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  • 32 Brotherhood rioters questioned in Minya

    32 Brotherhood rioters questioned in Minya

    Date: 2014-03-29 11:30:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:637274

    Prosecutors in Minya started on Saturday conducting investigations with 32 rioters belonging to the Brotherhood group, who were arrested in rallies on Friday. They face charges of attacking police forces, damaging private property and protesting ....

  • Dostour Party mourns death of Mayada Ashraf

    Dostour Party mourns death of Mayada Ashraf

    Date: 2014-03-29 11:29:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:637166

    The Dostour Party Saturday mourned the death of journalist Mayada Ashraf, who was killed in clashes between police troops and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood group in Ain Shams Friday. The party said it was deeply sorry for Ashraf's death, ....

  • Pope leads funeral mass for his mother

    Pope leads funeral mass for his mother

    Date: 2014-03-29 11:28:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:637270

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria Saturday led a funeral mass for his mother who died Friday. Alexandria governor Tareq Mahdi and representatives of the northern military command attended the funeral at Saint Mark Cathedral. ....

  • Interior minister honors mothers, wives of police martyrs

    Interior minister honors mothers, wives of police martyrs

    Date: 2014-03-29 11:26:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:637267

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Saturday honored mothers and wives of police martyrs. Addressing a ceremony at the police sports union in Darasa, Ibrahim stressed his Ministry's keenness on providing social care to families of police martyrs. ....

  • Cautious calm at Azhar University

    Cautious calm at Azhar University

    Date: 2014-03-29 10:52:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:637175

    Uneasy calm settled over Al-Azhar University's faculties in the eastern Cairo neighborhood of Nasr City after tight security measures were adopted at the gates on the third week of the second term. Under the measures, security authorities at the ....

  • 5 killed, 22 injured in Friday clashes nationwide

    5 killed, 22 injured in Friday clashes nationwide

    Date: 2014-03-29 10:51:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:637169

    Five persons were killed and 22 injured during the clashes that occurred Friday nationwide, the Health Ministry announced. All fatalities occurred in Cairo, including a young female reporter, while the injuries reached 18 in the governorate, the ....

  • Post offices working normally after strike ended

    Post offices working normally after strike ended

    Date: 2014-03-29 10:48:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:637163

    Work has been going normally at all post offices nationwide after employees ended a week-long strike, Egypt Post President Ashraf Gamaleddin said. Monthly pensions will be cashed within days as scheduled, Gamaleddin said. The striking workers ....

  • Nile water level unchanged

    Nile water level unchanged

    Date: 2014-03-29 10:44:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:33 - ID:637148

    The Nile River water level recorded 175.33 meters on Saturday, the same as the reading of Friday. Water released from Aswan Dam reached 145 million cubic meters and water coming freshly to Lake Nasser today was also the same, according to a ....

  • Egypt mufti mourns death of Pope Tawadros' mother

    Egypt mufti mourns death of Pope Tawadros' mother

    Date: 2014-03-29 10:43:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:637145

    Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam Saturday mourned the death of the mother of Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Dioscese. He sent a cable of condolences to the pope. ....

  • 1 killed, 3 injured in bomb blast in Iraq

    1 killed, 3 injured in bomb blast in Iraq

    Date: 2014-03-29 10:42:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:637140

    One person was killed and three others were injured when a bomb exploded in Tikrit's downtown, 170 km north of Baghdad. The explosive charge was planted on the side of the road, a security source said. The blast scene was sealed off as ....

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