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House: Decision to stop broadcasting sessions applied only to the live airing
Date: 2016-01-12 16:23:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4101585
The House of Representative Secretariat has announced that the decision to stop the broadcasting of the House sessions will be applied only to the live airing. In a statement on Tuesday, the secretariat said the decision to ban the live ....
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Shoukry conveys greetings of Sisi to German majority leader
Date: 2016-01-12 15:40:29 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4101237
Visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday conveyed greetings of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to majority leader of the German Parliament Volker Kauder, said Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid. In ....
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Turkish court releases Egyptians held for attempting to join Daesh
Date: 2016-01-12 14:58:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4100829
A Turkish court decided Tuesday to release 12 Egyptian citizens, including three children, the Turkish authorities had arrested in Adana for attempting to join the terrorist group of Daesh through crossing the Turkish borders, an assistant to the ....
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Parliament agrees to stop airing sessions live
Date: 2016-01-12 07:53:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4096425
The new House of Representatives agreed on Monday to suspend airing its sessions live. Forty lawmakers have proposed to stop the live broadcast of the sessions, Speaker Ali Abdel Aal said. Press is allowed in the house and will continue its ....
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19 parliament committees formed to review previous laws
Date: 2016-01-12 07:30:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4096313
The House of Representatives agreed on Monday to form 19 subcommittees under Speaker Ali Abdel Aal to discuss the decree laws that had been issued in the absence of the parliament. The subcommittees should end their task on Saturday. Earlier ....
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2 bodies, 3 injured retrieved, 7 missing in Sharqia collapsed building
Date: 2016-01-12 07:22:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4096273
Two bodies of 15-year-old and 7-year-old sisters were recovered from the six-storey building which collapsed in Sharqia's town of Minya El Qamh, the governorate's Security Chief, Major General Hassan Seif, said Monday night. Also, three injured ....
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Parliament secretary: No fire in parliament building, short circuit prompted fire sirens to ring
Date: 2016-01-11 11:11:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4090933
Secretary of the House of Representatives Counselor Ahmed Saad Eldin on Monday denied reports that a fire broke out in the parliament building, noting that such reports are groundless. In statements to MENA, Saad Eldin said a limited short ....
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Interior Minister honors some police troops
Date: 2016-01-11 09:29:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4090021
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar Monday honored troops that foiled a terrorist attack on a hotel in the Red Sea city of Hurghada on Friday. The troops were able to arrest the attackers. The minister also honored Col. Yasser Hassan Asr of ....
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Fire inside Azhar University cafeteria controlled
Date: 2016-01-11 08:11:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4089373
Civil defense troops were able to put out a fire that erupted inside a cafeteria at Al Azhar University early Monday. The fire was caused by a short circuit and resulted in the explosion of a gas cylinder inside the cafeteria. No word of ....
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Sherif named deputy speaker of Egyptian parliament
Date: 2016-01-11 08:08:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4089361
MP el Sayyed Mahmoud el Sherif has been elected deputy speaker of parliament for five years. Aly Abdel Aal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said that a runoff vote will be held between MPs Alaa Eddin Abdel Men'em and Seliman Wahdan ....