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  • Normal security measures in Tahrir, massive in Rabaa

    Normal security measures in Tahrir, massive in Rabaa

    Date: 2013-12-13 11:09:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:437945

    Normal security measures were taken in Tahrir Square, the vicinity of the Defense Ministry while massive measures were stepped up around the Ittihadiya Palace and Rabaa Al-Adaweya Square ahead of expected Muslim Brotherhood protests. In Tahrir, ....

  • China reduces travel warningfor  Egypt

    China reduces travel warningfor Egypt

    Date: 2013-12-13 11:07:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:437938

    China reduced on Friday travel warning to Egypt on the occasion of Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy's visit to Beijing scheduled on Saturday. A Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said the Chinese side informed Egyptian Ambassador to Beijing of the ....

  • MB lawyer arrested over kidnapping Tamarud Minya leader

    MB lawyer arrested over kidnapping Tamarud Minya leader

    Date: 2013-12-13 08:55:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:437722

    Security forces in Minya arrested a lawyer of the Muslim Brotherhood over charges of kidnapping and torturing a local leader of the youth movement Tamarud – who was behind the mass protests that eventually ousted president Mohamed Morsi. The ....

  • US says Egypt responsible for protecting peaceful protests

    US says Egypt responsible for protecting peaceful protests

    Date: 2013-12-13 08:51:14 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:437716

    The US said the Egyptian government is responsible for protecting human rights values, freedoms, topped by peaceful protests. "The government has a responsibility to protect universal human rights and the fundamental freedoms, including the ....

  • Awqaf Minister condemns terrorist bombing in Ismailia

    Awqaf Minister condemns terrorist bombing in Ismailia

    Date: 2013-12-13 08:46:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:437704

    Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa strongly condemned on Friday a terrorist attack in Ismailia that targeted the Central Security Forces in the governorate using a car bomb. In a press release, he said the attack attested to the fact that ....

  • Prosecutor general forms investigation team to probe Ismailia bombing

    Prosecutor general forms investigation team to probe Ismailia bombing

    Date: 2013-12-13 08:06:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:437649

    Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ordered Thursday the forming of an investigative team from Ismailia prosecution to probe the bombing which hit a central security forces camp in Egypt's Suez Canal city of Ismailia, killing one conscript and ....

  • Ismailia blast made by remote controlled car bomb – Investigation

    Ismailia blast made by remote controlled car bomb – Investigation

    Date: 2013-12-13 07:56:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:437632

    Initial investigations revealed Thursday that the blast that hit a central security forces camp in Ismailia leaving one killed and dozens injured was made by a car bomb. The preliminary investigations were conducted by attorney general of ....

  • Extra flights to tourist cities during Christmas, New Year

    Extra flights to tourist cities during Christmas, New Year

    Date: 2013-12-13 07:53:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:437626

    Chairman of EgyptAir Express Helmy Rizk said Friday his company will run 75 additional flights to Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor and Aswan during Christmas and New Year to transfer passengers expected to visit these cities during the ....

  • Minister denies reports that he had announced a date for referendum on constitution

    Minister denies reports that he had announced a date for referendum on constitution

    Date: 2013-12-12 11:46:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:436473

    Minister of Local Development Adel Labib on Thursday denied press reports to the effect that he had announced a date for the referendum on the new constitution. In press statements, he explained that the presidency is the only quarter in charge ....

  • Moussa urged to release minutes of draft Constitution discussions

    Moussa urged to release minutes of draft Constitution discussions

    Date: 2013-12-12 11:44:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:436471

    A seminar aiming at promoting awareness of law urged on Thursday Amr Moussa, head of the 50-strong committee tasked with amending the 2012 Constitution, to post on the internet the minutes of the panel discussions to remove any vagueness that might ....

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