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  • President pardons some convicts on Sinai Liberation Day anniversary

    President pardons some convicts on Sinai Liberation Day anniversary

    Date: 2014-04-20 13:58:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:678605

    Egypt's Interim President Adly Masnour issued on Sunday a republican decree pardoning some prisoners from serving the remaining period of their jail time on the occasion of the Sinai Liberation Day. Presidential Spokesman Ihab Badawi said the ....

  • Pope Tawadros receives Awqaf minister, Cairo governor

    Pope Tawadros receives Awqaf minister, Cairo governor

    Date: 2014-04-20 13:34:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:678559

    Pope Tawadros II, 118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, received on Sunday a delegation of senior Azhar scholars under Minister of Awqaf Dr Mohammad Mokhtar Gomaa who offered Easter greetings to the Pope on behalf of Azhar ....

  • Egypt's museums ready to receive visitors during Sham el-Nessim - minister

    Egypt's museums ready to receive visitors during Sham el-Nessim - minister

    Date: 2014-04-20 13:32:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:678555

    Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said on Sunday all museums and other archaeological sites are fully ready to receive visitors during Sham el-Nessim, an Egyptian national holiday marking the beginning of spring. He said he gave instructions ....

  • 2 Egyptian passengers arrested at Cairo airport

    2 Egyptian passengers arrested at Cairo airport

    Date: 2014-04-20 13:31:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:678548

    Authorities at Cairo International Airport arrested Sunday an Egyptian coming from China carrying 40,000 dollars and another coming from Libya sentenced to one year in prison. Under Egyptian laws, passengers are allowed to carry 10,000 dollars ....

  • AL chief welcomes bids to clear Arab tension

    AL chief welcomes bids to clear Arab tension

    Date: 2014-04-20 13:30:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:678543

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby expressed relief over the positive steps taken during the Arab Gulf foreign ministers' meeting in Riyadh aimed to clear Arab tensions. In a statement issued following a phone call with Kuwaiti Deputy ....

  • Trial of Morsi, 14 others over Ittihadiya violence postponed to May 3

    Trial of Morsi, 14 others over Ittihadiya violence postponed to May 3

    Date: 2014-04-20 13:29:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:678538

    Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and 14 co-defendants of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood leaders over charges of inciting the killing of peaceful protesters outside Ittihadiya presidential palace in ....

  • Armed Forces greet Copts on Easter

    Armed Forces greet Copts on Easter

    Date: 2014-04-20 13:27:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:678535

    The Armed Forces on Sunday greeted Copts on Easter. In its statement, the Armed Forces expressed best wishes for Copts and hoped that Egypt enjoy peace and prosperity. ....

  • Court turns down recusal motion filed against judge Mohamed Sherin

    Court turns down recusal motion filed against judge Mohamed Sherin

    Date: 2014-04-20 13:23:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:678528

    A Cairo Appeals Court turned down on Sunday the recusal motion filed by former justice minister Ahmed Suleiman and Amir Awad against the judge currently investigating charges against a number of incumbent and former judges over breaking the ....

  • Sadat: Zawahri threats assert presidential elections targeted

    Sadat: Zawahri threats assert presidential elections targeted

    Date: 2014-04-20 12:34:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:678404

    Head fo the Democratic Sadat party Dr Effat Al-Sadat said the recent threats of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahri against Egypt's police and army assert that there are foreign schemes plotted against Egypt's presidential elections. In a ....

  • Gunmen break into univ. in eastern Baghdad

    Gunmen break into univ. in eastern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-20 12:23:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:678383

    Unidentified gunmen broke into Imam al-Kadhum University in eastern Baghdad, killing and injuring a number of people, an Iraqi police source said. A person wearing an explosive belt blew himself up on Sunday in front of the university, the source ....

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