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Legal experts confer on statute of Arab Court of Human Rights
Date: 2013-12-09 12:21:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:430790
The third meeting of a high-level committee of legal experts began at the Arab League General Secretariat headquarters in Cairo to prepare a draft statute of the Arab Court of Human Rights. The meeting was chaired by Qatari Ambassador Dr Ahmed Al ....
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Gaddaf al-Dam acquitted on attempted murder of police officers
Date: 2013-12-09 12:19:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:430786
The Cairo Criminal Court acquitted Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, an associate of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the former coordinator of Libyan-Egyptian relations, on charges of the attempted murder of police officers, possessing unlicensed weapons ....
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Cairo governor orders Gad, McDonald's, Mo'men in Maadi shut
Date: 2013-12-09 12:16:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:430778
Cairo Governor Galal Saied has decided to shut down McDonald's, Mo'men and Gad fast food restaurants in Maadi after complaints by citizens of violations. Citizens have been complaining of health and environmental breaches. A committee was ....
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Memorial service held for Negm in Algeria
Date: 2013-12-09 12:14:53 GMT - Algeria - Culture - SN:42 - ID:430769
Algerian writers and poets held a memorial service for Ahmed Fouad Negm, the Egyptian poet famed for his political verse in the dialect of the people. Negm, renowned and liked for his revolutionary poetry and for his harsh criticism of political ....
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Azhar female students continue protests on campus
Date: 2013-12-09 12:08:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:430756
A number of Al-Azhar female students, who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood group, continued protesting on Monday on the university's campus in Cairo's Nasr City district. Several students clashed with the university's security ....
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Arab League stands at equal distance from all nominees to ALO director post
Date: 2013-12-09 12:07:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:430753
The Arab League stands at an equal distance from all candidates to the general director post of the Arab Labor Organization (ALO), an AL secretariat source said on Monday. In press statements, the source said the ALO director general will be ....
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Giza governor orders quick action to protect residents of houses adjacent to collapsed building in Faysal
Date: 2013-12-09 12:05:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:430750
Giza governor Ali Abdel-Rahman has ordered the formation of a committee of professors of the faculty of engineering at Cairo University to check buildings adjacent to the one that collapsed in Faysal area late Sunday. The committee should examine ....
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Corruption hinders development -- Justice Minister
Date: 2013-12-09 12:04:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:430747
Corruption is a major obstacle to economic development, says Justice Minister Adel Abdel-Hamid. It hinders development and scares away investors, Abdel-Hamid said in a ceremony to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day ....
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SIS to distribute free copies of constitution
Date: 2013-12-09 11:44:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:430687
Chairman of the State Information Service Amgad Abdel-Ghafar said that SIS has printed several free copies of the new constitution to distribute to citizens in Egypt and abroad. Articles of the new charter have also been taped and posted on the ....
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Iran, 5+1 group start talks at IAEA premises
Date: 2013-12-09 11:20:24 GMT - Austria - International - SN:36 - ID:430632
Iran's delegation has started talks with representatives of the western powers of (5+1) group at the premises of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in an in-camera session. Media representatives were not allowed to await outside the ....
