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  • Retired judge in custody for 4 days over torture charges

    Retired judge in custody for 4 days over torture charges

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:19:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:409078

    The prosecution ordered retired judge Mahmoud el-Khodiery to remain in custody for four days over charges of torturing a citizen during the January 25 revolution. El-Khodiery, who was arrested on Monday upon an arrest warrant, faces charges of ....

  • Press syndicate warns of withdrawal from constitution panel

    Press syndicate warns of withdrawal from constitution panel

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:15:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:409069

    Hisham Younis, a member of the Syndicate of Journalists, said on Tuesday that all options, including the withdrawal of a constitution-amending panel, are on the table in response to the arrest of a number of journalists and activists outside the ....

  • Azhar university expels 11 female students of dormitory

    Azhar university expels 11 female students of dormitory

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:14:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:409065

    The Azhar University expelled 11 female students from the university's dormitory on charges of committing riots and violating a decision taken by the university board banning protests in the campus, according to a statement on Tuesday. The ....

  • All girls detained in Shura Council protest released: Source

    All girls detained in Shura Council protest released: Source

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:07:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:409048

    Security forces released girls, who were detained during a protest outside the Shura Council on Tuesday, a security source said. Male protesters detained during the unlicensed protest were referred to public prosecution for investigations, the ....

  • Three takfiri elements killed in North Sinai

    Three takfiri elements killed in North Sinai

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:02:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:409037

    THree Takfiri elements were killed during a wide-scale security campaign in southern Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah in North Sinai on Tuesday. A house, four huts and five motorcycles belonging to the takfiris were also destroyed during the campaign, ....

  • Egypt volleyball team beats Kenya in 2nd phase of World Championship Qualifiers

    Egypt volleyball team beats Kenya in 2nd phase of World Championship Qualifiers

    Date: 2013-11-27 07:53:12 GMT - Rwanda - Sport - SN:4 - ID:409026

    Egypt's national volleyball team won Tuesday its first match against Kenya in the African Men’s Zone 5 Volleyball Qualifier Tournament being held in Kigali, Rwanda. The 3-2 match is the first step for Egyptians to get the ticket to the World ....

  • Arab justice mnisters warn of terrorism, urge more cooperation to combat it

    Arab justice mnisters warn of terrorism, urge more cooperation to combat it

    Date: 2013-11-27 07:34:26 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:408998

    The Arab justice ministers condemned all forms of terrorism, calling for more inter-Arab cooperation to uproot it and dry out its sources. At the end of their meetings here late on Tuesday, the ministers endorsed a host of resolutions, especially ....

  • Police officer killed in road accident in Qena

    Police officer killed in road accident in Qena

    Date: 2013-11-27 07:23:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:408981

    A police officer was killed when his car overturn on the eastern desert road in Minya late on Tuesday. Major Galal Saad Zaghloul, 40, lost control over the steering wheel, causing the car to turn upside down. His wife and three children were ....

  • Upper Egypt train service finally resumes

    Upper Egypt train service finally resumes

    Date: 2013-11-27 07:10:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:408956

    Train traffic between Cairo and the Upper Egyptian towns finally resumed on Wednesday for the first time since August 14 following the breakup of the Nahda and Rabaa sit-in camps. The first train left Cairo for Assiut earlier in the day and the ....

  • 1656 new residential units in Kafr el-Sheikh – minister

    1656 new residential units in Kafr el-Sheikh – minister

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:52:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:408635

    Housing Minister Ibrahim Mahleb inked a protocol Tuesday to establish new 1656 residential units in Kafr el-Sheikh, about 134km north of Cairo. The new project is part of the social housing program conducted by the New Urban Communities Authority ....

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