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  • Hot-air balloon flights resume after 2-month hiatus

    Hot-air balloon flights resume after 2-month hiatus

    Date: 2013-04-21 13:45:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:74457

    Egypt resumed Luxor’s hot air balloon flights on Sunday after almost a two-month hiatus in the wake of a deadly balloon crash in February, leaving 19 people dead.    Six hot air balloon flights were launched on Sunday in the ....

  • Military spokesman denies reports over military helicopter crash

    Military spokesman denies reports over military helicopter crash

    Date: 2013-04-21 13:44:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:74453

    Military spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali has denied reports over a military helicopter crash in Sharq Al-Owainat on Saturday.    In a statement posted on his official page on Facebook on Sunday, Ali said that during a regular patrol on ....

  • Egypt rebuffs any insult to Sudanese people

    Egypt rebuffs any insult to Sudanese people

    Date: 2013-04-21 13:43:20 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:74451

    The Egyptian Embassy here denounced on Sunday offenses to the Sudanese people, saying Egypt and Sudan enjoy deeply rooted  relations and whatever harms their nationals is totally unacceptable.    "Such insults are unjustifiable, ....

  • Pope Tawadros receives former COS

    Pope Tawadros receives former COS

    Date: 2013-04-21 13:42:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:74449

    Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II received on Sunday Egypt's former chief of staff of the Armed Forces  Lt General Sami Annan at Saint Mark's Cathedral in Abbasiya.    Lt General Annan offered condolencnes to the ....

  • Azhar to hold international conference, launch satellite channel in Ramadan

    Azhar to hold international conference, launch satellite channel in Ramadan

    Date: 2013-04-21 11:46:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:74210

    Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb said on Saturday that Al Azhar would hold an international Islamic conference as well as launching a satellite channel next Ramadan (the ninth month of the Islamic calendar).    The conference aims to ....

  • ElBaradei says IMF does not impose

    ElBaradei says IMF does not impose "conditions" but demands overall economic policies

    Date: 2013-04-21 11:32:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:74177

    Political activist Mohamed ElBaradei said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not impose "conditions" but demands overall economic policies and societal consensus.    In a tweet on Saturday, he added "it is the government's ....

  • 2 policemen, 10 CSF personnel injured during Friday clashes

    2 policemen, 10 CSF personnel injured during Friday clashes

    Date: 2013-04-20 14:43:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:73125

    Two policemen and 10 Central Security Forces (CSF) members were injured during clashes in Downtown Cairo's Ramses Street and Abdel-Moneim Riyad Square on Friday, a high-level security source said.    The two policemen suffered from ....

  • Morsi's visit to Russia contributes to boosting agricultural cooperation - minister

    Morsi's visit to Russia contributes to boosting agricultural cooperation - minister

    Date: 2013-04-20 14:42:18 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:73122

    Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi's visit to Russia is of a special importance, said Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Salah Abdel-Mo'men.    Morsi's visit to Russia also contributed to further boosting bilateral ties, especially in ....

  • FJP blames Black Bloc over attacking peaceful protesters

    FJP blames Black Bloc over attacking peaceful protesters

    Date: 2013-04-20 14:08:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:73075

    Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of Muslim Brotherhood group, has blamed Black Bloc group for "attacking peaceful protesters" who have held a protest on Friday outside High Court of Justice under the title "Purge of ....

  • Al-Nour Party shunned 'purging judiciary protests' over lack of coordination with FJP

    Al-Nour Party shunned 'purging judiciary protests' over lack of coordination with FJP

    Date: 2013-04-20 13:02:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:72960

    Chairman of Salafi Al-Nour Party Yunis Makhioun said that his party shunned Friday's protests entitled 'Purging the judiciary' over lack of coordination with the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP).    "We did not take part in the rally due ....

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