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Cabinet amends criminal, traffic laws
Date: 2014-09-17 12:52:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:958205
The Cabinet, under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, amended on Wednesday some articles of the Criminal Procedure Law. Under the new amendment, the public prosecution will have the right to ask the Court of First Instance to delegate one of its ....
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Sisi stresses importance of judicial independence
Date: 2014-09-17 12:51:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:958185
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has stressed the importance of judicial independence, believing it is the only way to achieve justice. Chief justice of the cassation court Hossam Abdel-Rehim said five feddans have been allocated to establish a ....
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Journalists to be questioned by Public Prosecutor over el-Zend lawsuit
Date: 2014-09-17 12:49:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:958157
Chief Editor of Al-Ahram website Hisham Younis and journalist Ahmed Abdel Azeem were summoned to appear at the Prosecutor’s office on Sunday to be questioned about a defamation lawsuit filed by head of the Judges' Club Ahmad el-Zend. El-Zend ....
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Egypt mufti greets Lebanese people on electing new mufti
Date: 2014-09-17 12:22:20 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:957901
Egypt's Mufti Sheikh Shawki Allam on Wednesday congratulated the Lebanese people on electing a new mufti. During a press conference, Allam congratulated his Lebanese counterpart Sheikh Abdullatif Daryan on the new post. Allam held that ....
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Sisi meets senior agriculture ministry officials, employees
Date: 2014-09-17 12:19:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:957881
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Wednesday with senior Agriculture Ministry officials and employees Attending the meeting was Agriculture Minister Adel el-Beltagy, who stressed that employees are working hard to achieve self-sufficiency as ....
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NCW head participates in session of ESCWA in Tunisia
Date: 2014-09-17 11:46:01 GMT - Tunisia - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:957561
Head of the Egyptian National Council for Women Mervat el-Tellawy takes part in the 28th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) currently being held in Tunisia. The session, which ends on Thursday, ....
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Cabinet approves amended law on Azhar
Date: 2014-09-17 11:21:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:957185
The Egyptian government has endorsed amendments to a law on Al-Azhar. under the amended law, staffers can lose their jobs if they: - Take part in or lobby for protests that hinder the educational process - Allow weapons, artillery or ....
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Environment, urban development ministers to sign solid waste management protocol
Date: 2014-09-17 11:05:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:957161
Minister of State for Environment Affairs Thursday signs a cooperation protocol with the Ministry of State for Urban Development and Slum Areas on promoting comprehensive and sustainable management of solid waste. The signing of the protocol was ....
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Gomaa calls for int'l coalition to face terrorism
Date: 2014-09-17 10:54:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:957077
Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has called for forming a strong international coalition to face terrorism. Gomaa, in a statement Wednesday, stressed the need to enhance Arab cooperation in the fight against terrorist forces that jeopardize ....
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Abdel Nour starts visit to Belarus after successful talks in Moscow
Date: 2014-09-17 10:52:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:957053
Minister of Trade and Industry Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour started a visit to Belarus on Wednesday after successful talks in Moscow. A released statement by the Ministry of Trade and Industry indicated that Abdel Nour reached an agreement during his ....