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Airlifting Egyptians fleeing Liby to end Sunday: Aviation Min.
Date: 2014-08-10 07:30:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:866462
Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal said Saturday that airlifting Egyptians, who fled Libya to borders with Tunisia, to their homeland will end on Sunday morning. "As many as 11,500 Egyptians have returned through an airlift operated by EgyptAir ....
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Ban voiced concern over humanitarian, security situation in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-10 07:26:56 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:1 - ID:866456
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern over humanitarian and security situation in Iraq. The UN and the international community are closely watching the political developments in Iraq, he said. Ban called on all the political parties ....
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Situation in Iraq 'unprecedentedly dangerous': FM
Date: 2014-08-09 17:44:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:866118
Egypt's Foreign Ministry stressed that the situation in Iraq is "unprecedentedly dangerous" in the view of recent movements by the Islamic State and its attempts to control the Iraqi state and re-form the society though displacing minorities. In ....
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Obama: No timetable for Iraq airstrikes
Date: 2014-08-09 17:33:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:28 - ID:866109
US airstrikes have "successfully destroyed arms and equipment" that terrorists with ISIS could have used against the Kurdish regional capital of Irbil in Iraq, US President Barack Obama said Saturday. "We feel confident" that military efforts can ....
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Ex-interior minister Adly denies orders of firing at protesters in 2011
Date: 2014-08-09 17:04:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:866076
Former interior minister Habib el-Adly denied on Saturday that he issued orders of firing live ammunition at protesters during the January 25 revolution. "Security forces dealt with the protesters in line with law and only used tear gas to ....
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Azhar Imam inaugurates online portal
Date: 2014-08-09 16:09:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:866019
Azhar Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb and Grand Mufti Shawky Allam will inaugurate on Sunday the development of a new online portal of al-Azhar. Ministers of Awqaf (Endowments) and Communication and Information Technology will attend the event. The new ....
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Awqaf minister agrees on holding seminars at univ.
Date: 2014-08-09 15:07:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:865932
Awqaf Minister Mohamad Mokhtar Gomaa agreed Saturday with Ministry of Higher Education on a cooperation protocol to hold a monthly seminar at the universities in cooperation between the ministry and al-Azhar University to communicate with the ....
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Egypt has upper hand over terror: Interior min.
Date: 2014-08-09 15:03:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:865923
Interior Minister Mohamad Ibrahim has said Egypt has the upper hand in its fight against terror, adding that the security forces would spare no effort to uproot the "coward terrorism" from Egypt. During his visit to Red Sea province, the minister ....
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Finance min. to meet 468 staff on reducing budget deficit
Date: 2014-08-09 15:02:51 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:23 - ID:865919
Minister of Finance Hany Qadry will meet Tuesday with 468 of the ministry's staff on discussing some unconventional ideas and visions to reduce the budget deficit and improving public financial management for Egyptian economy. The group includes ....
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Court dissolves terrorist MB's political party
Date: 2014-08-09 14:50:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:865903
Egypt's High Administrative Court ordered on Saturday to dissolve the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and to liquefy all of its assets. The court dismissed 10 other claims in appeal to cease the expected ....