Egypt
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14 associations excluded from refrendum monitoring list
Date: 2014-01-07 21:01:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:485309
Around 14 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been excluded from the 54-society list to monitor the voting process on the new constitution. A well-informed source from the Social Solidarity Ministry told MENA that the ministry has ....
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Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claims responsibility of kidnapping tourism syndicate head
Date: 2014-01-07 20:59:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:485304
Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis, a terrorist group based in Sinai, claimed on Tuesday responsibility for the kidnapping of head of the Tourism Syndicate Mamdouh Mohamadi and his accompanying delegation near Moses Spring area in South Sinai. The news was ....
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Unidentified men throw explosive device at July 26 Axis traffic unit
Date: 2014-01-07 20:56:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:485301
Unidentified men threw a home-made explosive device at July 26 Axis traffic office on the Ring Road on Tuesday. A security source told MENA that the device went off, burning the outside wall and smashing the windows of the office. A ....
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Azhar stands against extremism, terrorism - Awqaf min.
Date: 2014-01-07 18:31:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:485133
Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said that the ministry and Al-Azhar stand against hardliners and extremists. The ministry, Al-Azhar and Darul-Iftaa are working on spreading moderate teachings of Islam in order to curb all forms of ....
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Egyptian president congratulates Copts in US on Xmas
Date: 2014-01-07 18:30:59 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:485130
Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour on Tuesday congratulated Egypt's Copts in the United States on the Eastern Christmas, wishing them more success and Egypt more progress and steadfastness in its fight against terrorism. Mansour's ....
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Egypt to face "true test" on January 14-15: govenor
Date: 2014-01-07 18:29:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:485126
Gharbiya Governor Mohamed Naeem said that Egypt will face a "true test" on January 14-15 to declare its rejection of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood through voting "yes" to the new constitution. The referendum day is a "historic event" for ....
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Draft charter guarantees peasants' rights: Agriculture Minister
Date: 2014-01-07 18:28:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:485123
Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu Hadid stressed that the draft constitution guarantees Egyptian peasants' rights. During his visit on Monday to Gharbiya, the minister said voting yes in a referendum on the charter on January 14 and 15 means ....
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54 thousand illegal firecrackers seized at Salloum border crossing
Date: 2014-01-07 18:27:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:485118
As many as 54 thousand illegal firecrackers were seized before being smuggled into Egypt on Tuesday through the Salloum border crossing, northwestern the country. The objects were found in possession of a Libyan driver at the Salloum terminal ....
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Ibrahim: we will face firmly any attempt to hamper course of Morsi trial on Wednesday
Date: 2014-01-07 18:18:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:485095
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said on Tuesday that they will face firmly any attempt to hamper the course of the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday. At a meeting with his assistants, he noted that only those carrying ....
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Pope Tawadros receives several ministers who greeted him on Christmas
Date: 2014-01-07 16:22:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:484947
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Tuesday received several ministers in the Coptic Cathedral who greeted him on the occasion marking the Christmas. They included Minister of Trade Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour, ....