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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....