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  • Moussa calls for holding early presidential elections

    Moussa calls for holding early presidential elections

    Date: 2013-06-30 11:03:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:179511

    Prominent opposition figures Amr Moussa and Mohamed El Baradei called Saturday for holding early presidential elections. The current regime should be changed through early presidential elections, Leader of the Conference Party Amr Moussa said in an ....

  • Morsi asserts need to maintain peace in protests

    Morsi asserts need to maintain peace in protests

    Date: 2013-06-30 10:31:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:179439

    Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has underlined the necessity of maintaining peace during planned protests on Sunday. The call during a meeting Saturday between the Egyptian leader and a number of representatives of Islamist parties and powers to ....

  • Qaradawi arrives in Cairo

    Qaradawi arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2013-06-30 10:27:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:179431

    President of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi arrived in Cairo on Saturday aboard an Egyptian plane coming from Istanbul. His arrival comes ahead of planned protests against President Mohamed Morsi. ....

  • Pro-Morsi Islamists' sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque continues

    Pro-Morsi Islamists' sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque continues

    Date: 2013-06-30 10:13:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:179410

    Islamist parties and groups continued Sunday their sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque in Nasr City for the second consecutive day. The sit-inners closed all the main and side streets leading to the square by erecting metal barriers to prevent cars ....

  • Protesters flock to Tahrir Square

    Protesters flock to Tahrir Square

    Date: 2013-06-30 10:05:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:179400

    Protesters started started flocking to Cairo's Tahrir Square in preparation for today's protests called for by Tamarod, or rebellion, movement and opposition parties to press for the stepping down of President Mohamed Morsi and the holding of early ....

  • Morsi to meet delegation from Islamist parties

    Morsi to meet delegation from Islamist parties

    Date: 2013-06-29 20:22:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:178921

    President Mohamed Morsi is due to meet Saturday night at the presidential palace with a delegation from Islamist parties to reviews their visions on the the current situation in the country. ....

  • Tents near Ittahadiya palace increase

    Tents near Ittahadiya palace increase

    Date: 2013-06-29 20:18:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:178917

    Dozens of demonstrators staged protest Saturday near the Presidential palace in Heliopolis, Cairo, while a number of tents raised by sit-inners increased to 27. The demonstrators raised flags, red cards and banners reading "leave."The protesters ....

  • Wafd MP criticizes resignation of civil current members

    Wafd MP criticizes resignation of civil current members

    Date: 2013-06-29 20:14:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:178909

    Member of the civil current at the Shura Council from El-Wafd Party Salah el-Sayegh criticized MP Nadia Henry's announcement of the resignation of members of the trend without consulting with all members. In statements Saturday, Sayegh attacked ....

  • More protesters arrive Tahrir Square

    More protesters arrive Tahrir Square

    Date: 2013-06-29 20:08:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:178901

    More protesters arrived at Tahrir Square on Saturday on the eve of massive protests planned by the opposition in the iconic square and across Egypt. The protests demand President Mohamed Morsi to step down and early presidential elections to be ....

  • Health minister denies new injuries on Saturday's events

    Health minister denies new injuries on Saturday's events

    Date: 2013-06-29 20:05:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:178894

    Minister of Health Mohamed Mostafa Hamed denied any injured cases reported during Saturday's incidents across the country. Earlier, the minister announced that nationwide death toll from Friday's political violence stands at three, with the total ....

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