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House okays draft amendments to anti-drug law
Date: 2019-06-09 17:52:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7973419
The House of Representatives has okayed amendments to the anti-drug law of 1960 as a whole, but delayed the final approval to Tuesday. Under the proposed amendments, synthetic materials produced from narcotics should be considered as drugs. ....
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Parl't approves gov't-proposed bill on SCC
Date: 2019-06-09 17:47:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7973410
The House of Representatives in its plenary session on Sunday okayed a number of articles of the government-proposed draft law to amend some provisions pertaining to the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC's) law. The parliament's approval to the ....
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Bourse gains EGP 5.8 bln
Date: 2019-06-09 17:26:14 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:7973396
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes posted collective gains on Sunday, backed by purchases of local institutions and investment funds. The market capital gained EGP 5.8 billion to reach EGP 750.9 billion amid transactions that hit EGP 565 ....
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Cabinet media center underlines positive change in foreign media coverage of Egypt economy
Date: 2019-06-09 17:14:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:7973377
The cabinet media center has underlined a change in the way foreign media covers the economic performance in Egypt. News agencies, such as Bloomberg, Reuters, and Financial Times, have been pointing to tangible growth following economic reforms ....
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Sisi: Egypt keen on establishing strategic partnership with Eritrea
Date: 2019-06-08 20:10:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7972334
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed Saturday the importance of setting forth well-defined plans to push forward Egyptian-Eritrean cooperation at various levels. Sisi also underscored the need to overcome any obstacles to mutual cooperation, ....
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IAEA urges nuclear-derived techniques to protect oceans
Date: 2019-06-07 21:49:19 GMT - Austria - International - SN:5 - ID:7971357
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) celebrated on Friday World Oceans Day, calling for using nuclear-derived technique to protect them. In a statement, the IAEA said "oceans contain half of the oxygen we breathe and much of the protein ....
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9 dead, 14 injured in vehicle collision in Aswan
Date: 2019-06-07 19:17:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7971284
As many as nine people were killed on Friday and 14 others injured in a head-on collision in northern Aswan. The accident occurred when a microbus collided with a seven-seat vehicle on the Cairo-Aswan western desert road, some 55 kilometers away ....
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Interior Ministry: 8 terrorists killed in shoot-out with police forces in Arish
Date: 2019-06-07 19:14:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7971283
The Interior Ministry has announced that eight terrorists have been killed in a gunfight with security forces in Arish city in North Sinai. In a statement released on Friday, the ministry said it has succeeded in pursuing a number of terrorist ....
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Suez Canal authority head checks on navigation movement
Date: 2019-06-07 00:03:20 GMT - Egypt - Suez Canal - SN:2 - ID:7970456
Head of Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish checked on the navigation movement in the international waterway on the second day of Eidual Fitr. Mamish said, in a statement on Thursday, said 113 ships transited Suez Canal with 7.8 million tons on ....
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Putin says no plans to send troops to Venezuela
Date: 2019-06-07 00:02:01 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:7970455
Moscow has no plans to send troops to shore up Venezuela's embattled leader, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday as quoted by ABC news. Putin also warned that the U.S. reluctance to start talks on extending a key arms control pact ....