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  • MB leader released in Suez – judicial source

    MB leader released in Suez – judicial source

    Date: 2013-12-01 11:24:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:416486

    A judicial source said a Suez misdemeanor court decided to release Leading Muslim Brotherhood member, lawyer and former legal adviser Bahaa Salama on a bail of 10,000 EGP and turned down an appeal by the public prosecutor. The public prosecutor ....

  • Minister allocates 4.47 billion pounds for development of 27 level crossings

    Minister allocates 4.47 billion pounds for development of 27 level crossings

    Date: 2013-12-01 11:19:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:416468

    Local Development Minister Adel Labib decided on Sunday to earmark 4.47 billion pounds for the development of 27 level crossings in 13 governorates as part of efforts to ensure citizens' safety and avoid repeated train accidents. In press ....

  • Retrial of business tycoon Ezz postponed to Dec 22 session

    Retrial of business tycoon Ezz postponed to Dec 22 session

    Date: 2013-12-01 11:17:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:416466

    Cairo's Misdemeanor Court decided Sunday to postpone the retrial session of Egyptian business tycoon Ahmed Ezz to December 22 over charges of evading the payment of taxes valued at 10,680,000 EGP on his tradings in "Ezz Dekheila" and Ezz Holding ....

  • World marks International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

    World marks International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

    Date: 2013-12-01 11:04:34 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:33 - ID:416441

    The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of ....

  • Nour Party finally agrees to let Egypt's high court have final word on Islamia Sharia principles

    Nour Party finally agrees to let Egypt's high court have final word on Islamia Sharia principles

    Date: 2013-12-01 11:03:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:416437

    Representative of the ultra-conservative Nour party in the 50-strong constitutional drafting panel finally agreed on a common ground as regards the definition of the principles of the Islamic Sharia in the Constitution, committee sources ....

  • Port Said governor specifies protest location

    Port Said governor specifies protest location

    Date: 2013-12-01 10:24:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:416357

    Port Said Governor General Sameh Qandil has specified the venue allocated for staging protests in coordination with Security Chief General Mohammad Al-Sharqwi in application of the new protest law. In statements to MENA on Sunday, Qandil said ....

  • France withdrawing NATO troops from kosovo

    France withdrawing NATO troops from kosovo

    Date: 2013-12-01 10:22:33 GMT - France - International - SN:30 - ID:416352

    NATO’s supreme commander said France is pulling out of the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo because of commitments in Mali and Central African Republic, Le Figaro newspaper reported Sunday. U.S. Gen. Philip Breedlove said the decision to remove ....

  • Egypt's PA diplomat unravels systematic campaign to tarnish Egypt's image

    Egypt's PA diplomat unravels systematic campaign to tarnish Egypt's image

    Date: 2013-12-01 10:19:03 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:416339

    Egypt's Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Yasser Othman denounced on Sunday the systematic campaign carried out by certain sides against Egypt to tarnish its image for political motives. The campaign includes spreading groundless reports ....

  • Israeli defense minister angry over banning Druse soldiers from entering Dimona plant

    Israeli defense minister angry over banning Druse soldiers from entering Dimona plant

    Date: 2013-12-01 09:42:51 GMT - Israel - International - SN:28 - ID:416262

    Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon expressed outrage over an incident reported by the Israeli media in which three Druse soldiers were delayed entry to the Dimona nuclear plant while Jewish soldiers accompanying them were waved in, The Jerusalem ....

  • Two Awqaf officials referred to investigation over dereliction of duty

    Two Awqaf officials referred to investigation over dereliction of duty

    Date: 2013-12-01 09:40:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:416257

    Cairo Awqaf Undersecretary Sheikh Mohamed Abdel Zaher decided on Sunday to refer two Awqaf officials to investigations over their failure to put into effect the latest decision banning holding Friday prayers in small mosques (Zawyas). In a ....

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