Egypt’s vice president under Mubarak dies in US
July 19th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 19 (IANS) Omar Suleiman, Egypt's vice president under Hosni Mubarak, who announced the president's resignation to the world, has died in a US hospital, CNN reported Thursday.According to ... Read more...
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Egypt court clears Mubarak aides for election
June 15th, 2012 - 6:31 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt's Constitutional Court has rejected the "political isolation law" that barred former president Hosni Mubarak's associates from politics.According to Nile TV, the law barred officials ... Read more...
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Egypt annuls gas export deal with Israel
April 23rd, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, April 23 (IANS) Egypt said Sunday that it has annulled a gas export deal with Israel due to violations of contractual obligations, according to Egypt's Nile TV.Mohamed Shoeb, who ... Read more...
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Egypt starts NGO workers’ trial
February 26th, 2012 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 26 (IANS) A trial of 43 workers - including 19 Americans and two Germans - from domestic and foreign non-governmental organisations who were charged with receiving illegal foreign ... Read more...
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73 killed in Egypt football match riot (Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 5:06 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 2 (IANS) At least 73 people died Wednesday when a riot broke out after a football match at a stadium in eastern Egypt, the state-run media reported.The riot ... Read more...
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53 killed in Egypt football riot
February 2nd, 2012 - 3:08 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 2 (IANS) At least 53 people were killed and hundreds injured Wednesday when a riot broke out following a football match in northeastern Egypt, the official media reported.The ... Read more...
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Protesters dispersed from Cairo’s Tahrir Square
November 21st, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Nov 20 (IANS) Joint forces of the Egyptian police and military Sunday evening started to evict protesters from central Cairo's Tahrir Square, Xinhua reported, citing Egyptian Nile TV.The military ... Read more...
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Fire on Egyptian ferry with 1,230 aboard
November 3rd, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo/Amman, Nov 3 (IANS) An Egyptian ferry with 1,230 people aboard was ablaze Thursday near the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea, the Nile TV reported.About 800 passengers have ... Read more...
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Egyptian deputy PM resigns
July 13th, 2011 - 3:34 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, July 13 (IANS) Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Yehia el-Gamal resigned Tuesday, state-run Nile TV reported .El Gamal had just returned from his tour of South Sudan, having participated ... Read more...
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Mubarak’s wife signs off assets, to be released on bail(Lead)
May 17th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 17 (IANS) Egypt's prosecutors will release former first lady Suzanne Mubarak on bail after she gave up her assets, Xinhua reported quoting the state-owned Nile TV Tuesday.Suzanne ... Read more...
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Palestine: Fatah, Hamas reach agreement on reconciliation
April 28th, 2011 - 7:18 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, April 28 (IANS) Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas Wednesday signed a preliminary agreement on reconciliation during talks in Cairo, a step which paves the way for the formation ... Read more...
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Egypt military to seize former ruling party’s headquarters
April 10th, 2011 - 3:59 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, April 10 (IANS) Egypt's Supreme Council of Armed Forces has decided to seize the former ruling National Democratic Party (NDP)'s headquarters in the country, Xinhua Sunday quoted the state ... Read more...
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Egyptian journalist quits state TV
February 4th, 2011 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 4 (IANS) A woman journalist has quit her job with Egypt's state-run Nile TV saying that she did not want to be part of their "propaganda machine".Nile TV anchorwoman Shahira ... Read more...
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Five dead, 800 injured as gunfire echoes in Cairo (Second Lead)
February 3rd, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 3 (IANS) Gunfire rang out across ground zero Tahrir Square Thursday as clashes between government supporters and protesters demanding the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak escalated, leaving five ... Read more...
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French man killed, 20 inujured in Cairo blast (Second lead)
February 23rd, 2009 - 5:20 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 23 (Xinhua) A French tourist was killed and 20 people were wounded in a blast in Cairo's populous al-Hussein district Sunday evening, the health ministry said in a statement.
The French ... Read more...
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