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US Amb. stresses need for boosting quality criteria to up products' competitive edge
Date: 2013-06-18 18:58:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:161411
CAIRO (MENA) - US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson has underscored the importance of boosting quality criteria, applied to Egyptian companies to match international firms. Patterson said the move will contribute to promoting the competitive ....
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Govt mourns officer killed in line of duty
Date: 2013-06-18 18:57:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:161406
CAIRO (MENA) - The Egyptian cabinet mourned the death of a police officer who has been killed in the line of duty when a gang of thieves opened fire at him and his patrol in Qalyubia on Tuesday. Lt. Mohamed Yasser Hosny was notified by ....
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Misr Party floats last-ditch initiative before June 30
Date: 2013-06-18 18:57:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:161394
CAIRO (MENA) - The Misr Party chaired by prominent Muslim preacher and motivational speaker Amr Khaled floated on Tuesday a last-ditch initiative before the planned June 30 protests. The initiative calls for forming a committee that will ....
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Ashton to discuss EU aid to Egypt
Date: 2013-06-18 18:56:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:161363
CAIRO (MENA) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she will discuss with President Mohamed Morsi European aid to Egypt in this interim stage. "I look forward to discussing how the European Union can continue to help the ....
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Bakinam el-Sharqawi: Coming House of Representatives to discuss package of legislations backing women
Date: 2013-06-18 18:55:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:161337
CAIRO (MENA) - Presidential Assistant for Political Affairs Bakinam el-Sharqawi said that the coming House of Representatives will discuss a package of legislations that back the Egyptian women. This came in press statements on Tuesday on the ....
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Egypt, Ethiopia underline importance of boosting joint cooperation
Date: 2013-06-18 18:55:29 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:161335
ADDIS ABABA (MENA) - Ethiopia and Egypt on Tuesday underlined the importance of boosting joint cooperation. Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr, now visiting here, asserted that relations between both countries are time-honored. ....
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ILO: 8 million child laborers in Egypt
Date: 2013-06-18 18:54:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:161329
CAIRO (MENA) - Kholoud al-Khaldi, an expert at the International Labor Organization (ILO), said that there are nearly 8 million child laborers in Egypt, most of them work in the agricultural sector. On the fringe of a ceremony marking the ....
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Egypt chief astronomer: Ramadan begins on July 10
Date: 2013-06-18 12:36:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:161128
Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, will begin on July 10, Chairman of Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics Dr. Hatem Ouda said Tuesday. The Islamic calendar follows a lunar cycle and the dates of Ramadan, ....
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Interior Ministry gears up for June 30 protests, raises security alert to highest level
Date: 2013-06-18 12:32:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:161122
The Interior Ministry geared up for the planned mass protests on June 30 and decided to raise the security alert to its highest level as of Wednesday. Security sources told MENA on Tuesday that all vacations of police personnel will be ....
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Officer killed in line of duty in Qalyubia
Date: 2013-06-18 11:27:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:160933
An officer was killed in the line of duty when a gang of thieves opened fire at him and his patrol in Qalyubia on Tuesday. Lt. Mohamed Yasser Hosny was inspecting security in Shubra el-Khaima in Qalyubia. Villagers notified him that a ....