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  • Pope congratulates Morsi on kidnapped soldiers' release

    Pope congratulates Morsi on kidnapped soldiers' release

    Date: 2013-05-23 13:27:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:122059

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese phoned President Mohamed Morsi to congratulate him on the release of the seven soldiers who were kidnapped by Sinai militants. "I congratulate the president and thanked the ....

  • ElBaradei welcomes released of abducted soldiers in Sinai

    ElBaradei welcomes released of abducted soldiers in Sinai

    Date: 2013-05-23 13:24:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:122056

    National Salvation Front (NSF) leader Mohamed ElBaradei welcomed on Wednesday the release of the seven recruits kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai last Wednesday. ElBaradei made the remarks during a televised interview, extending ....

  • Egyptian workers in Kuwait come second in numbers after India

    Egyptian workers in Kuwait come second in numbers after India

    Date: 2013-05-23 13:22:08 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:122052

    The Egyptian workforce is the second largest one in the oil-rich Kuwait after India, according to latest statistics by the Kuwaiti General Administration for Immigration. There are 456,000 Egyptians working in Kuwait while the Indian ....

  • Rafah crossing still closed for fifth day over soldiers' kidnap

    Rafah crossing still closed for fifth day over soldiers' kidnap

    Date: 2013-05-21 13:02:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:118688

       Rafah crossing soldiers are still closing the border terminal for the fifth day running in protest against the kidnap of seven Egyptian army and police recruits in North Sinai.    The soldiers continue to lock the gates, ....

  • Morsi orders exceptional pension to families of slain supply inspectors

    Morsi orders exceptional pension to families of slain supply inspectors

    Date: 2013-05-21 08:58:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:118275

       Behira Governor Mokhar el-Mahalwi said that President Mohamed Morsi has ordered an exceptional pension to the families of two supply inspectors, who were shot dead while on duty last month in the governorate.    A car ....

  • Rafah crossing still closed over soldiers' kidnap

    Rafah crossing still closed over soldiers' kidnap

    Date: 2013-05-19 13:32:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:115582

    Rafah crossing soldiers are still closing the border terminal in protest against the kidnap of seven Egyptian army and police recruits in North Sinai.    The soldiers continue to lock the gates, banning hundreds of Palestinians on both ....

  • Nour Party denies asking Ibn Khaldoun Center chief to contact US

    Nour Party denies asking Ibn Khaldoun Center chief to contact US

    Date: 2013-05-19 13:07:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:115537

    The Salafi Al-Nour Party denied recent reports that its members asked head of Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim to be a link between the party and the US administration.    These reports are false and ....

  • Finance minister lauds Azhar's role in Muslim world

    Finance minister lauds Azhar's role in Muslim world

    Date: 2013-05-19 13:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:115535

    Finance Minister Fayyad Abdel Moneim lauded the role played by Al-Azhar in the Muslim world to spread the moderate teachings of Islam.    Speaking at a ceremony at Al-Azhar University to honor him on his appointment in a recent Cabinet ....

  • Morsi reviews efforts to release kidnapped recruits

    Morsi reviews efforts to release kidnapped recruits

    Date: 2013-05-19 13:02:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:115526

    Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi met on Saturday with Defense Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Colonel General Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim and Head of Intelligence Rafaat Shehata to discuss developments ....

  • No official negotiations with any group suspected in abducting recruits: governor

    No official negotiations with any group suspected in abducting recruits: governor

    Date: 2013-05-19 13:00:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:115525

    North Sinai governor Abdul-Fatah Harhour asserted that there are no official negotiations between the government and any group suspected in abducting seven Egyptian recruits in Sinai.    In a phone call with Channel One on ....

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