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  • Egypt rejects US spokeswoman's statements on protest law

    Egypt rejects US spokeswoman's statements on protest law

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:12:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:408565

    The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday voiced its rejection of statements by a US State Department spokeswoman on a recently-approved protest law in Egypt. "Egypt will not accept any interference in its internal affairs," the ministry's ....

  • Egypt to reopen Rafah terminal on Wednesday, Thursday

    Egypt to reopen Rafah terminal on Wednesday, Thursday

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:10:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:408554

    The Rafah border crossing will be opened between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Thursday to stranded people, a security source said on Tuesday. The terminal will operate during the regular times from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. ....

  • Erdogan's statements on Cairo reflect nervousness – foreign ministry

    Erdogan's statements on Cairo reflect nervousness – foreign ministry

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:05:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:408542

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs fired back Tuesday against statements made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Egypt, saying he exaggerates about the situation in Egypt and continues interfering in the country's internal affairs. ....

  • Antiquities sector offers scientific evidence to debunk German claims about Khufu pyramid

    Antiquities sector offers scientific evidence to debunk German claims about Khufu pyramid

    Date: 2013-11-26 18:03:07 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:66 - ID:408536

    The antiquities sector in Egypt has issued a scientific response to German claims that the Great Pyramid of Khufu does not date back to the Old Kingdom, underlining a 2012 French discovery of many papyrus papers in a cave in Ain Sokhna showing the ....

  • Egypt following up with concern anti-Islam measures in Angola: spokesman

    Egypt following up with concern anti-Islam measures in Angola: spokesman

    Date: 2013-11-26 17:50:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:408463

    Egypt is following with concern press reports that the Angolan government is taking measures against Islam and restricts the building of mosques, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Information about these reports was requested from ....

  • 50 percent of seats in municipal council allocated for women, youth: Salmawy

    50 percent of seats in municipal council allocated for women, youth: Salmawy

    Date: 2013-11-26 17:49:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:408523

    Spokesman for the 50-member constitution panel Mohamed Salmawy said on Tuesday that 25 percent of seats will be allocated for youths and another 25 percent for women in the municipal councils in the future. The spokesman said that the 50-member ....

  • PM assures Moussa activists arrested outside Shura Council will be freed

    PM assures Moussa activists arrested outside Shura Council will be freed

    Date: 2013-11-26 17:39:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:408509

    Chairman of the constitution-amending panel Amr Moussa said Tuesday that he received a phone call from Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy who promised him that activists arrested outside the Shura Council will be released. Ten members of the panel ....

  • Police chasing protesters on Talat Harb St.

    Police chasing protesters on Talat Harb St.

    Date: 2013-11-26 17:36:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:408502

    Police troops are now chasing protesters against a new bill regulating rallies on Talat Harb Street because they got no prior permission to organize the demonstration. A state of attack and retreat is seen in downtown Cairo with police troops ....

  • Session of charter panel stopped until Moussa contacts Ibrahim to discuss protest outside Shura Council

    Session of charter panel stopped until Moussa contacts Ibrahim to discuss protest outside Shura Council

    Date: 2013-11-26 17:29:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:408486

    A session of the constitution-amending panel is now in recess until chairman Amr Moussa contacts Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim to settle the issue of holding a number of participants in a protest outside the Shura Council. The panel will take ....

  • Court sentences two Muslim Brotherhood members to five years in prison over forming armed gang to rob people in Qalyoubia

    Court sentences two Muslim Brotherhood members to five years in prison over forming armed gang to rob people in Qalyoubia

    Date: 2013-11-26 17:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:408465

    Shubra el-Khaima Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced two Muslim Brotherhood members to five years in prison over forming an armed gang to rob people in Qalyoubia. The case started when Qalyoubia Security Director Major General Mahmoud Youssri ....

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