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  • Azhar Mosque to be affiliated to Azhar Sheikhdom, says minister

    Azhar Mosque to be affiliated to Azhar Sheikhdom, says minister

    Date: 2014-01-06 12:04:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:482344

    Minister of Awqaf Mohammad Mokhtar Gomaa announced Monday that the Azhar Mosque will be affiliated to the Azhar Sheikdom in all the administrative and academic and budgetary aspects. The minister made it clear that the decision was made after ....

  • Female Azhar students protest, throw firecrackers

    Female Azhar students protest, throw firecrackers

    Date: 2014-01-06 12:01:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:482335

    Female Muslim Brotherhood students at Al-Azhar University protested and lit up firecrackers outside the girls’ dormitory in the eastern Cairo neighborhood of Nasr City on Monday. Dozens of the students went on a march to rally other girls and ....

  • Urgent measures to solve slums problem - Cairo Governor

    Urgent measures to solve slums problem - Cairo Governor

    Date: 2014-01-06 11:44:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:482303

    Cairo Governor Galal Said said Monday important projects were launched to solve the decades-running problem of slums. In a statement, he added that the governorate seeks to take urgent action to protect the lives and upgrade the living conditions ....

  • Criminal court withdraws from trial of 6 MB elements

    Criminal court withdraws from trial of 6 MB elements

    Date: 2014-01-06 11:43:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:482301

    The Cairo Criminal Court decided Monday to withdraw from the trial of six members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group. The court said the move came as it is busy looking into the case of the incidents of the Ittihadiya Palace, which ....

  • HEC: More than 680,000 expats to vote on draft constitution in 161 countries

    HEC: More than 680,000 expats to vote on draft constitution in 161 countries

    Date: 2014-01-06 11:42:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:482298

    More the 680,000 Egyptian expats are expected to vote in a referendum on the draft constitution to be conducted outside Egypt on January 8-12. Spokesman for the High Election Commission (HEC) Hisham Mokhtar said Monday that 681,346 Egyptians ....

  • Adly Mansour amends political rights law to facilitate voting in referendum

    Adly Mansour amends political rights law to facilitate voting in referendum

    Date: 2014-01-06 11:36:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:482285

    President Adly Mansour amended on Monday the law on practicing political rights to facilitate people's voting in the referendum on the new constitution on January 14-15. Under the amendments, people can vote in a governorate different from that ....

  • Doustor party launches campaign to urge Egyptians to participate in draft charter balloting

    Doustor party launches campaign to urge Egyptians to participate in draft charter balloting

    Date: 2014-01-06 11:18:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:482238

    Al-Doustor Party will launch a campaign under the title of "Make Up Your Mind" to call on Egyptians to take part in the referendum on Egypt's new national charter, slated for January 14-15. The party will hold several popular rallies all across ....

  • 5 suspected terrorists arrested in N. Sinai

    5 suspected terrorists arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2014-01-06 10:39:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:481585

    Five Takfiris were arrested on Sunday in a wide-scale security campaign in Arish and Rafah in North Sinai. Also, 23 huts and six motorcycles belonging to Takfiris and terrorists were destroyed, said security sources. Security forces in Suhag ....

  • Exams continue at Azhar amidst intensive security measures

    Exams continue at Azhar amidst intensive security measures

    Date: 2014-01-06 10:28:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:482082

    Azhar University students in Cairo and some governorates resumed their mid-year exams on Monday amidst cautious calm and intensive security measures. Azhar University sources asserted that students have taken their exams as scheduled and no ....

  • Moussa urges Egyptians to vote in referendum on draft constitution

    Moussa urges Egyptians to vote in referendum on draft constitution

    Date: 2014-01-06 10:22:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:482057

    Chairman of the charter panel Amr Moussa has urged Egyptians to cast their votes in a referendum on the draft constitution on January 14-15. Voting is a national duty, Moussa said Monday, calling on citizens to say "yes" to the amended 2012 ....

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