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Saad El-Katatni, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), has said comments by Essam El-Erian on Egyptian political prisoners in the UAE do not represent the party's official position.During a debate on Arab relations in the Shura Council, the upper house of parliament, FJP MP El-Erian warned that “Egypt has lost its patience” over Egyptians being detained -
Telecom PaperTelecom Egypt announced the appointment of Ashraf El-Sayed El-Araby to the board, replacing Hassan Helmy for the remainder of the current term. El-Araby served as the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation from August 2012 to May. Prior to this, he headed the technical advisory office of the former Trade & Industry Minister until 2006. Also, he worked as the -
The Strong Egypt Party supports a policy of "peaceful change" through its participation in anti-government protests on 30 June, and stands against calls for a "military coup" as an alternative to President Mohamed Morsi's rule."We are afraid that Egypt's army will slip into political dilemmas, or that a civil war could break out between those competing for power," the party said in an official -
The Salafist Nour Party has called on the Muslim Brotherhood to ease tensions with the opposition prior to demonstrations against President Mohamed Morsi on 30 June, the anniversary of his inauguration.The advice was made during a meeting between the groups in Alexandria, a Nour Party member told Al-Ahram Arabic news website on Monday.The main purpose of the meeting, the source explained, was to -
Egypt's interior ministry received an anonymous phone tip warning that a bomb had been placed in the ministry's Cairo headquarters, state news agency MENA quoted a senior security source as saying on Monday.The official said that the ministry had received a telephone call early Monday from a source outside Egypt informing officials that there was a bomb in the ministry's main building.Ministry -
In a fiery Monday afternoon session, the Islamist-led Shura Council (the upper house of Egypt's parliament, currently endowed with legislative powers) approved in principle a new law aimed at regulating the operations of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).Ahmed Fahmi, Shura Council chairman and leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said that "after being -
The Egyptian chargé d'affaires in Damascus, Alaa Abdalziz, and the rest of the embassy staff have safely left Syria, a source at the Egyptian foreign ministry told MENA on Monday."The entire embassy staff had been withdrawn before Egypt officially announced severing its ties with Syria," the source added.On the Cairo side, Syrian refugees in Egypt have voiced their frustrations over the -
Talks between the Egyptian foreign minister and his Ethiopian counterpart are still ongoing, and a joint press conference held by the two will go on as scheduled, Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Badr Abd-Elaty announced.Abd-Elaty's statement was released in response to an Associated Press report claiming that the press conference had been cancelled. The AP called the reported -
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will visit Cairo on Tuesday to meet with President Mohamed Morsi and Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr.According to EU Ambassador to Egypt James Moran, Ashton's trip aims to "calm tensions and re-open channels of communication between Egypt and Ethiopia."Ashton wants to hear the Egyptian perspective in hopes of offering a solution that might -
Egypt stocks registered modest gains on Monday, as investors continued to voice misgivings about the future of the Egyptian market in the run-up to planned mass anti-government demonstrations on 30 June.Monday's market rise came despite President Mohamed Morsi's contentious decision on Sunday to appoint 17 new provincial governors, seven of whom are members of the Muslim Brotherhood group from
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Saad El-Katatni, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), has said comments by Essam El-Erian on Egyptian political prisoners in the UAE do not represent the party's official position.During a debate on Arab relations in the Shura Council, the upper house of parliament,
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European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will visit Cairo on Tuesday to meet with President Mohamed Morsi and Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr.According to EU Ambassador to Egypt James Moran, Ashton's trip aims to "calm tensions and re-open channels of communication between Egypt and
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Egypt’s U-20 side won their first warm-up for the World Cup on Saturday, smashing Kosovo 8-0. However, coach Rabie Yassine was not entirely satisfied."It's only the fourth game for the team and we need more time to build up the players' confidence and achieve and harmony," Yassine said in a
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says police will remove "troublemakers" from Istanbul's Taksim Square within 24 hours.The Thursday warning comes less than a day after Erdogan's Islamic-rooted party offered a plan to hold a referendum over a development plan near the square that has fanned two
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Telecom PaperTelecom Egypt announced the appointment of Ashraf El-Sayed El-Araby to the board, replacing Hassan Helmy for the remainder of the current term. El-Araby served as the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation from August 2012 to May. Prior to this, he headed the technical
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In a brief interview with Al-Ahram's Arabic-language news website on Monday, Cairo Opera House head Badr El-Zakaziky said there was "no intention" to merge the institution's two symphonic orchestras, namely the Cairo Opera Orchestra and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra.Noting that the musicians in
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AFPTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallies supporters after riot police again clash with thousands of anti-government demonstrators in a second week of nationwide unrest.Three people have died in the protests against Erdogan and his Islamic-leaning Justice and Development Party (AKP), in power since 2002.Following are the main events of the past days:- May 28: A peaceful local protest
AFPTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing one of the biggest challenges of his decade in power with anti-government protests that critics say have exposed growing discontent with his increasingly authoritarian and conservative agenda.Here are the key events since Erdogan's Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) assumed power in the predominantly Muslim but staunchly
AHRAM ONLINEFounders of Egypt’s 'Rebel' campaign, a newly established movement that aims to withdraw confidence from President Mohamed Morsi by collecting citizens' signatures, spoke at an open forum on Wednesday to discuss the campaign, which has recently gone viral online and on the streets.'Rebel' campaigners hope to collect 15 million signatures and hold a mass sit-in on 30 June –
BBC SportWhen it's put to him that he might be the most talented athlete in the world to hold a racquet, a bashful Ramy Ashour admits "that's pretty great".The 25-year-old Egyptian is more than just the current squash world number one - his elastic, unorthodox brilliance and charisma could be the key to squash breaking out beyond its four walls and regaining a place on the wider sporting
