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  • Beltagi claims there were no arms in Rabaa el-Adaweya, Nahda sit-ins

    Beltagi claims there were no arms in Rabaa el-Adaweya, Nahda sit-ins

    Date: 2013-08-27 10:37:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:260114

    Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed el-Beltagi claimed in a video wired by Aljazeera news channel on Monday that there were no weapons in the sit-ins of Nasr City's Square Rabaa el-Adaweya and Giza's Nahda Square. Beltagi said if the Brotherhood ....

  • Safwat Hegazi remanded in custody for 15 days over inciting murder in Manyal clashes

    Safwat Hegazi remanded in custody for 15 days over inciting murder in Manyal clashes

    Date: 2013-08-27 10:01:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:260059

    South Cairo prosecution ordered Islamist hardliner Safwat Hegazi to be remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations into charges of inciting the murder of peaceful citizens opposing the Muslim Brotherhood in el-Manyal district of Cairo in ....

  • Gov't should take decisive stance on Erdogan's comments on grand imam - party

    Gov't should take decisive stance on Erdogan's comments on grand imam - party

    Date: 2013-08-27 09:54:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:260041

    The Conference Party called on Monday the government to take a decisive stance against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over recent statements that assaulted Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmed Tayyeb. The party rejected "the offense ....

  • Passenger movement in Egyptian airports declines 50 pct

    Passenger movement in Egyptian airports declines 50 pct

    Date: 2013-08-27 07:59:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:259902

    Chairman of the Egyptian company of airports Gad Al Karim Nasr said that the passenger movement dropped the last week by 50 percent. The decline in the number of passengers, especially in Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada airports, was prompted by ....

  • Mufti urges foreign ministry to combat assault on Azhar

    Mufti urges foreign ministry to combat assault on Azhar

    Date: 2013-08-26 15:21:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:259195

    Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam called on the Foreign Ministry to combat assaults on Al-Azhar, asserting that these attacks pose a threat to the Egyptian national security. In a statement, the Mufti stressed that Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmed ....

  • Five defendants sentenced to life imprisonment for planning to bomb Interior Ministry

    Five defendants sentenced to life imprisonment for planning to bomb Interior Ministry

    Date: 2013-08-26 15:19:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:259189

    Cairo Criminal Court sentenced five persons to life imprisonment for planning to attack the Interior Ministry headquarters using explosives. Four of the five defendants are at large, while the fifth, named Ashraf Mohamed Farag, is remanded in ....

  • Safwat Sherif trial adjourned

    Safwat Sherif trial adjourned

    Date: 2013-08-26 15:16:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:259184

    The Cairo criminal court adjourned Monday the trial of former Shura Council speaker Safwat el-Sherif and his son Ehab over charges of illegal gains and the abuse of power to September 26. The anti-graft body had referred the pair to the ....

  • Security measures to be stepped up in High Dam port

    Security measures to be stepped up in High Dam port

    Date: 2013-08-26 15:01:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:259144

    The High Dam Ports Authority announced that it will take new measures as part of a campaign implemented by security forces in Egypt to face terrorism. Security measures will be stepped up on the passengers coming or leaving the port, said head ....

  • MB takes advantage of Mubarak's release to create chaos - party

    MB takes advantage of Mubarak's release to create chaos - party

    Date: 2013-08-26 14:55:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:259139

    The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is taking advantage of the release of former president Hosni Mubarak to distract the people and spread chaos in the country once again, warned vice president of Masr Al-Qawmy (Egypt national) Party Mahmoud Riyad. ....

  • Palestinian cause was, remains in minds of Egyptians - FM

    Palestinian cause was, remains in minds of Egyptians - FM

    Date: 2013-08-26 14:49:58 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:259130

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy asserted on Monday that the Palestinian cause was and will always remain in the minds of Egyptians and a priority for Egypt's foreign policy. In a press conference with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad ....

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