Egypt
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Gunmen attack 5 checkpoints, Arish airport in N. Sinai
Date: 2013-07-05 10:08:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:188156
Unidentified gunmen attacked five security checkpoints here and Al-Arish International Airport. The armed men engaged in a fire exchange with army and police forces before escaping. The attacks occurred nearly at the same time, security sources ....
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Egypt Judicial council endorses return of Abdullah, Yassin to appeal courts
Date: 2013-07-04 16:31:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:187442
The Supreme Judicial Council agreed on a request made by Counselor Talaat Abdullah to return as head of the appeal court in Alexandria. The council also approved a request by assistant public prosecutor Hassan Yassin to return to his former job as ....
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Morsi, MB leaders on travel ban list
Date: 2013-07-04 15:41:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:187360
Investigating judge Counselor Tharwat Hammad on Thursday issued a decision banning ousted president Mohamed Morsi and eight Muslim Brotherhood leaders from travel over charges of insulting the judiciary. The list includes also former parliament ....
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Celebrations continue as Egyptians flock to Tahrir Square
Date: 2013-07-04 15:37:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:187351
Egyptians continued their joyful celebrations that stunned the world for two consecutive days in Tahrir Square; especially after the the General Command of the Armed Forces statement of ousting Mohamed Morsi, and the appointment Counselor Adly ....
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Former interior minister Rushdi passes away at 89
Date: 2013-07-04 15:30:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:187343
Former interior minister Ahmed Rushdi breathed his last on Thursday at the age of 89. Rushdi was appointed as an interior minister from 1984 to 1986, spearheading a major campaign against drug dealers. He resigned on 1986 in what was known later ....
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Adly Mansour sworn in as Egypt's Interim President
Date: 2013-07-04 12:27:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:186946
Counselor Adly Mansour, 67, was sworn in Thursday as the second Egyptian Interim President in history. Earlier in the day, Mansour was sworn in as the Head of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC). He was appointed as the SCC head by a ....
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Moussa:forming government of technocrats urgently needed after Morsi's fall
Date: 2013-07-04 11:57:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:186884
Amr Moussa, head of the Congress Party and a leading member of the National Salvation Front, said forming a government of technocrats is an urgent need for Egypt after the fall of Mohamed Morsi. "Egypt has suffered from the trusted friends of Morsi ....
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Sabahi urges absorbing Islamic currents in political life
Date: 2013-07-04 11:55:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:186880
Ex-presidential hopeful Hamdin Sabahi called on all Egyptian parties to cooperate and absorb Islamic currents in political life. In statements to al-Arabiya news channel on Thursday, he said the door is open for all parties. There should be ....
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Adly Mansour sworn in as SCC head
Date: 2013-07-04 10:59:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:186770
Judge Adly Mansour, 67, was sworn in Thursday as the Head of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC). He was appointed as the SCC head by a presidential decree on July 1 after former SCC head Maher el-Beheiry's term had ended on June 30, but he ....
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Armed Forces affirm they will not tolerate attacks on Islamists
Date: 2013-07-04 10:30:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:186705
The Armed Forces affirmed they will not tolerate insulting, provoking or attacking Islamists, especially their youth. spokesman for the Armed Forces Ahmed Mohamed Ali said measures, which were taken by the Armed Forces General Command in agreement ....