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  • Salmawi: Final draft constitution not yet reached

    Salmawi: Final draft constitution not yet reached

    Date: 2013-11-23 15:29:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:402879

    The draft constitution published in some newspapers is not yet the final version, said spokesman for the 50-member committee Mohamed Salmawi. "The Committee is still at work and has not yet finished the preamble," said Salmawi on Saturday, adding ....

  • Abbas' visit to Cairo was very successful - diplomat

    Abbas' visit to Cairo was very successful - diplomat

    Date: 2013-11-23 15:26:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:402876

    The latest visit by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Egypt was very successful, said Egyptian Ambassador to Palestine Yasser Osman. In statements on Saturday, Osman underlined that the visit reflected brotherly relations between the two ....

  • ETBC chief: Turkish investments in Egypt hit $ 1.5b

    ETBC chief: Turkish investments in Egypt hit $ 1.5b

    Date: 2013-11-23 14:17:20 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:40 - ID:402772

    Turkish investments in Egypt amount to 1.5 billion dollars and 52 thousand workers are employed in these projects, head of the Egyptian-Turkish Business Council Adel Lamie said Saturday. In statements to MENA Saturday, Lamie added some 300 ....

  • Turkish gov't should apologize for interference in Egyptian affairs - diplomat

    Turkish gov't should apologize for interference in Egyptian affairs - diplomat

    Date: 2013-11-23 14:11:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:402764

    Egypt's decision to downgrade its diplomatic representation to Turkey to the level of Chargé d’Affaires came due to the continuous interference of the Turkish government in the Egyptian internal affairs, said Head of the Egyptian Council for ....

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    Erdoğan's "provoking" statements made Egypt take steps against Turkey - diplomat

    Date: 2013-11-23 14:06:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:402753

    Statements by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have made Egypt downgrade its diplomatic representation to Turkey to the level of Chargé d’Affaires, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Atti. In statements to Channel One of the ....

  • Engineering students in Ain Shams University refrain from taking exams

    Engineering students in Ain Shams University refrain from taking exams

    Date: 2013-11-23 13:22:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:402624

    A number of students of the Engineering Faculty at Ain Shams University refrained from sitting for their mid-term exams for the second day in a row on Saturday. The students protested the cabinet's decision to allow security forces to enter the ....

  • Gag order on cases of Morsi spying, assassination of senior police officers, Al-Warraq Church shooting

    Gag order on cases of Morsi spying, assassination of senior police officers, Al-Warraq Church shooting

    Date: 2013-11-23 13:12:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:402612

    Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat issued Saturday a gag order on trials of ousted president Mohamed Morsi over spying and the assassination of the National Security senior officer. According to the order, information also would be restricted ....

  • 38 ships transit Suez canal

    38 ships transit Suez canal

    Date: 2013-11-23 13:01:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:35 - ID:402585

    Thirty-eight ships transited the Suez Canal on Saturday, carrying a total cargo of 1.988 million tons. The north-bound convoy included 20 ships, carrying 1.68 million tons, while the south-bound convoy included 18 ships, carrying over 920,000 ....

  • Transportation ministry denies suspension of Upper Egypt train movement for security reasons

    Transportation ministry denies suspension of Upper Egypt train movement for security reasons

    Date: 2013-11-23 12:02:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:402460

    A well-placed source at the Transportation Ministry denied news carried by some websites that the Upper Egypt train movement was suspended after hours of resuming it for security reasons. In statements to MENA on Saturday, the source said that ....

  • Clashes between Turkish police and demonstrators in Gizrh

    Clashes between Turkish police and demonstrators in Gizrh

    Date: 2013-11-23 12:01:35 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:33 - ID:402458

    Clashes erupted in Gizrh town southeast of Turkey between police and a group of masked persons after they refused to obey the police instructions to break up their gathering, Turkish television station NTV reported on Saturday. The police used ....

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