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  • Bearded policemen continue sit-in outside Interior Ministry for 15th day

    Bearded policemen continue sit-in outside Interior Ministry for 15th day

    Date: 2013-03-12 10:36:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:12215

    Bearded policemen are still sitting in outside the Interior Ministry HQ for the 15th day in a row to protest the ministry's failure to put into effect a court ruling allowing them to raise their beards while in service. The number of tents erected ....

  • State of cautious calm prevails on Nile corniche

    State of cautious calm prevails on Nile corniche

    Date: 2013-03-12 10:34:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:12211

    A state of cautious calm prevailed Tuesday morning on the corniche in central Cairo after a night of clashes between protesters and police.     Traffic is flowing normally and security troops have been redeployed in the vicinity of ....

  • Arrest powers misunderstood by media: minister

    Arrest powers misunderstood by media: minister

    Date: 2013-03-12 09:41:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:12143

      State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Omar Salem asserted Monday that media outlets have misunderstood the idea of granting citizens arrest powers. Citizens have already a legal right to hand over suspects caught while committing a crime ....

  • Locust swarm detected in Qena

    Locust swarm detected in Qena

    Date: 2013-03-12 09:22:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:12108

    A swarm of locust was detected in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena, an Agriculture Ministry official said Monday. A local farm reported thousands of the insects near Qena-Safaga road, undersecretary Eman Mohamed said. The ministry sent teams ....

  • Egypt Party denies leader's resignation

    Egypt Party denies leader's resignation

    Date: 2013-03-12 09:00:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:12062

    Egypt Party denied on Monday news reports about the resignation of its leader Amr Khaled. The party's media coordinator Walid Abdel-Moneim told MENA that these reports are totally untrue.  He said that the statements made on Monday by the ....

  • Nour party did not give presidency names and posts of 13,000 persons -- advisor

    Nour party did not give presidency names and posts of 13,000 persons -- advisor

    Date: 2013-03-12 08:53:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:12048

       Presidential advisor Ayman Ali denied that the Salafist Al-Nour party submitted a file involving names and positions of 13,000 Muslim Brotherhood supporters appointed in several institutions of the country.    In statements ....

  • Sisi: military servicemen proud of their national role, capable of facing hardships, challenges to serve nation

    Sisi: military servicemen proud of their national role, capable of facing hardships, challenges to serve nation

    Date: 2013-03-11 14:36:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:10960

    Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and Defense and Military Production Minister General Abdel-Fatah el-Sisi stressed on Monday that the Armed Forces would continue to perform its national duties in protection of the homeland and the achievements ....

  • MB spokesman says police have chance to win people back by facing thugs

    Date: 2013-03-11 12:34:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:10603

    Egypt-MB-Police MB spokesman says police have chance to win people back by facing thugs   CAIRO (MENA) - Police have a historic chance to be on good terms with the people by standing up to "thugs of the toppled president", the spokesman for ....

  • Military commander inspects Suez troops

    Military commander inspects Suez troops

    Date: 2013-03-11 11:48:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:10525

    Third Field Army commander Maj. Osama Askar inspected on Monday troops deployed to secure the Suez governorate building, the security directorate and other government facilities.    Askar praised the role of the troops in achieving ....

  • Brotherhood urges revolutionary youths, media professionals to denounce violence

    Brotherhood urges revolutionary youths, media professionals to denounce violence

    Date: 2013-03-11 09:35:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:10286

    Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday urged revolutionary youths, media professionals and politicians to denounce violence against state institutions.   In a statement, spokesman Ahmed Aref said condemnation of violence should also be ....

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