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Prosecution denies reports about holding political activist Ahmed Douma or four days
Date: 2013-12-03 16:40:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:420944
Central Cairo Prosecution on Tuesday denied press reports about holding political activist Ahmed Douma for four days on charges of violating the protest law and attacking civil servants. Prosecutor Wael Shebl explained in press statements that ....
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Interim president attends funeral of late minister
Date: 2013-12-03 16:26:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:420911
Interim President Adly Mansour was present at a military funeral that was held on Tuesday afternoon for late Minister of State for Military Production Lt. General Reda Hafez, who passed away earlier in the day. Present at the funeral were Prime ....
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Egyptian amb. in Abuja to partake in D-8 4th conference
Date: 2013-12-03 16:16:20 GMT - Nigeria - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:420875
Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria Ashraf Abdel-Qader Salama is to represent Egypt at the 4th conference of the ministers of agriculture of the Group of Eight Developing Islamic Countries (D-8), which is due to kick off on Wednesday in Abuja. Salama ....
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Interior Minister calls university protests "conspiracy"
Date: 2013-12-03 16:01:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:420852
Egypt's interior minister urged Tuesday university students not to get involved in "conspiracies" plotted against the country. Speaking to a press conference following a cabinet meeting, Mohamed Ibrahim said "I am sending a message to the ....
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Interim President Adly Mansour receives head of Administrative Surveillance Authority Mohamed Omar Heiba
Date: 2013-12-03 15:57:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:420846
Interim President Adly Mansour on Tuesday received head of the Administrative Surveillance Authority Mohamed Omar Heiba. The meeting was announced by a presidential press release without more elaboration. ....
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Administrative Court issues two rulings related to Al-Ahram press institution
Date: 2013-12-03 15:54:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:420844
The Administrative Court of the State Council on Tuesday issued two rulings related to Al-Ahram press institution. The court, in the first ruling, canceled a decision appointing Abdel Naser Salama as editor-in-chief of the newspaper. It accepted ....
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14 killed, injured in 2 suicide attacks in Tikrit
Date: 2013-12-03 15:52:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:420662
Three policemen were killed and 11 others injured on Tuesday when two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests attacked a social care department in Tikrit, north Baghdad, according to a security source. Security forces cordoned off the scene of ....
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Trading on Egyptian bourse draws back
Date: 2013-12-03 15:50:39 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:42 - ID:420835
Trading on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) took a downward trend on Tuesday on the backdrop of intensive sales by Egyptian individual investors and foreign corporations. The market capital lost about 790 million pounds to hit about 405.2 billion ....
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Azhar Imam undergoes cardiac catheterization in Aswan
Date: 2013-12-03 15:36:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:420813
Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyib has undergone a diagnostic cardiac catheterization in Magdi Yacoub Heart Center in Aswan. A medical source said that el-Tayyib has recovered quickly and left the hospital within few hours after the ....
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Judges Club: Establishing stability and fulfilling democratic goals will not be attained without realizing goals of transitional justice
Date: 2013-12-03 15:28:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:420791
Head of the Egyptian Judges Club Counselor Ahmed el-Zend on Tuesday asserted that establishing stability and fulfilling democratic goals will not be attained without realizing the goals of transitional justice. In his speech at a conference on ....