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Border tunnels, house in Rafah destroyed
Date: 2014-01-01 07:37:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:472766
Four tunnels and a house used in smuggling have been demolished during a wide-scale security campaign in the border city of Rafah, a security source said Tuesday. Security campaigns are ongoing on the border city to stop smuggling, added the ....
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Morsi-era presidential spokesman Yasser Ali arrested
Date: 2014-01-01 07:36:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:472763
Security forces arrested Yassir Ali, a terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leader and former presidential spokesman of Mohamed Morsi. Ali was hiding in an apartment in El-Mokattam neighborhood in Cairo when he was captured, a security source told ....
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MB, FJP member disavows membership in terrorist group
Date: 2014-01-01 07:34:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:472760
A member of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice party, rendered his resignation Tuesday from the terrorist group in Toukh, Qalubiya. Lottfi Fathy, 50, reported to his nearby police station saying ....
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Gunmen blast gas pipeline in Sinai
Date: 2014-01-01 07:33:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:472756
Unidentified assailants exploded a natural gas pipeline in Sinai, security sources said on Tuesday. The attack took place in the central part of Sinai against a pipeline that carries natural gas to the industrial area. The pipeline was ....
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Azhar Imam greets Egyptians on New Year
Date: 2014-01-01 07:31:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:472754
Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb greeted the Egyptian people on the New Year. The Grand Imam is scheduled to visit the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasseya on Saturday to greet Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark ....
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Egyptian economy ready for kick-start, minister says
Date: 2013-12-31 19:08:00 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:52 - ID:472499
Minister of Finance Ahmad Galal said Egypt has been passing through an interim stage since January 2011, noting that the Egyptian economy is now ready to kick-start. In a statement on Tuesday, the minister said the interim phase was not an easy ....
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Mansour studying which elections to be conducted first -- Presidency
Date: 2013-12-31 19:06:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:472498
Interim president Adly Mansour is currently studying whether to hold the presidential election before parliamentary polls. A statement by the presidency said Tuesday that Mansour will take into consideration the outcome of a societal dialogue ....
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Antiquities minister rules out renting ancient sites
Date: 2013-12-31 17:10:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:472342
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim denied Tuesday that a UAE company would rent or be granted a franchise for running monumental sites as claimed by media reports. A UAE-based company has expressed its interest in developing some ancient ....
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Army to always protect Egypt, Egyptians -- Sisi
Date: 2013-12-31 17:09:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:472339
Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi said Tuesday that the Armed Forces will always be there to protect Egypt and Egyptians. "The army is united and, thanks to the coherence of the Armed Forces, nobody can undermine Egypt or threaten its ....
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Zaazou optimistic about memo with India
Date: 2013-12-31 17:08:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:472337
Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou has said he is optimistic now that Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian travel agencies, seeing in that a good chance to restore the flow of tourists to Egypt. The deal was sealed between the ....
