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752 Egyptians back home from Libya over past 24 hours
Date: 2015-03-04 13:23:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:2089693
As many as 752 Egyptians have crossed the Salloum border terminal from Libya into Egypt over the past 24 hours. Of those, 541 Egyptians had left the country in a legal way, said deputy director of the Salloum crossing Gamal Shehata on ....
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Egypt UN envoy calls for balance between human rights concepts, cultural distinctiveness
Date: 2015-03-04 13:21:45 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:2089669
Egypt's envoy to the UN Amr Ramadan has urged the world community to act to achieve an accurate balance between the international human rights concepts and the cultural distinctiveness of societies when applying those concepts. Addressing a ....
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Cabinet approves laws to support investment
Date: 2015-03-04 13:08:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:2089517
The Cabinet, under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, approved on Wednesday a package of laws meant to promote Egypt's investment sector. This involves approving a presidential draft law to amend some provisions of the law of joint stock companies, ....
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Court upholds jail ruling for Khaled Saeed killers
Date: 2015-03-04 13:07:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:2089497
The Court of Cassation upheld on Wednesday a 10-year jail sentence imposed on two policemen for torturing to death 28-year-old Khaled Saeed. The three-judge panel rejected appeals by the two policemen, Mahmoud Salah and Awad Soliman. The ....
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Tourism Ministry to sponsor int'l diving event in June
Date: 2015-03-04 13:02:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:2089381
The Tourism Ministry will be sponsoring an international diving event in which 400 divers will contribute to removing seabed wastes. The event, to be held in the Red Sea governorate in June, will help include Egypt in the Guinness World Records ....
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Russian, Egyptian defense ministers meet in Moscow
Date: 2015-03-04 12:57:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:2089317
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu met on Tuesday with his Egyptian counterpart Sedqi Sobhi. The official reception for Sobhi was held at the headquarters of the Russian Defense Ministry. The two sides discussed military and security ....
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Security official: 90% of CICC fire contained
Date: 2015-03-04 12:53:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:2089269
The civil defense troops and Firefighters of the Armed Forces extinguished 90 percent of the blaze that broke out at one of the Cairo International Conference Center (CICC) halls in Nasr City earlier Wednesday, a security source said. Speaking ....
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More fire trucks dispatch to CICC fire scene
Date: 2015-03-04 12:52:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:2089249
Civil defense troops are still acting to control a fire that erupted earlier Wednesday at a hall of the Cairo International Conference Center (CICC) in Nasr City. Sixteen fire trucks have been dispatched to quickly put out the fire, while ....
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3 ministries sign deal on youth political empowerment
Date: 2015-03-04 12:50:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:2089233
The Ministers of Local Development, Youth and Social Solidarity signed on Wednesday a protocol of cooperation on a national program to develop youth empowerment for political participation. According to Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali the ....
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Sisi highlights importance of maintaining sustainability of African resources
Date: 2015-03-04 12:41:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:2089069
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Wednesday with African environment ministers and UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) Achim Steiner, said Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef. Environment ....
