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HRW report on human trafficking in Sinai "ignored" several facts - foreign ministry
Date: 2014-02-13 14:44:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:553761
A report, issued by the Human Rights Watch, about the human trafficking and torture in Sinai, turned a blind eye to several facts, commented the Foreign Ministry on Thursday. The ministry said that human trafficking is a serious crime that poses ....
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Education min denies extension of mid-year vacation after Feb. 22
Date: 2014-02-13 14:23:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:553724
Egypt's Education Minister Mahmoud Abul-Nasr denied on Thursday the extension of the mid-year vacation after Feb. 22. During the inauguration of a solar energy project in Mohamed Ali Industry School in Alexandria, Abu el-Nasr said the ministry is ....
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Metro fed with power after 11-minute hiatus, EETC head says
Date: 2014-02-13 13:51:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:553663
Head of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) Ahmed el-Hanafi said the control center managed to feed the underground metro with power after an elven-minute hiatus in the early hours of Thursday. Hanafi added that the dense fog cut ....
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Giza Governor assigns engineering committee to inspect Waraq cafe
Date: 2014-02-13 13:38:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:553630
Giza Governor Ali Abdel-Rahman on Thursday assigned an engineering committee to inspect the building in which the cafe that was hit by a fire is located in El-Waraq district. The fire was caused by the explosion of a cooking gas ....
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Fire put out in EL-waraq district cafe
Date: 2014-02-13 13:37:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:553625
Giza civil defense teams extinguished the fire that broke out at a cafe in EL-Waraq district after the explosion of a cooking gas cylinder. No casualties were reported. The fire caused some damage to the cafe's facade. ....
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Sisi: Our visit gives new start to developing military and military-technical cooperation with Russia
Date: 2014-02-13 12:21:12 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:553438
Egyptian Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi stressed that his visit to Moscow will pave the way for major military cooperation between Egypt and Russia. “Our visit gives a new start to developing military and military-technical ....
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Morsi's brother-in-law, 14 MB members in custody over violence instigation
Date: 2014-02-13 12:18:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:553431
Sharqiya prosecution decided on Thursday to remand ousted president Mohamed Morsi's brother of law and 14 Muslim Brotherhood members in custody for 15 days pending investigations over charges of instigating violence against the army and the ....
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Alexandria Governor agrees on installing traffic signs with surveillance cameras
Date: 2014-02-13 08:42:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:552862
Alexandria Governor Tareq Mahdi has agreed on a company's offer to install traffic signs, equipped with surveillance cameras at all main streets and squares. Mahdi said in statements on Thursday that the road signs will be erected to monitor the ....
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Interior Minister attends funeral of lieutenant killed in Ismailia
Date: 2014-02-12 18:19:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:552231
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim attended Wednesday the military funeral held for lieutenant Ahmed Hussein Fahmy. The funeral took place from the police's mosque in Abbasseya district. Top police ranks, military commanders, and senior officials ....
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Number of swine flu infections same as previous seasons - health minister
Date: 2014-02-12 17:56:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:552137
The number of people who had been diagnosed with the virus commonly known as swine flu is the same as the previous seasons, said Health Minister Maha el-Rabat. There is only a difference in complications, added the minister, noting that ....