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  • Egypt’s amb. in Ramallah decries Hamas’ rocket landing in Rafah

    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 ....

  • Rafah terminal to be open for 3 days as of Tuesday

    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. ....

  • Egypt minister asserts support for Arab world

    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 ....

  • Azmi's retrial postponed to Feb. 25

    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 ....

  • Awqaf minister denounces circulation of fake draft constitution copies

    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 ....

  • Bourse indexes go down

    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 ....

  • 9 killed, injured in IED blast in Iraq

    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 ....

  • AOHR welcomes decision to form fact-finding panel on June 30 violence

    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 ....

  • Irrigation Ministry launches awareness campaign on Nile water

    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 ....

  • Court dismisses “clean breasts” case against Morsi, Qandil

    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 ....

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