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Interior minister sets up new department for violence against women
Date: 2014-06-18 09:53:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:784518
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim decided on Wednesday to set up a special department at all security directorates for violence crimes against women. The move comes as part of the ministry's efforts to fight all forms of violence against ....
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2 dead in car bomb blast in Somalia
Date: 2014-06-18 09:49:03 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:784504
A nurse said a car bomb detonated outside of a hospital in Somalia's capital run by the International Committee of the Red Cross, killing two people, ABC news reported. Mohamed Omar also said that five people were wounded in the Wednesday attack. ....
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Electricity Minister: Egypt seeks to increase dependency on solar power by 25 percent by 2027
Date: 2014-06-18 09:45:30 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:32 - ID:784493
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Dr Mohammad Shaker asserted that Egypt is seeking to increase dependency on solar energy in the power generation by 25 percent instead of its current targeted rate of 20 percent before 2027. This came ....
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New investment minister resigns from membership of EGB board
Date: 2014-06-18 09:02:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:784364
The Egyptian Gulf Bank (EGB) announced Wednesday that Investment Minister Ashraf Abdel Tawab Salman resigned from the membership of the bank's board after he assumed his new post in the Egyptian government. In a statement released Wednesday, EGB ....
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Trial of Jazeera channel reporter postponed
Date: 2014-06-18 08:57:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:784347
A Suez court decided Wednesday to postpone the trial of a leading young element of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group over accusations of inciting violence against police and citizens. Abdul Rahman Shaheen, who worked as a reporter for Al ....