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Mortada Mansour to hold conf. Sunday to announce presidential bid
Date: 2014-04-04 15:49:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:649489
Head of Zamalek Club Mortada Mansour will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. Sunday to announce his intention to run for president. Mansour will outline his electoral program, according to which he will contest in the forthcoming elections. ....
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We're going to rest Cristiano - Ancelotti
Date: 2014-04-04 15:48:44 GMT - Spain - Sport - SN:19 - ID:649487
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will not be taking part in this Saturday's game at the Anoeta stadium. "We're going to give Cristiano a rest, he's weary. We're doing this to avoid any risks. There are a ....
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Military tightens security measures at border terminals, seizes narcotics
Date: 2014-04-04 15:47:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:649484
The Armed Forces have tightened security measures at border crossings and checkpoints around the Suez Canal. Border guards in Qantara East seized a truck laden with 2,600 tons of bango (a type of marijuana) and two vehicles with a huge amount ....
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Legislative amendments to toughen punishment against tax evaders - minister
Date: 2014-04-04 15:38:35 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:649474
The Finance Ministry is working on legislative amendments to toughen penalties against tax evaders, Finance Minister Hani Kadri said Friday. Under the new amendments, tax evasion will be considered a crime instead of a misdemeanor, the minister ....
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PM casts ballot in Engineers Syndicate elections
Date: 2014-04-04 15:33:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:649465
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab cast his vote Friday in elections of Egypt’s Engineers' Syndicate at Cairo Stadium polling station. In statements after casting his ballot, Mahlab underlined his keenness on having fair and transparent elections ....
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Fatah official optimistic about Arab future
Date: 2014-04-04 12:58:52 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:649214
Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmed expressed optimism at Arab future after Egypt's revolution. He stressed, during a meeting held Friday with the Follow-up Committee of the Beirut and Coast Conference, that the Egyptian revolution will have an effect ....
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Tight security measures at Cairo Airport
Date: 2014-04-04 12:57:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:649205
Cairo International Airport authorities continue to tighten security measures inside and outside the airport, as well as on roads leading to terminals, said a security official at the airport Friday. Fixed and mobile checkpoints have been set up ....
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Fight against terrorism priority in settling Syria crisis: Lavrov
Date: 2014-04-04 12:54:53 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:649200
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the fight against terrorism was a priority for those who wanted to settle the Syria crisis, The Voice of Russia reported Friday. "The Syrian problem has no relationship to Ukraine except that both ....
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Cairo University takes steps to deploy policemen on campus
Date: 2014-04-04 11:40:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:649004
Cairo university will send letters on Saturday to the interior and higher education ministries, as well as the Giza governor, to activate a decision to deploy policemen on campus, MENA learned Friday. This step comes as part of efforts to protect ....
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Press syndicate delays general assembly meeting
Date: 2014-04-04 11:39:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:649000
The Syndicate of Journalists decided Friday to postpone a regular general assembly meeting scheduled for later today. The quorum for the meeting was not completed, the syndicate said. ....