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  • MB leader Hamdi Hassan arrested in Alexandria

    MB leader Hamdi Hassan arrested in Alexandria

    Date: 2013-08-19 08:46:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:248169

    Security bodies arrested Muslim Brotherhood leader Hamdi Hassan in the coastal city of Alexandria. Alexandria security chief Amin Ezz el-din said that Hassan, who was the MB spokesman from 2005 to 2010, was arrested in a security campaign in ....

  • Cautious calm prevails around Abu Zaabal prison

    Cautious calm prevails around Abu Zaabal prison

    Date: 2013-08-19 08:40:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:248161

    A state of cautious calm prevailed in the precincts of Abu Zaabal prison after Sunday riots that left 36 detainees dead and five policemen wounded, a source at the Qalubiya security directorate said. Riots flared up as the detainees, believed ....

  • Two killed, one injured in exchange of fire in Fayyoum

    Two killed, one injured in exchange of fire in Fayyoum

    Date: 2013-08-19 08:37:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:248158

    Two persons were killed and another was injured in an exchange of fire with military forces stationed outside a hotel that is affiliated to the Armed Forces in Fayyoum. Military forces fired at a car after men on board fired at a checkpoint ....

  • Death toll from foiled escape of held MB members up to 36 – interior ministry

    Death toll from foiled escape of held MB members up to 36 – interior ministry

    Date: 2013-08-19 08:26:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:248143

    The death toll from a failed attempt to escape by scores of detained Muslim Brotherhood members while being moved to a jail in Qalyubia, north of Cairo, on Sunday, rose to 36. Thirty-six of 612 detained members died of suffocation and ....

  • 40 defendants in custody for 4 days on violence charges

    40 defendants in custody for 4 days on violence charges

    Date: 2013-08-19 08:21:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:248132

    The Minya prosecution ordered on Sunday 40 loyalists of the deposed president Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood to be remanded in custody pending investigation over violent incidents that occurred on Friday. The defendants ....

  • ٍSecurity reinforcements deployed to Abu Zabaal, Kanater prisons

    ٍSecurity reinforcements deployed to Abu Zabaal, Kanater prisons

    Date: 2013-08-19 08:14:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:248125

    Security reinforcements were deployed to secure the areas of Abu Zabaal and Kanater prisons against any planned attacks, a source in Qalyubia security directorate said on Sunday. Earlier, a number of Muslim Brotherhood members died in an ....

  • Egyptian people have free will to choose their ruler: Sisi

    Egyptian people have free will to choose their ruler: Sisi

    Date: 2013-08-18 20:02:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:247874

    The Egyptian people have the free will to choose who rules them and the Armed Forces and police will always remain the guardians of the people’s will, said Deputy Prime Minister and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief General Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. ....

  • Veteran ambassador appointed presidential spokesman

    Veteran ambassador appointed presidential spokesman

    Date: 2013-08-18 19:58:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:247871

    A veteran ambassador who has worked in Egypt's mission in Geneva and the Egyptian embassy in France was appointed as presidential spokesman, Ahmed El-Meslemani, media advisor to the interim president, said on Sunday. Ambassador Ihab Badawi ....

  • Pro-Morsi alliance continues activities in Fayyoum

    Pro-Morsi alliance continues activities in Fayyoum

    Date: 2013-08-18 19:48:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:247857

    The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy in Fayyoum decided to continue activities calling for the reinstatement of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. The pro-Morsi alliance released a statement Sunday in which it condemned security forces' ....

  • Medical team from Saudi Arabia arrives in Cairo

    Medical team from Saudi Arabia arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2013-08-18 19:44:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:247851

    A Saudi medical team arrived Sunday in Cairo to discuss needs and requirements necessary to establish the three field hospitals, donated to Egypt by Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz. The team will provide treatment to patients who were ....

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