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  • Trial of Shafiq, 10 others over squandering public funds adjourned to Nov.  17

    Trial of Shafiq, 10 others over squandering public funds adjourned to Nov. 17

    Date: 2013-10-19 11:39:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:343986

    Cairo Criminal Court adjourned till November 17 the pilots housing corruption case in which former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq is accused, with 10 others, of embezzling public funds. Shafiq is accused of seizing land that belonged to fish ....

  • 5 suspects arrested in connection with storming police stations in Menia

    5 suspects arrested in connection with storming police stations in Menia

    Date: 2013-10-19 11:37:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:343982

    Menia police have arrested five suspects implicated in riot incidents that broke out on August 14 in the wake of the crackdown on protest camps of supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi in Rabaa Adaweya and Nahda squares. Two of the five ....

  • 4 tourists died while in Matrouh

    4 tourists died while in Matrouh

    Date: 2013-10-19 07:49:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:343575

    Four unidentified tourists died while they were swimming on the coast of Marsa Matrouh on Friday. Their nationalities were not immediately known. Resident discovered their bodies. ....

  • MB leader: Abul-Magd initiative ended, its conditions lead to no positive outcome

    MB leader: Abul-Magd initiative ended, its conditions lead to no positive outcome

    Date: 2013-10-19 07:42:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:343564

    Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Ali Beshr announced on Friday that an initiative floated by Dr. Kamal Abul-Magd had ended because its conditions would not lead to positive outcome. gr These conditions are unacceptable for the group, he said. ....

  • France slams attack on Egyptian writer

    France slams attack on Egyptian writer

    Date: 2013-10-19 07:26:19 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:343544

    French Foreign Ministry has slammed an attack by supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi on best-selling Egyptian novelist Alaa el-Aswany during a conference in Paris. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Spokesman for the French Foreign ....

  • Brotherhood marches paralyze traffic in Giza Sq.

    Brotherhood marches paralyze traffic in Giza Sq.

    Date: 2013-10-18 16:25:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:343148

    Traffic was completely paralyzed in Giza Square on Friday due to marches staged by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. The Armed Forces and police beefed up security measures at entrances to and exists of Nahda Square where Morsi's ....

  • Egyptians chose democracy path: Aswani to La Croix

    Egyptians chose democracy path: Aswani to La Croix

    Date: 2013-10-18 15:16:49 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:343076

    Egyptian veteran writer and novelist Alaa el-Aswani said that Egyptians chose the right path for democracy. In an interview with the French La Croix daily, Aswani said that that French people have a distorted image about developments in ....

  • Four injured in clashes in Sharqiya

    Four injured in clashes in Sharqiya

    Date: 2013-10-18 15:12:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:343069

    Four people were injured in clashes between residents of Sharqiya governorate and Muslim Brotherhood members who staged a march near the house of deposed president Mohamed Morsi in Zagazig on Friday. The group, from which the ousted president ....

  • Cabinet media adviser: Curfew starts at 7.00 p.m., no changes

    Cabinet media adviser: Curfew starts at 7.00 p.m., no changes

    Date: 2013-10-18 14:29:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:343016

    The curfew starts at 7.00 p.m. on Fridays, says Cabinet media adviser Sherif Shawqi, stressing no changes have been made. Curfew hours on Fridays start at 7.00 p.m. and end at 5.00 a.m. the following day. Shawqi, in earlier statements, found ....

  • Interior minister orders police forces to be alert, decisive in facing violations

    Interior minister orders police forces to be alert, decisive in facing violations

    Date: 2013-10-18 13:11:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:342904

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim ordered police forces to be alert and decisive in the face of any attempt to break the law. In a message to policemen from the ministry's operations room on Friday, Ibrahim hailed as "sincere" all efforts ....

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