 06:32:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6117613
The Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned on Friday the terror attack that targeted two security checkpoints in Haram district of Giza governorate. In a press release distributed by the embassy in Cairo, the ministry also offered its condolences to ....
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Sisi calls for renewing religious discourse based on true understanding of Islam
Date: 2016-12-08 10:27:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6108053
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi greeted on Thursday Egyptians and the Islamic and Arab nations on the anniversary of al Muled al Nabawi (Prophet Muhammad's birthday). Addressing a celebration organized by Al Awqaf Ministry on that ....
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Pope Tawadros flies to Greece
Date: 2016-12-08 09:48:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6107721
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese left here on Thursday for Greece on a pastoral visit, the first by an Egyptian pontiff to Greece in 25 years. The pope is set to visit the Coptic Orthodox Church in Athens and ....
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Shoukry probes Palestinian cause, Syrian crisis with French counterpart
Date: 2016-12-08 07:54:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6106853
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry probed the developments in the Palestinian cause and the Syrian crisis with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault. During a phone call from Ayrault, Shoukry also dwelt on preparations for an international peace ....