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Gas cylinder explosion brings down 3 buildings in Alexandria
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Gas cylinder explosion brings down 3 buildings in Alexandria

A gas cylinder exploded on Saturday inside a building in the western Alexandrian neighborhood of El-Max, causing the collapse of…
Rejecting prosecution appeal, court releases Malek Adly
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Rejecting prosecution appeal, court releases Malek Adly

On Saturday, the South Banha Criminal Court upheld its decision to release human rights lawyer, Malek Adly, after refusing an appeal…
Sunday’s Weather Forecast
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Sunday’s Weather Forecast

The weather this Sunday is expected to be hot and fairly humid in Cairo and Egypt’s northern cities, and moderate on the…
Friday’s weather forecast
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Friday’s weather forecast

Meteorologists predict hot and humid weather on Friday in Cairo, Lower Egypt, and the north of Upper Egypt, with a…
Wednesday’s weather forecast
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Wednesday’s weather forecast

Meteorologists predict hot and humid weather on Wednesday in Cairo, Lower Egypt, and the north of Upper Egypt, with a…
Sisi thanks Egyptian Olympic bronze medalists for their star performances
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Sisi thanks Egyptian Olympic bronze medalists for their star performances

President Abdel Fattah al-Sis has thanked Egypt's Olympic medal winners for their performances at the Rio Olympics, expressing appreciation for…
Taekwondo fighter Hedaya Malak bags Egypt’s third Olympic medal
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Taekwondo fighter Hedaya Malak bags Egypt’s third Olympic medal

The 23-year old Egyptian Taekwondo fighter Hedaya Malak Wahba won a bronze medal on Friday morning, bringing Egypt its third…
418 Brotherhood supporters sentenced to jail over 2013 Minya violence
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418 Brotherhood supporters sentenced to jail over 2013 Minya violence

A military court has sentenced 418 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to prison terms of between two and 25 years for their…
Egypt restores 70% of churches damaged after Rabaa dispersal
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Egypt restores 70% of churches damaged after Rabaa dispersal

The Egyptian government has restored and rebuilt 70 percent of churches and Christian institutions damaged after the dispersal of the…
Govt legalizes 14 carat gold as Saudi jeweler L’azurde opens new line
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Govt legalizes 14 carat gold as Saudi jeweler L’azurde opens new line

The Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafy inaugurated on Tuesday an operation line for gold in coordination with…
Endowments Ministry backtracks on scripted Friday sermons
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Endowments Ministry backtracks on scripted Friday sermons

The Endowments Ministry has backtracked on its recently announced policy of enforcing pre-written Friday sermons in mosques across Egypt.On Thursday,…
Emergency landing at Cairo for wheezy Turkish Airlines passenger
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Emergency landing at Cairo for wheezy Turkish Airlines passenger

Cairo International airport cleared its runways on Wednesday and stood by for the emergency landing of Turkish Airlines plane, in…
Twenty-seven Egyptians reported abducted in Libya
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Twenty-seven Egyptians reported abducted in Libya

Twenty-seven Egyptian workers were abducted by militants at Brega City on Saturday, and the Libyan army has been deployed to…
Russia presents cutting-edge warship to Egyptian Navy
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Russia presents cutting-edge warship to Egyptian Navy

The Egyptian Navy has received delivery of a Russian warship equipped with equipped with multiple armament systems intended to significantly…
AOI manufactures 100% Egyptian railcar
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AOI manufactures 100% Egyptian railcar

The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) announced in a press release on Wednesday it manufactured 100 percent Egyptian third-class railcar…
Pope Tawadros II calls on Copts abroad not to interfere in Egypt’s strife
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Pope Tawadros II calls on Copts abroad not to interfere in Egypt’s strife

Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, sent out a message to expatriate Coptic Egyptians on Monday…
Three Christian denominations approve church construction bill: minister
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Three Christian denominations approve church construction bill: minister

Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Magdi al-Agati said on Monday that the three main Egyptian Christian denominations have agreed on…
Egypt’s Jewish community diminished to 6 women after death of Lucy Saul
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Egypt’s Jewish community diminished to 6 women after death of Lucy Saul

The number of women in Egypt's Jewish community shrank to just six on Friday, when the death of Lucy Saul…
British parliamentary delegation visits Sharm el-Sheikh in support of tourism
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British parliamentary delegation visits Sharm el-Sheikh in support of tourism

A delegation from the British House of Commons — the lower house of parliament — arrives in Sharm el-Sheikh on…
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