Egypt
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Azhar Grand Imam stresses importance of consensus about constitutional amendments
Date: 2013-09-06 14:39:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:276497
Al-Azhar's Grand Imam Dr Ahmed el-Tayyeb stressed on Friday the importance of reaching a consensus about the constitutional amendments, adding that this should be done without excluding any party. During a meeting with Al-Azhar representatives at ....
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Police interrogate owner of booby-trapped car used in interior minister's assassination plot
Date: 2013-09-06 14:05:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:276429
A well informed security source said on Friday that police are interrogating the owner of the booby-trapped car that was used in an assassination attempt against Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Thursday. Police could identify the owner ....
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Clashes erupt in Alex. between Brotherhood members, residents
Date: 2013-09-06 13:45:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:276380
Clashes erupted on Friday between residents of Alexandria and a number of Muslim Brotherhood members in the vicinity of al-Qaed Ibrahim mosque following the Friday prayers. The two sides exchanged throwing stones at each other, leaving some ....
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Heavy security deployment in Tahrir
Date: 2013-09-06 12:58:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:276318
Heavy security presence was reported in Downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday ahead of pro-Muslim Brotherhood marches planned after the prayers under the theme “the people protect their revolution”. Four military and two police armored ....
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Azhar says assassination attempt against interior minister makes people more united
Date: 2013-09-06 11:56:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:276242
Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni Islamic institution, said that a failed assassination attempt against Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Thursday will make the Egyptian people more united and coherent to face such crimes. In a statement on ....
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Source told MENA: No decision taken on dissolving Brotherhood society
Date: 2013-09-06 11:55:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:276241
A well-informed source at the social solidarity ministry denied a Reuters report claiming the Muslim Brotherhood society was dissolved. "No decision has been taken yet," he told MENA. However, he said the ministry "is fully confident" of ....
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Bomb explodes at Arish airport’s road
Date: 2013-09-06 11:52:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:276238
A bomb planted on the road leading to Al-Arish International Airport, North Sinai, went off but no casualties were reported. The bomb exploded when a bulldozer was doing expansion work at the road. The area is being combed for any other ....
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Heavy security around Ittihadiya palace
Date: 2013-09-06 10:58:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:276163
Security presence was heavily seen in the vicinity of Ittihadiya presidential palace in the eastern Cairo neighborhood of Heliopolis on Friday, hours before Muslim Brotherhood supporters start their marches. Two military vehicles are manning ....
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No security presence in Tahrir; Mostafa Mahmoud Sq. blocked
Date: 2013-09-06 10:55:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:276159
Calm prevailed in Downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday with the complete absence of army and police forces for the first time. MENA reporter at the scene said no military vehicles were deployed around the square unlike every other ....
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Intensive security around vital buildings in downtown
Date: 2013-09-06 10:17:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:276106
Police forces intensified their presence around vital buildings in Cairo on Friday before the start of Muslim Brotherhood marches planned under the theme “people protect their revolution”. Two Central Security Forces (CSF) formations, two ....