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Antiquities Ministry seeks to restore stolen piece from Giza Pyramid
Date: 2013-12-23 08:07:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:4 - ID:456416
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim addressed the Foreign Ministry to take legal procedure to retrieve a relic stolen from the Great Giza Pyramid by three German researchers. Ibrahim said he asked the Foreign Ministry to coordinate with German ....
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Al-Azhar University referred 350 male, female students to disciplinary councils -- president
Date: 2013-12-23 07:45:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:456379
Al-Azhar University President Osama al-Abd said on Sunday that 350 male and female students were referred to disciplinary councils since the recent outbreak of violence at the university. Some students were barred from classes for two years, ....
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Wafd party prefers presidential elections before legislative polls
Date: 2013-12-23 07:43:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:456378
Al-Wafd says it prefers holding the presidential elections before the legislative polls, deputy chairman Yasser el-Hodibeei said after meeting Interim President Adly Mansour. "We want the presidential votes to be held at first because that will ....
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Judicial figures to be interrogated over 'Judges for Egypt' movement
Date: 2013-12-23 07:41:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:456369
Investigative judge at the appeals court Mohamed Shereen Fahmy ordered summoning a number of judicial figures to question them about charges of forming a movement called "Judges for Egypt." Fahmy ordered summoning former vice president Mahmoud ....
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NGO floats initiative to establish commission for truth, justice
Date: 2013-12-22 18:17:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:456009
The Arab Center for Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Professions (ACIJLP) has launched an initiative of a law to establish a commission for truth and justice in Egypt. The initiative is meant to "support mechanisms and programs of ....
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Azhar rejects referendum-forbidding fatwa
Date: 2013-12-22 18:12:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:455998
Al-Azhar rejected fatwas (Islamic edicts) claiming that it was religiously forbidden to take part in the upcoming referendum on the nation’s constitution. Such fatwas are alien to Islamic law and have nothing to do with Sharia, Azhar said in a ....
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Abdel-Megid laid to rest in his hometown of Alexandria
Date: 2013-12-22 18:09:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:455996
Esmat Abdel-Megid, a former secretary general of the Arab League and Egyptian foreign minister, has been laid to rest in his hometown city of Alexandria. Alexandria Governor Tariq el-Mahdi attended the funeral on behalf of Interim President Adly ....
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Housing Minister to El-Esseily residents: Water samples came out clean
Date: 2013-12-22 17:59:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:455986
Housing Minister Ibrahim Mehleb paid a visit on Sunday to El-Esseily village along with Giza Governor Ali Abdel Rahman. Earlier, the minister received complaints that the village suffers from the lack of clean water and sanitation ....
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Investment minister orders EGP 100mln bonus for steel workers
Date: 2013-12-22 17:44:56 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:54 - ID:455975
Investment Minister Osama Saleh approved an EGP 100 million bonus for workers at the Egyptian Iron and Steel Company on Sunday. The minister also ordered completing a study for the development of the company to resume operation at full swing, a ....
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Azhar imam: We appreciate UAE support for Egypt, Azhar
Date: 2013-12-22 17:23:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:455946
Azhar Imam Ahmad el-Tayeb has expressed appreciation for the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s support for Egypt and Al-Azhar. El-Tayeb received on Monday UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and his accompanying delegation. The Azhar ....
