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  • Court revokes sentences in 2nd Rafah massacre case, orders retrial

    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 ....

  • PM arrives in Johannesburg for Nepad, AU summits

    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 ....

  • Huge fire in Gharbiya market under control

    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 ....

  • French FM to visit Egypt next week

    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 ....

  • Mahlab heads for South Africa to attend AU summit

    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 ....

  • 6 persons killed, wounded in 2 road accidents in Behaira

    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 ....

  • Huge blast hits Arish

    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 ....

  • FM discusses situation in Libya with French, UK counterparts over phone

    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 ....

  • Egypt keen on coordinating efforts with Africa to fight terrorism -- FM

    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 ....

  • New Suez Canal project to secure 1mn job opportunities: Mamish

    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 ....

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