Egypt
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Assiut Governor calls for activating role of crisis management committee
Date: 2013-06-19 19:36:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:163742
Assiut Governor Yehia Keshk has called for activating the role of the crisis management committee in the governorate in the coming days. Given the fact that some political powers have been calling for staging demonstrations taking this step would ....
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Nour Party won't participate in planned Islamist demos
Date: 2013-06-19 11:03:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:162715
CAIRO (MENA) – The Salafist Al-Nour Party said on Tuesday that it will not participate in planned Islamist demonstration on Friday to evade any violent accidents. In a statement, the party stressed that demonstrations at this time of tension ....
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Shura Council speaker disavows lawmaker's remarks against diplomats
Date: 2013-06-19 11:00:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:162698
CAIRO (MENA) - Speaker of the Shura Council Ahmed Fahmi has disavowed remarks by a lawmaker slamming ambassadors and employees at the ministry of foreign affairs. Abdul Rahman Salem's remarks do not represent the official point of view of the ....
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Egypt supports developing NGOs performance – minister
Date: 2013-06-19 10:50:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:162679
CAIRO (MENA) - Planning and International Cooperation Minister Amr Darrag said on Tuesday that the government pays great attention to boosting the performance of non-governmental organizations. The minister added that the government spares no ....
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Train movement to work as normal on June 30 – minister
Date: 2013-06-19 10:47:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:162674
CAIRO (MENA) – The train movement will never be halted for any reason on June 30, Transport Minister Hatem Abdul Latif said. "The railways in Upper and Lower Egypt will operate normally," Abdul Latif asserted in a tweet on Tuesday. ....
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Casualties among feuding Gharbia protesters, Brotherhood members up
Date: 2013-06-19 10:36:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:162645
TANTA, Egypt (MENA) - The number of those injured in Tuesday's clashes between demonstrators, who reject the appointment of Ahmed el-Billy as Gharbia Governor, and members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) rose to 23, the Health Ministry ....
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Tourism minister quits over appointment of Luxor governor
Date: 2013-06-19 10:28:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:162612
CAIRO (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou offered resignation on Tuesday in protest at the appointment of Adel Mohamed al-Khayat as new governor of Luxor, Prime Minister Hisham Qandil did not approve the resignation yet, Tourism Ministry ....
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Morsi reviews blueprint to wipe out illiteracy in Egypt
Date: 2013-06-19 10:19:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:162601
CAIRO (MENA) - President Mohamed Morsi held Tuesday a meeting with presidential adviser for community development Ahmed Omran to discuss the country's blueprint to wipe out illiteracy nationwide. Morsi was briefed on the latest plans put ....
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Pope says Egypt's division not in Egyptian people's dictionary
Date: 2013-06-19 10:03:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:162568
CAIRO (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese asserted Tuesday that Egypt's division is not "in the Egyptian People's dictionary". In an interview on CBC channel, the pope said that division calls do not ....
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Sabahi, British ambassador discuss Egypt developments
Date: 2013-06-19 09:58:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:162559
CAIRO (MENA) - Leading opposition figure Hamdeen Sabahi held Tuesday a meeting with British Ambassador to Cairo James Watt on the latest developments in Egypt, mainly planned protests on June 30. During the meeting, Sabahi, the leader of ....