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  • Housing, Utilities minister opens water plant extensions in Cairo

    Housing, Utilities minister opens water plant extensions in Cairo

    Date: 2013-12-03 17:41:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:421072

    Housing and Utilities Minister Ibrahim Mahlab accompanied by Cairo Governor Galal el-Said inaugurated new extensions in El-Amiriya drinking water plant which is located on Ismailia Canal north of the capital. Mahlab said the new extensions would ....

  • Egyptian teen succumbs to wounds after bomb blast in south Lebanon

    Egyptian teen succumbs to wounds after bomb blast in south Lebanon

    Date: 2013-12-03 17:30:54 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:421048

    An Egyptian teen died of wounds he sustained when a bomb exploded during a funeral at the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in south Lebanon. A bomb, planted alongside the road leading to Darb-el-Sim cemetery, went off on Tuesday during ....

  • Prominent activist Ahmed Douma held in custody for 4 days pending investigations

    Prominent activist Ahmed Douma held in custody for 4 days pending investigations

    Date: 2013-12-03 17:18:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:421020

    The Public Prosecution ordered political activist Ahmed Douma to be remanded in custody for four day pending investigations on charges of violating the protest law and attacking civil servants. The young activist accompanied April 6 Youth ....

  • PM urges Egyptian people to show up and cast their ballots in referendum on the new constitution

    PM urges Egyptian people to show up and cast their ballots in referendum on the new constitution

    Date: 2013-12-03 17:14:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:420906

    Prime Minister Hazem el-Biblawy on Tuesday urged the Egyptian people to show up and cast their ballots in the referendum that will be held shortly on the new constitution. The remark came at a press conference after a Cabinet meeting. He added ....

  • Lotfi Shash appointed deputy chairman of ACA

    Lotfi Shash appointed deputy chairman of ACA

    Date: 2013-12-03 17:08:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:420994

    Lotfi Shash was appointed as deputy chairman of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) on Monday. A presidential decree was issued by Interim President Adly Mansour in this regard after receiving earlier today ACA chairman Mohamed Omar Heiba ....

  • Cabinet mourns Negm's death

    Cabinet mourns Negm's death

    Date: 2013-12-03 17:05:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:420988

    Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi mourned Tuesday the death of Ahmed Fouad Negm, the Egyptian poet renowned for his sarcasm and inspirational verses. The premier praised Negm's strong sense nationalism and his poems and lyrics that reflect the ....

  • Clashes take place between students supporting Brotherhood and others backing Army at Ain Shams University

    Clashes take place between students supporting Brotherhood and others backing Army at Ain Shams University

    Date: 2013-12-03 16:59:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:420829

    Scores of students supporting the banned Brotherhood group in Ain Shams University on Tuesday staged a protest on the campus and blocked Khalifa al-Mamoun road leading to a complete traffic paralysis. They were chanting slogans against the Army ....

  • PG orders investigation with chief editor of Al-Watan newspaper and reporter over violating gag order

    PG orders investigation with chief editor of Al-Watan newspaper and reporter over violating gag order

    Date: 2013-12-03 16:52:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:420960

    Prosecutor General Counselor Hisham Barakat on Tuesday ordered an investigation with chief editor of Al-Watan newspaper Magdy el-Gallad and reporter Mohamed el-Sheikh over violating a gag order in the case of the murder of National Security officer ....

  • Conscript injured in crossfire between police, outlaws in Qena

    Conscript injured in crossfire between police, outlaws in Qena

    Date: 2013-12-03 16:48:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:420958

    A conscript was injured in an exchange of fire between security forces and outlaws in Qena. The gunmen, who were driving a car, opened fire at a mobile checkpoint on Cairo-Aswan agriculture road. The force manning the checkpoint exchanged fire ....

  • EGP 300,000 offered by State to repair damaged Coptic associations

    EGP 300,000 offered by State to repair damaged Coptic associations

    Date: 2013-12-03 16:46:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:420952

    Governor of Menia delivered bank checks worth EGP 300,000 to four Coptic civil societies, which were vandalized by ousted president Mohamed Morsi's supporters on August 14. Salah el-Din Zeyada asserted that state institutions stand against any ....

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