Egypt
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....