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Sisi endorses law regulating activities of NGOs
Date: 2019-08-21 20:55:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:8071992
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi endorsed Wednesday a law governing the activities of NGOs. The House of Representatives had previously passed it. The law applies on the activities of NGOs, societies, unions, and regional and international ....
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Top prosecutor highlights Egypt's efforts in countering organized crime
Date: 2019-08-21 20:22:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8071889
Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadeq said on Wednesday that Egypt has taken the lead at the Arab and African levels in countering transnational organized crime. In press statements, Sadeq stressed that Egypt had signed a number of agreements with ....
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Nile water committee reviews trilateral negotiations on Ethiopia's GERD
Date: 2019-08-21 16:52:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8071793
The Supreme Committee for Nile Water (SCNW) convened Wednesday under Prime Minster Moustafa Madbouli. The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati, as well as ....
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Sisi orders successful implementation of health insurance system
Date: 2019-08-21 16:46:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8071783
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has called for implementing the health insurance system precisely and successfully with taking into consideration technical, human and medical sides to ensure the good quality of medical services. This came during a ....
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Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests
Date: 2019-08-20 10:00:06 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:8069714
Twitter said Monday it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong. The company also said it will ban ads from state-backed media ....
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Plakiotakis: No formal request by Iranian tanker to dock in Kalamata
Date: 2019-08-20 09:54:34 GMT - Greece - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8069704
No “formal request” has been made so far to Greek authorities by the Iranian tanker wanted by US authorities to dock at the port of Kalamata, Shipping Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis said on Tuesday. The Grace 1, renamed the Adrian Darya 1, was ....
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Five Palestinian injured by Israeli forces in W.Bank, Al Quds
Date: 2019-08-20 09:52:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8069699
Five Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday when hundreds of settlers stormed the vicinity of Joseph's Tomb near in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The settlers repeatedly stormed Joseph's Tomb and performed ....
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Egypt's U19 handball team back home
Date: 2019-08-20 07:33:40 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:5 - ID:8069515
Egypt's U 19 handball team returned home on Tuesday after winning the World Championship for the first time after defeating Germany 32-28 in the final in Macedonia on Sunday. The win is Egypt's biggest handball achievement since 1993. It is ....
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Release of Iranian tanker 'unfortunate': Pompeo
Date: 2019-08-20 07:30:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:8069509
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a television interview on Monday that it was unfortunate an Iranian oil tanker detained off Gibraltar had been allowed to leave. “It’s unfortunate that that happened,” Pompeo told Fox News Channel. ....
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US envoy urges biz efforts to mend ties with Japan
Date: 2019-08-20 07:28:35 GMT - south korea - International - SN:3 - ID:8069507
The top US diplomat in South Korea called on leading local businessmen Tuesday to help repair Seoul's strained ties with Tokyo due to a trade spat, Yonhap news agency reported. US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris made the request at a ....