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  • Trial of 20 Al-Jazeera journalists postponed to March 5

    Trial of 20 Al-Jazeera journalists postponed to March 5

    Date: 2014-02-20 19:49:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:567518

    A Giza criminal court postponed the trial of 20 defendants, including four foreigners, to March 5 over spreading fabricated news through Qatar’s “Al-Jazeera” channel. Twelve of the defendants are fugitives. The detention of the remaining eight ....

  • Mansour meets former Lebanese PM

    Mansour meets former Lebanese PM

    Date: 2014-02-20 14:43:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:567040

    Interim President Adly Mansour received former Lebanese prime minister and head of the Lebanese Future Party Saad al-Hariri at the presidential palace in Heliopolis on Thursday. During the meeting, Hariri was keen to congratulate Mansour on ....

  • Sisi witnesses inspection measures for one of 2nd field army's formations

    Sisi witnesses inspection measures for one of 2nd field army's formations

    Date: 2014-02-20 14:21:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:566991

    Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi witnessed inspection measures and ways to raise combat efficiency and mechanized infantry formations in the Second Field Army after its development and armament according to the the latest combat ....

  • Egypt denounces Beirut terror bombings

    Egypt denounces Beirut terror bombings

    Date: 2014-02-20 14:16:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:566977

    Egypt strongly condemned the terror bombings that hit the Lebanese capital on Wednesday, targeting diplomatic missions and leaving scores of victims behind. Egypt offers its deepest condolences to Lebanon and the victims’ families and decries ....

  • Four policemen killed, injured in Sharqiya drive-by shooting

    Four policemen killed, injured in Sharqiya drive-by shooting

    Date: 2014-02-20 13:31:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:566846

    One policeman has been killed and three others seriously injured in a drive-by shooting in Sharqiya, northeast of Cairo, on Thursday. This took place when unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at a police car on Zagaziq-Tal Hewin ....

  • Death toll from Assiut-Cairo highway collision hits five

    Death toll from Assiut-Cairo highway collision hits five

    Date: 2014-02-20 12:57:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:566722

    At least five people, including a child, were killed and 46 others wounded in the multi-vehicle collision that occurred on the Assiut-Cairo highway early on Thursday. As many as 27 people were moved to hospitals for treatment. Some 20 cars had ....

  • Fiqi's health behind his suspended sentence: court

    Fiqi's health behind his suspended sentence: court

    Date: 2014-02-20 12:53:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:566710

    The Cairo Criminal Court argued on Thursday that Former information minister Anas el-Fiqi's health was behind its one-year suspended sentence over illicit gains charges. Giving reasons of the sentence, the court said Fiqi paid a fine of 1.8 ....

  • Interior Miniser inspects Taba bus blast site

    Interior Miniser inspects Taba bus blast site

    Date: 2014-02-20 12:06:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:566592

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has inspected the site of the recent terrorist attack on a tourist bus in South Sinai's city of Taba which led to the death of three South Korean tourists and an Egyptian driver and the injury of 16 others. The ....

  • Candidacy to presidential polls to begin after new elections law issued - adviser

    Candidacy to presidential polls to begin after new elections law issued - adviser

    Date: 2014-02-20 11:56:02 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:566562

    Egyptian Presidential Adviser for Constitutional Affairs Ali Awad Saleh stressed that candidacy to presidential polls will not start until after the issuance of a new law regulating the polling process. "It is very difficult to set a final date ....

  • Abul-Fotouh visits Dostour party HQ

    Abul-Fotouh visits Dostour party HQ

    Date: 2014-02-20 09:11:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:566096

    Strong Egypt Party leader Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh visited the Dostour party HQ on Wednesday night and met with its leader Sayyed el-Masry. In a statement, el-Masry said the main issues on the political arena were discussed during the one-hour ....

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