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Egypt’s amb. in Ramallah decries Hamas’ rocket landing in Rafah
Date: 2013-12-23 14:55:13 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:457466
Egypt’s Ambassador in Ramallah Yasser Osman condemned the landing of a rocket fired by the military wing of Palestinian movement Hamas in the Egyptian territorial waters. The incident needs a bigger explanation from Hamas, Osman told MENA on ....
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Rafah terminal to be open for 3 days as of Tuesday
Date: 2013-12-23 14:54:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:457462
Rafah border terminal will be open for three days as of Tuesday, said a security source on Monday. It will be operating from 9am to 3pm. ....
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Egypt minister asserts support for Arab world
Date: 2013-12-23 14:46:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:457444
Agriculture Minister Ayman Abu-Hadeed asserted on Monday Egypt's support for the Arab world. Addressing a meeting with a visiting delegation from Bahrain, Abu-Hadeed said that finding ways to achieve Arab integration is a must. A program for ....
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Azmi's retrial postponed to Feb. 25
Date: 2013-12-23 14:44:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:457443
The Cairo Criminal Court decided Monday to postpone until February 25 the retrial of former chief of presidential staff Zakaria Azmi over charges of illicit gains. Azmi, who served under the rule of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, was ....
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Awqaf minister denounces circulation of fake draft constitution copies
Date: 2013-12-23 14:43:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:457442
Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa denounced the distribution of fake copies of the draft constitution by some groups to make the people believe that it violates the Islamic Sharia (code) and to attack members of the 50-member constitution panel ....
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Bourse indexes go down
Date: 2013-12-23 14:41:52 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:69 - ID:457439
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes went down at the close of trading on Monday due to adjustments of the financial positions of investors, especially investment funds and institutions, before the end of the year. The market capital lost about ....
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9 killed, injured in IED blast in Iraq
Date: 2013-12-23 14:40:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:457438
At least nine people were killed and injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a popular market in western Baghdad. A roadside bomb planted near a popular market in western Baghdad went off on Monday, a matter which killed a ....
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AOHR welcomes decision to form fact-finding panel on June 30 violence
Date: 2013-12-23 14:37:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:457433
The Arab Organization for Human Rights welcomed a decision by interim President Adly Mansour to form an independent national fact-finding committee to probe the violence that concurrently happened with the June 30 Revolution. The decision was ....
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Irrigation Ministry launches awareness campaign on Nile water
Date: 2013-12-23 14:36:46 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:66 - ID:457425
The Ministry of Irrigation launched on Monday a national campaign that aims to raise awareness on water-related topics. Minister Mohamed Abdel-Motaleb said that the campaign aims at raising awareness among citizens on rationalizing water use and ....
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Court dismisses “clean breasts” case against Morsi, Qandil
Date: 2013-12-23 14:34:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:457418
A Beni Suef court dismissed a lawsuit filed against ousted president Mohamed Morsi and former prime minister Hisham Qandil on charges of libel and defamation of Beni Suef’s women as “irrelevant”. In May, lawyer Faisal Gamal filed the lawsuit ....