Egypt
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Safwat el-Sherif's trial delayed to October 25
Date: 2013-09-26 15:28:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:308997
Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday postponed until October 25 the trial of former Shura Council speaker Safwat el-Sherif and his two sons, Ihab (released) and Ashraf (fugitive) over charges of illicit gains and abusing power in amassing a fortune by ....
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Information ministry refers amendment proposals to constitutional panel
Date: 2013-09-26 15:26:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:308995
The Information Ministry referred Thursday its proposals concerning media constitutional amendments to the 50-strong constitutional amendment committee. A well-placed source said media leaderships have registered their opinions concerning the ....
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PM denies receiving any reports on incumbent ministers' violations
Date: 2013-09-26 15:23:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:308992
Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy said on Thursday that he did not receive any reports from the Central Auditing Agency about violations committed by any of the incumbent ministers while he was forming the government. In press statements, he said ....
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Planning minister opens Arab investment, security conference
Date: 2013-09-26 15:11:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:308972
Planning Minister Ashraf el-Araby, Minister of Solidarity Ahmed el-Boraei and Governor of South Sinai Khaled Fouda opened on Thursday the first Arab conference on investment and security in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. The ....
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Tahani Gebali suggests writing new Constitution instead of amending previous one
Date: 2013-09-26 15:04:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:308958
Counselor Tahani el-Gebali, member of the 50-strong panel tasked with amending the suspended 2012 Constitution, called on Thursday for writing a new Constitution for Egypt instead of modifying the previous one to avoid any attempt to annul it in a ....
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Interim president amends article on pre-trial detention
Date: 2013-09-26 12:39:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:308565
Interim President Adli Mansour issued a decree amending an article of Criminal Procedures Law pertaining to the period of pre-trial detention. Under the new amendment, there is no maximum limit for temporary detention for those who face ....
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TUI Germany resumes flights to Egypt as of today
Date: 2013-09-26 12:17:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:308519
TUI Germany, part of Europe's largest tour operator TUI Travel (TT.L), will resume its flights to Egypt as of Thursday after Germany relaxed its travel warning to the country, said the head of the tourism minister's office. The resumption came ....
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Nour party says banning religious parties not to bar Islamists from engaging in politics
Date: 2013-09-26 11:31:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:308405
The ultra-conservative Nour Party stressed that banning the formation of political parties on religious grounds will not bar the Islamic currents from engaging in the political life. "We are lacking a political framework that would ban parties ....
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Armed Forces to take over land of Dabaa nuclear power project Monday
Date: 2013-09-26 11:20:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:308387
Military intelligence's bureau in Matrouh said a big celebration will be held on Monday on occasion of handing over a land of a nuclear power plant to the Armed Forces in El-Dabaa city. The celebration will be held attended by representatives of ....
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Egypt FM meets Palestinian president in New York
Date: 2013-09-26 10:30:05 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:308312
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The two discussed the ....