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  • EU urges women empowerment in Egypt

    EU urges women empowerment in Egypt

    Date: 2013-10-28 17:17:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:359192

    EU delegation chief in Cairo James Moran asserted on Monday that respecting women’s rights as a whole is the way to achieve successful transition in Egypt and other countries in the Middle East. Women should be given the opportunity to play an ....

  • Clashes erupt between Brotherhood's students, residents at Al-Azhar University's main gate

    Clashes erupt between Brotherhood's students, residents at Al-Azhar University's main gate

    Date: 2013-10-28 17:16:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:359191

    Clashes broke out at Al-Azhar University's main gate between Muslim Brotherhood students and residents of the area. Brotherhood students, who stood behind the university's walls, exchanged stones and Molotov cocktails with the a number of ....

  • Nour Party head denounces Mansoura's terrorist attack

    Nour Party head denounces Mansoura's terrorist attack

    Date: 2013-10-28 17:15:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:359189

    Nour Party head Younis Makhyoun decried the terrorist attack that targeted a checkpoint in Mansoura on Monday, leaving three security personnel dead. Makhyoun extended condolences to the families of the victims. Four masked gunmen riding a ....

  • US Congress holds hearing session tomorrow on future US policy towards Egypt

    US Congress holds hearing session tomorrow on future US policy towards Egypt

    Date: 2013-10-28 17:14:17 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:359186

    The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee will hold on Tuesday a hearing session on future US policy towards Egypt. The session will address the repercussions of a US decision to cut part of the US military aid to Egypt. ....

  • Retrial of former presidential chief of staff Azmi postponed to Dec. 23

    Retrial of former presidential chief of staff Azmi postponed to Dec. 23

    Date: 2013-10-28 17:10:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:359176

    The Cairo Criminal Court decided Monday to postpone until December 23 the retrial of former Chief of Presidential Staff Zakariya Azmi on illicit gains charges. Azmi's retrial came following the Cassation Court's decision in February to retry ....

  • 7 killed, 9 injured in microbus accident in Badrashin – ambulance

    7 killed, 9 injured in microbus accident in Badrashin – ambulance

    Date: 2013-10-28 17:09:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:359172

    Seven people were killed and nine others injured Monday when a microbus overturned in Badrashin, said the Head of the Ambulance Authority Ahmed el-Ansary. El-Ansary told MENA that the accident took place on Saqqara road, adding that seven ....

  • Gag order issued on 2012 presidential polls forgery complaint

    Gag order issued on 2012 presidential polls forgery complaint

    Date: 2013-10-28 17:06:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:359167

    The investigative judge in charge of a complaint alleging that the 2012 presidential elections were rigged issued a gag order on Monday. The complaint is filed by former prime minister and the second-place front-runner of the 2012 polls Ahmed ....

  • Salmawi: Article 219 on Sharia not on table for amendment

    Salmawi: Article 219 on Sharia not on table for amendment

    Date: 2013-10-28 17:04:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:359165

    Spokesman for the Constitutional Committee Mohamed Salmawi said Monday Article 219 of the Constitution on Sharia will not be amended; adding media reports on the issue were false. "The article was not on the agenda of the Group of 50 assigned ....

  • Azhar students in Shebin AL-Kom stage protests demanding Morsi's return

    Azhar students in Shebin AL-Kom stage protests demanding Morsi's return

    Date: 2013-10-28 12:52:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:358633

    Students of Azhar University, Shebin Al-Kom branch, staged protests Monday demanding the return of deposed president Mohammad Morsi. Menufiya Security Director Lt General Saeed Abu Hamad said he received a report that scores of pro-Muslim ....

  • No directives issued from GAFI to ban Mortada Mansour or any citizen from appearing on satellite channels

    No directives issued from GAFI to ban Mortada Mansour or any citizen from appearing on satellite channels

    Date: 2013-10-28 12:39:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:358606

    The General Authority for Free Trade and Investment (GAFI) did not issue any directives to ban lawyer Mortada Mansour or any citizen or official from appearing on satellite channels, said GAFI's deputy chairman Abdel-Moneim el-Alfy. In exclusive ....

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