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Ministry complains about artifact robberies
06 Mar 2011
The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities today complained about a series of artifact thefts in various parts of the country.
Its statement cited an incident last week in which 35 armed men broke into an artifact storehouse in Kafr al-Sheikh,...
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Cairo Univeristy students demand dismissal of president and deans
06 Mar 2011
Hundreds of Cairo University students and professors protested on Sunday to call for the dismissal of university administrators and college deans, saying that the National Democratic Party (NDP) policies which they implement curtail campus...
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Arab Archeologists Union says its funds at disposal of Egypt govt
06 Mar 2011
The Union of Arab Archaeologists called on the Egyptian caretaker government to rescue the country’s monuments and artifacts.
In a statement on Saturday, Ali Radwan, the union's head, said Egypt's heritage is facing a very...
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Italian military flight transfers Egyptians stranded in Tunisia
06 Mar 2011
A statement issued by the Italian embassy in Cairo said that an Italian military plane will land in Cairo airport on Sunday carrying around 100 Egyptians who were stranded in Tunisia having fled Libya.
The statement said this is one of...
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Copts protest over Helwan church torching
06 Mar 2011
Hundreds of Copts today demonstrated in front of the Egyptian Television building to protest the torching of a church in the village of Sol in Atfeeh, south of Cairo.
The protesters raised banners that condemned the lack of security and...
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French FM meets with Egyptian revolutionaries
06 Mar 2011
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, who is currently in Egypt, met with youth groups on Sunday. French ambassador to Cairo Jean Félix-Paganon also attended.
It is Juppe's first visit to Egypt since he took over the foreign ministry,...
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False bomb scare creates panic at downtown ministry
06 Mar 2011
Employees at the Ministry of Social Solidarity in Qasr al-Eini Street panicked this morning when Civil Protection authorities received an anonymous report claiming that the ministry’s headquarters would explode within minutes.
Civil...
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Govt asks citizens to hand documents taken from state security to armed forces
06 Mar 2011
The Egyptian government called on citizens to hand any documents collected from state security buildings to the armed forces to preserve national security.
Hundreds of citizens have broken into the buildings over the past two days, after...
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Muslim Brotherhood seek to re-open members' companies
06 Mar 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood said it is taking steps to re-open all the companies belonging to Brotherhood members that were closed by the government of ex-president Hosni Mubarak.
In April 2008 an Egyptian military court ordered the...
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State security planned to destroy classified documents after revolution
06 Mar 2011
The state security apparatus put together a plan to get rid of its secret documents following the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak, according to documents obtained by Al-Masry al-Youm after protesters broke into the state security...
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