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Egypt's military attaché in Washington elucidates what took place in Egypt not "military coup"
Date: 2013-07-08 10:03:14 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:192335
WASHINGTON (MENA) - Egypt's military attaché in Washington Mohamed Abdel-Aziz refuted that what recently took place in Egypt was a "military coup" or replacement of the democratically elected government through a military operation. In a phone ....
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Health ministry: 29 wounded in Sunday clashes, no deaths reported
Date: 2013-07-08 10:01:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:192329
CAIRO (MENA) - At least 29 people were wounded in clashes that erupted on Sunday, head of the central department for emergency care in the health ministry Khaled al-Khatib said. No one has been killed, he said. Out of the 29, 27 are still ....
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Armed Forces say terrorists attempted to break into Republican Guard House
Date: 2013-07-08 09:51:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:192313
CAIRO (MENA) - A group of armed terrorists tried to break into the Republican Guard House early Monday, the Armed Forces said, adding that one officer was killed and a number of conscripts were injured including six critically. The troops ....
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Security on high alert in Aswan over possible clashes
Date: 2013-07-07 15:15:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:191454
ASWAN (MENA) – Security forces stepped up their presence in the Aswan's central square of Al-Shohada, the gathering point of mass protests, fearing that violent clashes would erupt between supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohamed ....
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Cairo Metro head appeals to protesters to protect subway
Date: 2013-07-07 15:10:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:191442
CAIRO (MENA) - Cairo Metro Company Chairperson Abdallah Fawzy called on all protesters and political powers to protect the subway's facility. In a statement on Sunday, Fawzy appealed all media outlets to be accurate in publishing news that may ....
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Contacts held to revoke passports of MPs of dissolved Shura council
Date: 2013-07-07 15:04:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:191429
CAIRO (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry is holding contacts with the general secretariat of the now-defunct Shura Council and the Passport, Immigration & Nationality Authority to ask for revoking the passports of the lawmakers. The Foreign Ministry ....
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MB member to stand trial for possessing small arms
Date: 2013-07-07 14:58:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:191416
CAIRO (MENA) - A Muslim Brotherhood member will be standing an urgent trial on charges of possessing light weapons to be used against peaceful protesters. Heliopolis prosecutor Ibrahim Saleh ordered Sunday that the MB member be referred to the ....
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Egypt's army intervened under people's pressure - diplomat
Date: 2013-07-07 14:04:57 GMT - Turkey - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:191317
ANKARA (MENA) – The Armed Forces' intervention in Egypt came in response to the demands of the people and to save thousands of lives, said Egypt's Ambassador here Abdel-Rahman Salah. June 30 was a revolution like January 25 as millions took to ....
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Political activists get acquittals
Date: 2013-07-07 14:02:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:191313
CAIRO (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court, under judge Mohamed el-Qayati, acquitted on Sunday political activist Ahmed Domaa and 11 others of charges of inciting riots that led to bloody clashes outside the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters in the Cairo ....
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Number of protesters at Nahda Sq. increases
Date: 2013-07-07 13:53:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:191301
CAIRO (MENA) - The number of protesters, supporting former president Mohamed Morsi, are on the rise at Nahda Square, in the vicinity of Cairo University. The number of protesters at Nahda Square increased after the arrival of a massive march, ....