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4 MB members arrested over violence charges
Date: 2015-02-02 10:33:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:1875933
The Suez prosecution office decided Monday to keep four Muslim Brotherhood members in custody over involvement in acts of violence against army and police forces, a judicial source said. The defendants, including a Canal Power Company staffer, ....
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Time not ripe to resume Mideast peace talks -- UN envoy
Date: 2015-02-02 10:32:37 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:26 - ID:1877129
UN Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry said on Monday time is not ripe now to resume stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians as the Israeli elections are soon. Addressing a news conference after talks with ....
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Awqaf ministry organizes pro-army, police rally in Cairo
Date: 2015-02-02 10:30:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:1877097
Scholars and preachers of the Awqaf Ministry will organize on Tuesday a rally outside a main mosque in Cairo in support for the army and police. The anti-terror protesters asserted backing to efforts exerted to combat terrorism. The rally, ....
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Strange object reported in Abdel Men'em Riyad Square
Date: 2015-02-02 09:54:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:1876701
Cairo police received a report Monday about a strange object in Abdel Men'em Riyad Square in downtown Cairo. A security source told MENA police cordoned off the vicinity of the square. Sappers rushed to the area. ....
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Court sends 66 defendants to jail in Rod el Farag violence case
Date: 2015-02-02 09:52:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:1876689
Cairo Criminal Court handed down on Monday jail sentences ranging between 25 to three years in jail against 66 defendants implicated in acts of violence in Rod el Farag district following the dispersal of Rabaa and Nahda protest camps. Mamdouh ....
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Arab League chief asserts efforts to enhance women empowerment
Date: 2015-02-02 09:51:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:1876673
Arab League chief Nabil Araby said on Monday the pan-Arab body does its utmost efforts to boost empowerment of women. He was addressing a high-level meeting on progress achieved on gender equality. Araby called on all partners and concerned ....
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Israel arrests 4 Palestinians for crossing Gaza security fence
Date: 2015-02-02 09:50:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1876653
Israeli forces arrested four Palestinians for crossing the border security fence in the eastern Gaza Strip on Monday, local sources said. The four were taken to an unknown destination for questioning. Since the end of the latest aggression on ....
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Two explosions heard in Tripoli
Date: 2015-02-02 09:48:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:1875161
Two explosions rocked the Libyan capital in the wee hours of Monday but no official statement has been released so far about the source of the bombings. A number of explosions hit the Libyan capital during January, the latest of which was a blast ....
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Health minister visits victims of N. Sinai attack at hospital
Date: 2015-02-02 09:47:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:1876629
Health Minister Adel Adawi and Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali visited victims of the recent terrorist attacks in North Sinai who are still receiving treatment at the Armed Forces' Hospital in Kobri el Qoba. The ministers inquired after the ....
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Cassation court orders retrial in Farrag murder case
Date: 2015-02-02 09:46:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:1876613
The Court of Cassation annulled on Monday execution and imprisonment rulings issued against 12 defendants in the case of killing assistant police chief in Giza Nabil Farrag. The court ordered a retrial for all defendants. The previous rulings ....