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  • One policeman killed, 2 wounded in Niger Embassy attack

    One policeman killed, 2 wounded in Niger Embassy attack

    Date: 2015-07-29 06:48:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:3061273

    One conscript was killed while two others were injured in a fire attack at Niger Embassy in Giza early Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The statement said gunmen driving a private car opened fire at security personnel ....

  • Court upholds 15-year jail sentence against Zeina killers

    Court upholds 15-year jail sentence against Zeina killers

    Date: 2015-07-29 06:47:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:3061261

    The Juvenile Criminal Court upheld the 15-year jail sentence handed down against the two killers of a five-year-old girl in Port Said. Mahmoud Kasper, 17 and Alaa Abu Zeid, 16, are charged with kidnapping, rapping and killing the girl identified ....

  • Presidential decree to annul amendments to constitutional court law

    Presidential decree to annul amendments to constitutional court law

    Date: 2015-07-28 18:25:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:3060089

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has issued a decree to annul amendments to a number of articles of a law on the Supreme Constitutional Court. The amendments had been introduced following a 2014 presidential decree to that effect. The decree ....

  • Tayyeb: Terrorist organizations do not represent Islam

    Tayyeb: Terrorist organizations do not represent Islam

    Date: 2015-07-28 17:03:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:3059633

    Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb has stressed that the terrorist Daesh group and all other terrorist organizations do not represent Islam and have nothing to do with it, even if they claim so. Al Azhar plays an educational and cultural ....

  • FM, Blair discuss reactivating ME peace process

    FM, Blair discuss reactivating ME peace process

    Date: 2015-07-28 15:38:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:3059185

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Tuesday with former British premier Tony Blair to discuss ways to end the stalemate in the Middle East peace process. Blair was keen on stopping in Egypt on his way to Israel to listen to an Egyptian ....

  • Interior Minister visits New Suez Canal

    Interior Minister visits New Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-07-28 13:18:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:3058025

    Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar paid a visit to the New Suez Canal on Tuesday to inspect measures to secure the waterway and preparations for the inauguration ceremony on August 6. The New Suez Canal is a bridge to the future, Abdel Ghaffar ....

  • Egypt strongly deplores terror attack in Bahrain

    Egypt strongly deplores terror attack in Bahrain

    Date: 2015-07-28 10:03:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:3056189

    Egypt has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Bahrain's Sitra area, killing and wounding a number of policemen, Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Aati said in a statement on Tuesday. He extended condolences to the victims' families, ....

  • UAE min.: New Suez Canal reflects Sisi strategic vision for modern Egypt

    UAE min.: New Suez Canal reflects Sisi strategic vision for modern Egypt

    Date: 2015-07-28 08:20:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:3055421

    UAE State Minister and Head of the Coordinating office of the UAE-funded projects in Egypt Sultan Ahmed al Jaber Tuesday hailed the new Suez Canal project as it reflects President Abdel Fattah El Sisi strategic vision for modern Egypt. The new ....

  • Primitive bomb explodes at power transformer in Nasr City; no injuries

    Primitive bomb explodes at power transformer in Nasr City; no injuries

    Date: 2015-07-28 07:05:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:3054917

    A primitive bomb went off late Monday at a reserve power transformer located behind Nasr City Company for Housing and Construction in Cairo's district of Nasr City, with no injuries reported, according to a security source. In statements to MENA, ....

  • Rafale fighters take part in air force graduation ceremony: pres. spokesman

    Rafale fighters take part in air force graduation ceremony: pres. spokesman

    Date: 2015-07-27 19:19:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:3053861

    Recently acquired Rafale fighters have taken part in the graduation ceremony of Air Force Academy, presidential spokesman Alaa Yousef has said. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has praised the high performance of the fresh graduates of the Air ....

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