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Court revokes sentences in 2nd Rafah massacre case, orders retrial
Date: 2015-06-13 10:41:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2786921
The Cassation Court has revoked a previous ruling against 16 defendants held in connection with the second Rafah massacre. Cairo Criminal Court had also found the defendants guilty of Al Qaeda espionage charges. The Cassation Court on Saturday ....
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PM arrives in Johannesburg for Nepad, AU summits
Date: 2015-06-13 09:25:03 GMT - South Africa - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2786341
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab arrived in Johannesburg on Saturday to attend the Nepad and AU summits on behalf of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Egypt's Ambassador to South Africa Sherif Naguib received Mahlab at the airport. Mahlab is set to ....
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Huge fire in Gharbiya market under control
Date: 2015-06-13 08:46:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2786053
Firefighters brought a huge fire that erupted in a clothes market in a Tanta village, Gharbiya, under control with no casualties reported. The fire consumed dozens of kiosks in the market. Three fire engines rushed to the scene to put out the ....
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French FM to visit Egypt next week
Date: 2015-06-13 07:56:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2785769
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will visit Egypt next week as part of a regional tour that will start on Saturday. The tour will cover Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Israel, diplomatic sources told MENA on Saturday. During his Cairo ....
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Mahlab heads for South Africa to attend AU summit
Date: 2015-06-13 07:30:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2785649
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab left for South Africa Friday night to attend the Nepad and AU summits on behalf of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Mahlab is set to deliver Egypt's speech at the 25th session of the AU summit in Johannesburg. He ....
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6 persons killed, wounded in 2 road accidents in Behaira
Date: 2015-06-13 07:29:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2785637
Two persons were killed and four more wounded in two road accidents in Behaira. Hanaa Hassan Negm el Din, 40, was killed and four others were injured in a car crash on the desert road in the direction of Alexandria. A van, meantime, overturned ....
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Huge blast hits Arish
Date: 2015-06-13 07:22:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2785589
A huge blast hit Arish overnight Saturday. A bomb planted near the house of a policeman in el Obour neighborhood in Arish went off, destroying the walls of an adjacent building, a security source said. The house of the policeman was empty ....
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FM discusses situation in Libya with French, UK counterparts over phone
Date: 2015-06-12 18:24:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2784593
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Friday received phone calls from his French and British counterparts to discuss the latest developments in Libya. In statements, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said that Shoukry assured Laurent ....
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Egypt keen on coordinating efforts with Africa to fight terrorism -- FM
Date: 2015-06-12 18:20:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2784585
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has underlined his country's keenness on coordinating efforts with African countries to combat terrorism and exchange expertise in this regard. He said that fighting extremism can be achieved through ....
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New Suez Canal project to secure 1mn job opportunities: Mamish
Date: 2015-06-12 18:17:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2784569
The new Suez Canal project will secure nearly one million job opportunities for youths, said Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chairman Mohab Mamish Friday. The national mega project includes a raft of development projects, Mamish said during a ....