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  • 19 wounded on second day of constitutional vote - Health Ministry

    19 wounded on second day of constitutional vote - Health Ministry

    Date: 2014-01-16 10:31:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:502098

    Nineteen people were wounded in acts of violence that occurred in some Egyptian governorates on the second day of the referendum on the Constitution, said the Health Ministry on Thursday. The wounded were reported in Assiut, Menouifya, Kafr ....

  • Menouifya security chief denies Qanatar-Tanta train on fire by MB members

    Menouifya security chief denies Qanatar-Tanta train on fire by MB members

    Date: 2014-01-16 08:45:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:501843

    Menouifya Security Chief Saiid Tawfiq Abu Hamad denied on Thursday reports that a group of Muslim Brotherhood elements have set fire to a train travelling from El-Qanatar el-Khairiya to Tanta. He said one of the carriages of the train was put on ....

  • Egypt's mufti urges putting into effect rest of roadmap plan

    Egypt's mufti urges putting into effect rest of roadmap plan

    Date: 2014-01-16 07:51:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:501729

    Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam urged on Thursday accelerating the implementation of the remaining steps of the roadmap plan once the amended Constitution was ratified. Over the past two days, Egypt witnessed a democratic victory with the majority of ....

  • Military chief-of-staff hails participation of Assuit residents in referendum

    Military chief-of-staff hails participation of Assuit residents in referendum

    Date: 2014-01-15 18:43:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:501166

    Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Sedqy Sobhy asserted on Wednesday that Egyptians' participation in the constitution referendum reflects their interest in completing the road map. This came during a visit to Assuit to inspect the polling ....

  • Ministry: Elderly man dies, 7 injured in referendum vote queue

    Ministry: Elderly man dies, 7 injured in referendum vote queue

    Date: 2014-01-15 18:00:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:501076

    Egypt's Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that an old man died of natural causes in Assiut while waiting on line to vote in a constitutional referendum. In the meantime, seven others were injured due to accidental falling and passing out on ....

  • Alex Univ president says voting on charter best proof of people awareness of importance of roadmap

    Alex Univ president says voting on charter best proof of people awareness of importance of roadmap

    Date: 2014-01-15 17:36:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:501022

    Alexandria University (AU) President Osama Ibrahim said Wednesday that voting on the draft constitution is best proof that the Egyptian people are aware of the importance of the roadmap and the democratic course in Egypt. Ibrahim, who had just ....

  • Al-Nour party fields cars in Nasr City urging people to cast ballots in referendum

    Al-Nour party fields cars in Nasr City urging people to cast ballots in referendum

    Date: 2014-01-15 17:20:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:500974

    Al-Nour Salafist party has fielded several cars moving in Nasr City streets urging people to cast ballots in the referendum on the new constitution. Songs and slogans transmitted through loudspeakers installed in the cars, are to encourage ....

  • IDSC credited for linking polling stations of non-resident voters -- chairman

    IDSC credited for linking polling stations of non-resident voters -- chairman

    Date: 2014-01-15 15:38:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:500729

    The Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center has played a pivotal role in linking polling stations of non-resident voters and dispatching personnel so that the voting process goes smoothly, IDSC chairman Sherif Badr said Wednesday. The ....

  • Farmers have chance to determine Egypt fate -- Minister

    Farmers have chance to determine Egypt fate -- Minister

    Date: 2014-01-15 15:33:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:500712

    Farmers have been given for the first time the chance to determine the fate of their country under a draft constitution that recognizes and appreciates their efforts in achieving food security, Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu-Hadid said ....

  • FM: Syrians in Egypt have same rights of Egyptians

    FM: Syrians in Egypt have same rights of Egyptians

    Date: 2014-01-15 15:28:32 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:500706

    Egypt is hosting more than 300,000 Syrian refugees, Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said Wednesday, stressing they have the same rights of nationals. Only 200,000 are listed as Syrian refugees in Egypt, Fahmy told a press conference on the ....

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