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  • PM witnesses inking of protocol to develop slums, governorates using 50% of real estate taxes

    PM witnesses inking of protocol to develop slums, governorates using 50% of real estate taxes

    Date: 2015-01-27 16:04:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:1837565

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab Tuesday witnessed the inking of a cooperation protocol between the ministries of finance, local development and urban development, under which 50 percent of real estate taxes will go to upgrading shantytowns and ....

  • Palestine's Abbas praises Egyptian supportive stance

    Palestine's Abbas praises Egyptian supportive stance

    Date: 2015-01-27 16:02:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:1837549

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday praised the Egyptian supportive stance on the Palestinian cause. Abbas briefed Fatah Central Committee on results of his recent visit to Egypt and meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The ....

  • 19 MB members arrested in Behira

    19 MB members arrested in Behira

    Date: 2015-01-27 15:58:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:1836625

    Nineteen members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group were arrested on Tuesday during a wide-scale security campaign in Behira governorate. They are accused of inciting violence, staging illegal protests, blocking roads and setting fire ....

  • Train movement back to normal in Gharbia after one-hour hiatus

    Train movement back to normal in Gharbia after one-hour hiatus

    Date: 2015-01-27 15:50:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:1837433

    The train movement is back to normal in Santa line in Gharbia after a one-hour hiatus due to the discovery of a strange body in the train station. When scanning the strange entity, nine cylinders were found inside a plastic bag but no explosive ....

  • Egyptian doctor killed in Yemen

    Egyptian doctor killed in Yemen

    Date: 2015-01-27 15:40:20 GMT - Yemen - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:1836601

    Three people killed on Tuesday an Egyptian doctor in the Yemeni governorate of Aden before fleeing the scene. A security source said the three armed men opened fire on Mohamed Mansour El-Sayyed following a quarrel with him. The body was ....

  • Health Ministry updates toll of Monday violence

    Health Ministry updates toll of Monday violence

    Date: 2015-01-27 15:38:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:1837341

    At least two persons were injured in acts of violence in Helwan Monday night, according to a statement by the Health Ministry Tuesday. One of the two is still receiving treatment at Mabaret el Maadi Hospital, the statement said. It added that ....

  • Obama challenges India on women's rights and religious tolerance

    Obama challenges India on women's rights and religious tolerance

    Date: 2015-01-27 15:33:02 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:54 - ID:1837257

    US President Barack Obama challenged India’s record on religious tolerance and women’s rights on Tuesday in a parting speech to students in Delhi that contrasted with the at-times saccharin feel of a state visit designed to highlight the closeness ....

  • 40 world leaders to participate in AU summit in Ethopoia

    40 world leaders to participate in AU summit in Ethopoia

    Date: 2015-01-27 15:26:11 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:30 - ID:1835237

    Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, said on Tuesday that about 40 world countries' leaders are expected to participate in the 24th African Union Summit that kicks off in the Ethiopian capital on Friday. The US ....

  • 687 encroachments on Nile removed -- Minister

    687 encroachments on Nile removed -- Minister

    Date: 2015-01-27 15:17:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:1836997

    The Irrigation Ministry said Tuesday it has removed 687 encroachments on the Nile River. Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said his ministry intends to remove a total of 50,399 encroachments as part of a national campaign to save the Nile ....

  • Prosecution receives report on activist shooting

    Prosecution receives report on activist shooting

    Date: 2015-01-27 15:08:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:1836909

    The public prosecution received on Tuesday a report by the forensic medicine department over the death of activist Shimaa el Sabagh, who was shot dead in a protest on Saturday. The report said the slain Egyptian activist, who was a member of the ....

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