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  • 20 arrested over storming police stations in Menya

    20 arrested over storming police stations in Menya

    Date: 2013-12-12 08:32:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:435991

    As many as 20 people were arrested over storming of police stations and State facilities in Menya in August. The violence came after the dispersal of two sit-ins of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo in August. ....

  • MB lied to reach power -- presidential adviser

    MB lied to reach power -- presidential adviser

    Date: 2013-12-12 08:31:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:435989

    Presidential adviser Mostafa Hegazy accused the Muslim Brotherhood group of fanning lies to ascend power in Egypt. In an interview with Al-Nahar TV, Hegazy called on political powers to engage into a national partnership in line with a specific ....

  • Kidnapped US expert released in Behira

    Kidnapped US expert released in Behira

    Date: 2013-12-12 08:30:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:435987

    A kidnapped US expert was released on Wednesday in Beheira, north of Cairo. Earlier in the day, the US expert, identified as Rocky Pronto, was kidnapped at gunpoint by masked men. He was abducted while driving a car and heading for Abu ....

  • 14 wounded in Wednesday clashes, no deaths reported - Health Ministry

    14 wounded in Wednesday clashes, no deaths reported - Health Ministry

    Date: 2013-12-12 08:26:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:435970

    Fourteen people were wounded in Wednesday clashes between security men and supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, Giza but no deaths have been reported so far, the Health Ministry said in a statement. Five wounded were checked ....

  • Interim president amends political rights law

    Interim president amends political rights law

    Date: 2013-12-12 08:25:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:435966

    Interim President Adly Mansour on Wednesday issued a presidential decree amending a law regulating the practice of political rights. Four articles were replaced new amendments concerning formation of electoral committees abroad and some rules ....

  • Police officer injured during Brotherhood protests in Menya

    Police officer injured during Brotherhood protests in Menya

    Date: 2013-12-12 08:19:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:435952

    A police officer was injured Wednesday while taking part in the dispersal of a protest staged by Muslim Brotherhood members in Menya. The protest was staged in violation to a law that requires prior police approval. The demonstrators shouted ....

  • Azhar University says no planned suspension of classes, no closure of hostels

    Azhar University says no planned suspension of classes, no closure of hostels

    Date: 2013-12-12 08:16:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:435944

    Azhar University asserted Wednesday its hostels would not be closed and that classes will continue as scheduled. In a statement on its Facebook page, the university underscored that it is keen on saving the right of thousands of its students whom ....

  • Social solidarity minister lauds Saudi Arabia for supporting Egypt

    Social solidarity minister lauds Saudi Arabia for supporting Egypt

    Date: 2013-12-12 08:08:22 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:435926

    Egyptian Social Solidarity Minister Ahmed Borai has praised Saudi stance supporting Egypt after the June 30 uprising. Borai arrived on a brief visit to Riyadh aimed at coordinating Egyptian and Saudi stance towards his nomination to the Arab ....

  • Security chief of Port Said hails citizens' response to hand over arms

    Security chief of Port Said hails citizens' response to hand over arms

    Date: 2013-12-12 08:07:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:435924

    Security chief of Port Said, Maj. Gen. Mohamed Sharqawi praised Wednesday initiatives taken by citizens to hand over unlicensed arms to authorities. Upon request from the security directorate, citizens responded by abandoning illegally possessed ....

  • Egypt's envoy to UN heads for Geneva

    Egypt's envoy to UN heads for Geneva

    Date: 2013-12-12 08:05:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:435921

    Egypt's Ambassador to the UN seat in Geneva Wafaa Baseem left Cairo on Wednesday heading for Geneva after she partook in the 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization(WTO) in the Indonesian resort of Bali. In pre-departure ....

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