Egypt
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Tamarod young activists launch "June 30 Front"
Date: 2013-06-26 19:10:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:174300
A group of young activists from the Tamarod "Rebel" campaign announced on Wednesday the establishment of "June 30 Front", at a press conference held in Cairo. "In these crucial moments of Egypt's history and after a full year under the rule of the ....
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9 parties launch initiative to achieve national reconciliation
Date: 2013-06-26 19:05:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:174287
Nine parties, including the Justice and Freedom, and 12 Islamic movements have launched an initiative to achieve national reconciliation. The Watan Party announced the initiative at a Cairo hotel Wednesday. It is about forming a national coalition ....
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Our role to protect peaceful demonstrators and not a certain party – Gharbya security Chief
Date: 2013-06-26 19:02:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:174282
Gharbya Security Chief, General Hatem Othman stressed on Wednesday that the role of security men on June 30 will be to protect all peaceful demonstrators and not a particular party. "We are not against any one and our role is to protect all ....
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State of alert declared in Cairo Airport
Date: 2013-06-26 18:40:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:174246
Director of the customs authority in Cairo Airport, Ahmed Hassan, declared a state of alert in the customs authority in the airport on Wednesday. "We extended shift periods of the workers and tightened passengers inspection procedures," he ....
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Top prosecutor refers 9 to criminal court on charges of spying for Israel
Date: 2013-06-26 18:35:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:174232
Prosecutor General Talaat Abdullah has referred nine people to the criminal court for allegedly spying for Israel. Four of them are officers at the Israeli Directorate of Military Intelligence (AMAN). A probe has revealed that Auda Ibrahim, Salama ....
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Shura refuses to lift immunity of Sobhi Saleh
Date: 2013-06-26 18:28:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:174218
The Shura Council refused on Wednesday to lift the parliamentary immunity of member Sobhi Saleh to be able to take legal action against him over his comments on a court ruling concerning toppled president Hosni Mubarak and his interior ....
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Press Syndicate underlines people's rights to express legitimate demands peacefully
Date: 2013-06-26 17:55:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:174167
The Press Syndicate stressed the Egyptian people's right to express peaceful their legitimate demands and agreed to organize a protest chanting slogans of press freedom next Sunday. The Syndicate board reviewed at its meeting on Tuesday, under ....
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Ambulance drivers strike over wage cuts
Date: 2013-06-26 17:48:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:174158
A number of ambulance drivers staged a strike Wednesday outside the Beni Sweif city hall in protest at wage cuts. The cuts are meant to repair damage caused to ambulances in the wake of the January 25 Revolution. "It is not our fault that thugs ....
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Criminal court acquits Fat'hi Sorour's son pending graft probe
Date: 2013-06-26 17:35:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:174150
Cairo Criminal Court Wednesday acquitted Tareq Fat'hi Sorour pending an investigation into illicit gain charges. The defendant, son of former speaker of the lower house of parliament, had challenged a decision by the Illicit Gain Authority to hold ....
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Cabinet asserts commitment to providing oil products
Date: 2013-06-26 17:29:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:174138
The Cabinet at a meeting on Wednesday asserted its commitment to providing oil products on the market. The Cabinet, at its meeting under Prime Minister Hisham Qandil appealed to the citizens to be calm and not to be worried regarding the ....