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  • State Minister for Environmental Affairs votes in constitutional referendum

    State Minister for Environmental Affairs votes in constitutional referendum

    Date: 2014-01-15 10:23:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:499801

    State Minister for Environmental Affairs Leila Eskander on Wednesday cast ballot in a referendum on the new draft constitution at Almaza Primary School in Heliopolis suburb. In statements after voting in the constitutional referendum, Eskander ....

  • Interior Minister: Security measures beefed up around some polling stations

    Interior Minister: Security measures beefed up around some polling stations

    Date: 2014-01-15 10:21:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:499797

    Interior Minister Major General Mohamad Ibrahim asserted Wednesday that security measures were beefed up around some polling stations which witnessed violent acts by the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group on the first day of balloting. In ....

  • Three kidnapped labor officials released, efforts underway to free fourth one - sources

    Three kidnapped labor officials released, efforts underway to free fourth one - sources

    Date: 2014-01-15 10:20:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:499776

    Three of the four kidnapped labor leaderships were released and efforts are underway to set free the abducted Manpower Ministry undersecretary. Sources from the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETFU) said that ETUF Chairman Abdel-Fattah Ibrahim ....

  • High turnout participate in 2nd day of constitutional referendum in Cairo

    High turnout participate in 2nd day of constitutional referendum in Cairo

    Date: 2014-01-15 10:18:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:499618

    Unprecedented turnout in Cairo's Nasr City's polling stations on the second day of the constitutional referendum which started Tuesday under tight security measures. The number of women participating in the voting is much larger than men. In ....

  • Zaazou urges Egyptians, tourism employees to continue balloting intensively

    Zaazou urges Egyptians, tourism employees to continue balloting intensively

    Date: 2014-01-15 10:13:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:499767

    Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou has urged Egyptians in general and tourism employees in particular to intensively take part in the referendum on constitutional amendments on its 2nd day to convey the real image of Egyptians to world ....

  • Eight reports on preventing journalists from covering constitutional referendum

    Eight reports on preventing journalists from covering constitutional referendum

    Date: 2014-01-15 10:10:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:499758

    The Egyptian Online Journalists' Syndicate (EOJS) has received eight reports about banning journalists and cameramen from covering voting in polling stations in Cairo, Giza and the Upper Egypt governorate of Menya on the first day of the ....

  • Army commander urges Suez people to continue voting in referendum under army protection

    Army commander urges Suez people to continue voting in referendum under army protection

    Date: 2014-01-15 09:15:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:499587

    Commander of the Third Field Army Osama Askar urged people to continue voting on the second and final day of the constitutional referendum. In statements Wednesday, he said the army continues to safeguard polling stations across Suez. Suez ....

  • Cairo governor expects higher turnout on 2nd day of constitutional referendum

    Cairo governor expects higher turnout on 2nd day of constitutional referendum

    Date: 2014-01-15 08:56:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:499505

    Cairo Governor Galal el-Said expected a higher turnout in Wednesday voting on the two-day constitutional referendum. In statements to al-Hayat 1 TV, he said security measures are still at their highest levels on the second and last day of the ....

  • Ashton: EU looking forward to see results of Egypt's polls

    Ashton: EU looking forward to see results of Egypt's polls

    Date: 2014-01-15 08:46:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:499469

    EU Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton said the European Union is looking forward to seeing the results of the Egyptian polls and subsequently holding elections in application of Egypt's roadmap plan. At a press conference held in Riyadh late ....

  • More forces deployed in Giza to secure Giza polling stations - governor

    More forces deployed in Giza to secure Giza polling stations - governor

    Date: 2014-01-15 08:42:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:499459

    Giza Governor Ali Abdel-Rahman said additional forces were deployed across the governorate on the last day of the two-day constitutional referendum. In statements to al-Hayat 1 satellite channel, he said polling stations witnessed a huge turnout ....

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