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  • 2 police officers to stand trial June 6 in torture to death case

    2 police officers to stand trial June 6 in torture to death case

    Date: 2015-04-15 12:31:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2384805

    Head of the Cairo Court of Appeals Ayman Abbas Wednesday set June 6 as the first session in the trial of two police officers in the case of torturing to death a lawyer inside Mataria police station. He ordered that the North Cairo Criminal Court ....

  • Putin’s Mideast gains trump $27 billion loss from Iran agreement

    Putin’s Mideast gains trump $27 billion loss from Iran agreement

    Date: 2015-04-15 12:30:47 GMT - USA - International - SN:28 - ID:2384789

    As Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, he’s willing to take an economic hit to expand his political influence. He’s taking the same approach with Iran, Bloomberg website reported on Wednesday. Lifting ....

  • Egypt's community in Ethiopia marks Easter

    Egypt's community in Ethiopia marks Easter

    Date: 2015-04-15 12:16:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2384649

    The Egyptian community in Ethiopia celebrated the Easter and Sham el Nesim, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. Speaking at the ceremony, Egypt's Ambassador Mohamed Edris said such occasions, which are celebrated by all ....

  • 2 Military Academy students killed in Kafr el Sheikh Stadium blast

    2 Military Academy students killed in Kafr el Sheikh Stadium blast

    Date: 2015-04-15 12:04:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2384489

    Two Military Academy students were killed and six others injured here on Wednesday in a bomb explosion at Kafr el Sheikh Stadium fence, Governor Ossama Hamdi said. The terrorist act targeted a group of Military Academy students inside the Kafr el ....

  • Tayyeb: Al Azhar ready to cooperate with UNESCO in educational fields

    Tayyeb: Al Azhar ready to cooperate with UNESCO in educational fields

    Date: 2015-04-15 11:59:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2384453

    Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb Wednesday stressed Al Azhar's readiness to cooperate with the UNESCO in the educational fields. During a meeting with a UNESCO delegation, Tayyeb called for defining a scientific program for joint action ....

  • Dar al Iftaa urges combating extremist ideolgy of Somali Shabab movement

    Dar al Iftaa urges combating extremist ideolgy of Somali Shabab movement

    Date: 2015-04-15 11:54:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2384385

    Dar al Iftaa, the primary Egyptian authority responsible for issuing religious edicts, Wednesday called for combating the extremist ideology of the terrorist Somali al Shabab movement by providing the intellectual and financial support to Sufi ....

  • Israel may send arms to Ukraine if Russia delivers S-300 to Iran – Reports

    Israel may send arms to Ukraine if Russia delivers S-300 to Iran – Reports

    Date: 2015-04-15 11:50:13 GMT - Russia - International - SN:23 - ID:2384353

    Israel may start sending arms to Ukraine in response to Russia’s decision to lift its five-year embargo on the delivery of the S-300 missile system to Iran, NRG reports, citing unnamed Israeli military source. According to NRG, Israeli government ....

  • Tight security measures at Libyan dialogue venue

    Tight security measures at Libyan dialogue venue

    Date: 2015-04-15 11:48:12 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:2384321

    Moroccan security forces tightened security measures in the vicinity of the conferences palace here on Wednesday where the Libyan dialogue sessions are being held under the auspices of the United Nations. Security bodies blocked all roads leading ....

  • Cabinet probes political, economic, security files

    Cabinet probes political, economic, security files

    Date: 2015-04-15 11:45:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2384301

    The cabinet held its weekly meeting Wednesday under Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to probe political, economic and security files. The meeting took up also means of fighting terrorism, securing the Egyptian street as well as the latest ....

  • 58 ships transit Suez Canal

    58 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-04-15 11:44:40 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:20 - ID:2384277

    Fifty-eight vessels transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday carrying a cargo of around 3.9 million tons in two convoys. The south-bound convoy includes 37 ships carrying 1.428 million tons, while the north-bound convoy includes 21 vessels carrying ....

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