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Azhar Mosque to be affiliated to Azhar Sheikhdom, says minister
Date: 2014-01-06 12:04:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:482344
Minister of Awqaf Mohammad Mokhtar Gomaa announced Monday that the Azhar Mosque will be affiliated to the Azhar Sheikdom in all the administrative and academic and budgetary aspects. The minister made it clear that the decision was made after ....
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Female Azhar students protest, throw firecrackers
Date: 2014-01-06 12:01:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:482335
Female Muslim Brotherhood students at Al-Azhar University protested and lit up firecrackers outside the girls’ dormitory in the eastern Cairo neighborhood of Nasr City on Monday. Dozens of the students went on a march to rally other girls and ....
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Urgent measures to solve slums problem - Cairo Governor
Date: 2014-01-06 11:44:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:482303
Cairo Governor Galal Said said Monday important projects were launched to solve the decades-running problem of slums. In a statement, he added that the governorate seeks to take urgent action to protect the lives and upgrade the living conditions ....
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Criminal court withdraws from trial of 6 MB elements
Date: 2014-01-06 11:43:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:482301
The Cairo Criminal Court decided Monday to withdraw from the trial of six members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group. The court said the move came as it is busy looking into the case of the incidents of the Ittihadiya Palace, which ....
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HEC: More than 680,000 expats to vote on draft constitution in 161 countries
Date: 2014-01-06 11:42:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:482298
More the 680,000 Egyptian expats are expected to vote in a referendum on the draft constitution to be conducted outside Egypt on January 8-12. Spokesman for the High Election Commission (HEC) Hisham Mokhtar said Monday that 681,346 Egyptians ....
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Adly Mansour amends political rights law to facilitate voting in referendum
Date: 2014-01-06 11:36:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:482285
President Adly Mansour amended on Monday the law on practicing political rights to facilitate people's voting in the referendum on the new constitution on January 14-15. Under the amendments, people can vote in a governorate different from that ....
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PM attends launching of RFP of Suez Canal development project
Date: 2014-01-06 11:33:33 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:34 - ID:481906
Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy Monday attended the launching ceremony of the Request For Proposal (RFP) of a project to develop the Suez Canal region. An international consultancy office will be chosen to outline necessary studies before ....
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Mamish: Suez Canal development project marks breakthrough in Egyptian economy
Date: 2014-01-06 11:19:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:36 - ID:482040
The Suez development project marks a breakthrough in the Egyptian national economy in view of the unique Suez Canal location between the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea and the historic experience of the workers there, Suez Canal Authority Head Mohab ....
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Doustor party launches campaign to urge Egyptians to participate in draft charter balloting
Date: 2014-01-06 11:18:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:482238
Al-Doustor Party will launch a campaign under the title of "Make Up Your Mind" to call on Egyptians to take part in the referendum on Egypt's new national charter, slated for January 14-15. The party will hold several popular rallies all across ....
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18 killed, injured in Toz Khormatu blast in eastern Tikrit city
Date: 2014-01-06 11:03:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:481703
At least 18 people were killed and injured when a booby-trapped car was detonated early Monday in Tuz Khormatu town in eastern Tikrit, an Iraqi security source said. The source said the car was parked near the Kurdistan Communist Party ....