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  • Gunmen attack 5 checkpoints, Arish airport in N. Sinai

    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 ....

  • Egypt Judicial council endorses return of Abdullah, Yassin to appeal courts

    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 ....

  • Morsi, MB leaders on travel ban list

    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 ....

  • Celebrations continue as Egyptians flock to Tahrir Square

    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 ....

  • Former interior minister Rushdi passes away at 89

    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 ....

  • Adly Mansour sworn in as Egypt's Interim President

    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 ....

  • Moussa:forming  government of technocrats urgently needed after Morsi's fall

    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 ....

  • Sabahi urges absorbing Islamic currents in political life

    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 ....

  • Adly Mansour sworn in as SCC head

    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 ....

  • Armed Forces affirm they will not tolerate attacks on Islamists

    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 ....

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