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  • Political powers call for press conference Thursday to declare

    Political powers call for press conference Thursday to declare "No to Terrorism" rallies

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:59:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:214158

    The Tamarod Movement, June 30 Front, National Salvation Front Youth and June 30 Coordination Committee are calling for holding a press conference Thursday to invite Egyptians to take to the streets Friday in peaceful protests across the country to ....

  • Salafist politician says Sisi's protest call paves way for exceptional measures

    Salafist politician says Sisi's protest call paves way for exceptional measures

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:36:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:214219

    Salafist Al-Watan Deputy Leader Yusri Hamad said Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi's call for the people to take to the streets on Friday paves the way for exceptional measures. "The state is run by politics not violence or threats," he ....

  • Egypt did not approve opening of SPLM bureau -- source

    Egypt did not approve opening of SPLM bureau -- source

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:33:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:214216

    A well-placed source at the Foreign Ministry denied media reports which claimed that the Egyptian government has approved to open a bureau in Cairo for the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (northern sector). The source said that the news is ....

  • Gharbia police on highest alert

    Gharbia police on highest alert

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:32:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:214213

    All security bodies were placed on the highest alert in Gharbia in order to secure all government buildings and facilities, Gharbia police chief Hatem Osman said on Wednesday. Security checkpoints are set up in the entrances of the government, ....

  • Armed Forces stress Sisi call

    Armed Forces stress Sisi call "initiative to end violence"

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:30:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:214208

    The Armed Forces stressed Wednesday that Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi's call for the people to take to the streets on Friday is to receive an authorization to counter violence and terrorism. It is only an "initiative to face violence ....

  • We have received 21 proposals - Committee's rapporteur

    We have received 21 proposals - Committee's rapporteur

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:25:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:214194

    Counselor Ali Awad Saleh, the Presidential Advisor for Constitutional Affairs and the Constitution amending committee's rapporteur announced that the committee has received so far 21 proposed amendments, most notably from the National Council for ....

  • Hany Mahmoud sworn in as Minister of Local Development

    Hany Mahmoud sworn in as Minister of Local Development

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:16:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:214182

    Hany Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid took constitutional oath Wednesday before interim President Adly Mansour as Minister of Local Development, presidential media adviser Ahmed el-Meslemany said. ....

  • Court upholds ruling to provisionally detain 4 MB leaders for inciting killing of protesters in Muqattam

    Court upholds ruling to provisionally detain 4 MB leaders for inciting killing of protesters in Muqattam

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:09:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:214176

    Cairo Appeals Court has overruled a challenge filed by Muslim Brotherhood leaders Khairat el-Shaater, Mahdy Akef, Saad el-Katatni and Mohamed Rashad Bayoumi to annul provisional detention orders issued by the prosecution on charges of allegedly ....

  • Ahmed Fahmi accused of impersonating Shura speaker

    Ahmed Fahmi accused of impersonating Shura speaker

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:08:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:214174

    Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat referred a complaint from a number of lawmakers at the now-defunct Shura Council, who accused Ahmed Fahmi of impersonating the speaker of the Shura Council, to the attorney general of East Cairo. The MPs ....

  • Soldier killed in terror attack in Arish

    Soldier killed in terror attack in Arish

    Date: 2013-07-24 17:04:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:214170

    A soldier was killed Wednesday in a terror attack on a security checkpoint in south Arish. The body of the 23-year-old soldier was moved to Arish Military Hospital. Mohamed Khamis Abdel Nabi died on the spot after being shot in the ....

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