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  • Ministry signs deal with ILO on social protection

    Ministry signs deal with ILO on social protection

    Date: 2014-10-21 14:49:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:1171309

    Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali signed on Tuesday a cooperation protocol with the International Labor Organization (ILO). "The deal aims at benefiting from the international organization's expertise to develop a network of social ....

  • New classes of academic officers graduated

    New classes of academic officers graduated

    Date: 2014-10-21 14:26:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:1171145

    Assistant Defense Minister Moustafa el-Sherif Tuesday attended the graduation ceremony of doctors, engineers and nurses studying at the Military Academy. Joining the Armed Forces, academic officers are sure an addition to the army, Sherif said in ....

  • Egypt made huge progress in promoting gender equality: NCW head

    Egypt made huge progress in promoting gender equality: NCW head

    Date: 2014-10-21 14:18:14 GMT - Azerbaijan - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:1171077

    Head of the National Council for Women (NCW) Mervet Tellawi said on Tuesday Egypt made huge progress in promoting gender equality and women empowerment. The remarks came during the 5th Ministerial Conference on Women’s Role in Development of the ....

  • Transitional Justice minister meets EU envoy

    Transitional Justice minister meets EU envoy

    Date: 2014-10-21 14:16:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:1171053

    Counselor Ibrahim el-Heneidi, the minister of transitional justice, received on Tuesday Stavros Lambrinidis, the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, currently visiting Cairo. The meeting was attended by Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada ....

  • Sisi attends ceremony marking Navy Day

    Sisi attends ceremony marking Navy Day

    Date: 2014-10-21 13:53:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:1170817

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Tuesday attended a ceremony marking Navy Day. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi, Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazi and Commander of the Naval Forces Osama el-Gendi received Sisi as he arrived ....

  • Sappers defuse bomb in Ismailiia

    Sappers defuse bomb in Ismailiia

    Date: 2014-10-21 13:50:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:1170765

    Ismailia police forces defused a primitive bomb found inside a preparatory school in the city on Tuesday. Sappers rushed to the scene and managed to defuse the bomb. The device consisted of nails, and iron slides and was connected to a timer. ....

  • Interior min. denies reports about photo of injured student in Alex.

    Interior min. denies reports about photo of injured student in Alex.

    Date: 2014-10-21 13:48:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:1170737

    The Interior Ministry has denied reports alleging that a photo of an injured woman posted on Facebook was that of a female student, named Aya Mohsen, who was injured during clashes that erupted last week at the Faculty of Engineering in Alexandria ....

  • FM, AL envoy discuss political situation in Libya

    FM, AL envoy discuss political situation in Libya

    Date: 2014-10-21 13:46:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1170705

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Tuesday with Nasser al-Qudwa, the Arab League envoy to Libya, to discuss the political and security situation in the Arab country. Talks also took up ways by which to support legitimate institutions in Libya, ....

  • $20.4mn worth of Egyptian aid to upgrade water resources in Uganda -- Minister

    $20.4mn worth of Egyptian aid to upgrade water resources in Uganda -- Minister

    Date: 2014-10-21 13:44:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:1170677

    Costing some 20.4 million dollars, an Egyptian-Ugandan project to upgrade water resources has contributed to improving the living conditions of Ugandans, Egypt's Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said Tuesday. The project comes as part of ....

  • 6 killed, 8 injured in road accident in S. Sinai

    6 killed, 8 injured in road accident in S. Sinai

    Date: 2014-10-21 13:08:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:1170197

    Six people were killed and eight injured when their micro-bus flipped over on Ras Sedr-Abu Redis road in South Sinai province. The vehicle belongs to an oil company working in the province and was carrying 18 workers, a security source ....

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