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Panel formed to follow up Cairo stadium inquiry
Date: 2015-02-09 20:18:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:1931297
The Youth and Sports Ministry has formed a committee to follow up investigations into the deaths of fans of Zamalek football team, Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhi said on Monday. "The ministry expresses its deep condolences over ....
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Trial of defendants accused of attacking Helwan police station adjourned
Date: 2015-02-09 11:49:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:1927189
The Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned until February 19 the trial of 51 defendants on charges of storming and burning Helwan Police Station in the wake of ending Muslim Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo in August 2013. Three police officers and ....
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Palestinians denounce Israel's settlement plans
Date: 2015-02-09 11:29:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:1926945
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounced Israel's plans for major expansions of four settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel's move "runs counter to a call made by the Mideast Quartet for resuming peace talks," the ministry said in a ....
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Alaa Abdel Fattah trial delayed to Thursday
Date: 2015-02-09 11:27:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:1926917
The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned until Thursday the retrial of political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 other defendants over riot incidents that followed a protest outside the Shura Council in November 2013. Abdel Fattah and his ....
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Sawiris' Reefy company now licensed to lend small borrowers directly
Date: 2015-02-09 11:24:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1926841
Egyptian Microfinance Institution Reefy, set by businessman Naguib Sawiris with a paid-in capital of 22.5 million pounds, can now lend clients directly after getting necessary licenses from the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority. Since ....
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36,000 people displaced from Darfur since start of 2015: UN
Date: 2015-02-09 11:01:51 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:1926041
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that aid agencies have confirmed that 36,000 people have been displaced by fighting between government forces and armed movements in Darfur since January, a UN spokesman told ....
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1 million square meters for free zone - South Sinai governor
Date: 2015-02-09 10:59:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:1926585
The executive council of South Sinai approved to allocate one million square meters to establish a free zone in Nuweiba, said South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda. The council also decided to allocate five million pounds to renovate the fever ....
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EOHR chief blames rioters who attempted to enter Cairo air stadium by force
Date: 2015-02-09 10:58:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:1926565
Head of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) Hafez Abu Seada blamed rioters who attempted to enter Cairo's Air Defense Stadium by force. In exclusive statements to MENA Monday, Seada said that the Interior Ministry secured several ....
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Citizens flock to Cairo Airport to receive Russian president
Date: 2015-02-09 10:57:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:1926561
Dozens of Egyptian citizens flocked to Cairo International Airport on Monday to receive Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will arrive in Egypt within the coming few hours. Citizens raised the Egyptian flags and posters of the Egyptian and ....
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Sewage waters flood Beni Suef city
Date: 2015-02-09 10:56:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:1926497
Sewage waters flooded streets in Samastah city in Beni Suef governorate in Upper Egypt on Monday. The main sewage line was disrupted, causing the crisis. Bad conditions of the lines are blamed on the explosion. Authorities have deployed ....
