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Articles of the author Amal Abbas
Suez customs authority releases shipment of anti-riot material
A shipment of anti-riot material imported by the Interior Ministry from the United States was released upon orders, a senior official in Suez, speaking on condition of anonymity, said. He added that the employees were reluctant to release the (...)

29 - 11 - 2011
Intelligence chief attends funeral of famous Egyptian agent
With two bouquets of flowers and a red carpet, the funeral of Ahmed al-Hawan, known as Gomaa al-Shawan, a former Egyptian intelligence agent, took place on Wednesday at a mosque near the service's headquarters in Cairo's Hadaeq al-Qobba (...)

02 - 11 - 2011
Army sends reinforcements to secure Sharm el-Sheikh roads
Egypt's Third Field Army sent additional troops on Monday to security points along the road leading to Sharm el-Sheikh. Authorities deployed border guards in the area's mountainous regions to secure them. On Thursday, six Egyptian military and (...)

22 - 08 - 2011
Trial of Suez demonstrators'' killers set for 14 September
Suez district attorney Ahmed Mahmoud on Thursday set the trial date for businessman Ibrahim Farag and his son Adel Farag for 14 September, ordering them to be detained until the hearing. The two are being held on charges of killing demonstrators (...)

28 - 07 - 2011
Martyrs'' families continue sit-in in Suez
Relatives of the martyrs who were killed during the 25 January revolution continued their sit-in for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday outside of the Suez Security Directorate and the governorate building in Arbaeen Square. The protesters are (...)

07 - 07 - 2011
Killed protesters'' families in Suez clash with police
Families of protesters killed and injured during the revolution clashed with police in Suez on Wednesday after a court rejected an appeal by the attorney general to release police officers accused of killing and injuring their relatives. They pelted (...)

06 - 07 - 2011
Egypt foils attempt to smuggle coral reefs
Egypt's navy on Sunday thwarted an attempt to smuggle 43 pieces of coral reefs on board a British yacht while it was crossing the Suez Canal. The naval forces had received information about a British boat bound for Turkey, which carried six British (...)

17 - 05 - 2011
Hafez Salama plans to perform prayers for bin Laden''s soul
Sheikh Hafez Salama, a popular veteran of the October War of 1973, has announced that he will perform the Salat al-Gha'eb, or "prayer for the absent", for Osama bin Laden's soul at al-Nour Mosque in Abbasseya after Friday prayers. Bin Laden, the (...)

05 - 05 - 2011
Trial of 14 accused of killing protesters in Suez opens Saturday
The trial of 14 defendants accused of killing protesters in Suez during the revolution is scheduled to begin at a Suez criminal court Saturday. Among the accused are ten policemen and officers and businessman Ibrahim Farag and his three (...)

08 - 04 - 2011
Commander warns of ''fifth column'' looking to destabilize Egypt
General Sobhy Sedky, the Commander of Egypt's Third Field Army, warned of a "fifth column" trying to cause chaos, sectarian strife, lack of security and destabilization of the country, so as to prevent Egypt from standing on its feet once (...)

14 - 03 - 2011
Egyptian opposition to promote shadow parliament among public
A number of opposition leaders and political forces in Egypt, at a conference organized by the Wafd Party in Suez on Sunday, discussed ways to expand the concept of a shadow parliament, with a view to toppling the official parliament that they deem (...)

20 - 12 - 2010
Cargo ship carrying bitumen sinks in Suez
A foreign cargo ship sank in Port Tawfiq in Suez on Sunday. The crew managed to escape, but initial losses are estimated at US$750,000. Sources at the Red Sea Ports Authority said the ship "Mary," which carried a Moldovan flag, arrived from Sudan (...)

15 - 11 - 2010
Wife of kidnapped engineer in Somalia requests Mubarak''s intervention
Farida Farouq, wife of Wael Mohamed Saleh, chief technician on board hijacked Egyptian ship MV Suez, said she had received a phone call from her husband on Wednesday in which he asked for assistance following the refusal of the Red Sea Navigation (...)

11 - 11 - 2010
Industry gas supply available through 2015, says minister
Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid said sufficient gas supply is available for Egyptian industries through 2015. Supply should not be an investment concern, he added. Accompanied by Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and other cabinet (...)

02 - 11 - 2010
PM: LE400 monthly minimum wage ''best possible figure at moment''
The LE400 minimum wage set by Egypt's National Council of Wages last week represents "the best possible figure at the moment," Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said on Monday while presiding over the inauguration of several industrial and service projects (...)

01 - 11 - 2010
Suez Gulf polluted with hazardous industrial waste
The Suez Gulf is polluted with untreated liquid industrial waste dumped by factories in the Adabeyya area, said eye witnesses to Al-Masry Al-Youm reporters. The industrial drainage station discharges untreated waste directly into the gulf, causing (...)

26 - 09 - 2010
Owner of hijacked Egyptian ship reiterates refusal to pay ransom
Abdel Meguid Matar, president of shipping company Red Sea Navigation, which operates the Egyptian ship hijacked earlier this month by Somali pirates, has refused to hand over the ransom demanded by the corsairs for the vessel's release. “They want (...)

22 - 08 - 2010
Negotiations with pirates failed, says son of crew member
The son of one of the crew members on board hijacked ship MV Suez said negotiations between the vessel's owner, Red Sea Navigation, and the boat's Somali hijackers, have broken down. Osama Ibrahim al-Wakil told Al-Masry Al-Youm his father made a (...)

18 - 08 - 2010
Contact with crew of hijacked Egyptian ship cut for two days
Contact with the crew of the Egyptian ship hijacked by Somali pirates last week has been cut for the past two days, according to a source at Red Sea Navigation, the shipping company that operates the ship. Company President Abdel Meguid Matar said (...)

15 - 08 - 2010
Power cuts continue in Cairo
Electricity cuts continued in a number of Cairo districts and other provinces, sparking outrage among citizens. In Suez, citizens are subject to disconnections up to three times a day. The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Hassan Younis, called (...)

12 - 08 - 2010
Owner of hijacked ship rules out negotiations with pirates
Mohamed Sobhi, owner of an Egyptian cargo vessel hijacked last week in the Gulf of Aden, has refused to negotiate a ransom with the Somali corsairs currently holding his ship. “The ransom money could be used to finance terrorism,” he said. “Giving (...)

10 - 08 - 2010
Owners of hijacked ship contact Somali mediators
Officials from the Red Sea Navigation Company say they have contacted Somali mediators to negotiate the release the crew of the MV Suez, a vessel that was hijacked a few days ago in the Gulf of Aden. The Red Sea Navigation Company is the owner of (...)

09 - 08 - 2010
Hijacked ship arrives in Somalia
A ship hijacked by Somali pirates earlier this week has arrived in Somalia in order to avoid a European anti-piracy task force in the area, according to sources at Red Sea Navigation (RSN), the company that operates the ship. The same sources said (...)

05 - 08 - 2010
Fayoum villagers protest water cuts
Hundreds of residents of the village of Sanhur in the Fayoum Governorate gathered to protest five consecutive days of water cuts. Villagers blocked the main road leading to the city of Fayoum, with some protesters setting cars ablaze to register (...)

27 - 06 - 2010
Carcinogenic material sits in Suez for decade
The Egyptian Center for Legal Protection, a local consumer-rights watchdog, officially notified the prosecutor-general in the port city of Suez that ten containers bearing carcinogenic insecticides had been sitting in the port's warehouses since (...)

20 - 01 - 2010
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