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Interior ministry reviews 10 new forced disappearance cases
Date: 2016-01-13 11:28:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4105897
The Interior Ministry reviewed 10 new forced disappearance cases to refer reports to the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) . The Interior Ministry underlined the importance of continuing cooperation between the ministry and the NCHR and ....
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Cabinet holds weekly meeting
Date: 2016-01-13 10:03:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4105025
The cabinet convened on Wednesday under Sherif Ismail to review a host of political, economic, social and security files. The talks tackled means of securing staple commodities at low price in lien with directives of President Abdel Fattah El ....
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Sisi orders army teams to remove debris of Sharqiya's collapsed building
Date: 2016-01-13 07:23:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4103773
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, ordered army rescue teams Tuesday to join efforts exerted to remove debris of a collapsed building in Sharqiya. A heavy army's crane was sent to the area to help ....
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Train derails in Giza after two explosions
Date: 2016-01-13 07:22:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4103765
Two rail cars derailed Tuesday after two explosions were heard near el Blida town, Giza, an Interior Ministry official told MENA. In exclusive statements, the official clarified that the derailment happened immediately following the explosions, ....
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Aswan-Cairo train traffic back to normal
Date: 2016-01-13 07:04:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4103657
Train traffic along Cairo-Aswan railway line was back to normal early Wednesday after one carriage of a cargo train derailed in Kom Ombo, a source at the Railway Authority said. The train service was suspended for three hours until the derailed ....
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Violence against women serious problem: Talawi
Date: 2016-01-12 17:41:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4102169
Chairman of the National Council for Women (NCW) Mervat el Talawi inaugurated a training course which targets 40 judges on combating violence against women. The event is held by the NCW in cooperation with the UN Development Program (UNDP) and ....
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House: Decision to stop broadcasting sessions applied only to the live airing
Date: 2016-01-12 16:23:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4101585
The House of Representative Secretariat has announced that the decision to stop the broadcasting of the House sessions will be applied only to the live airing. In a statement on Tuesday, the secretariat said the decision to ban the live ....
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Shoukry conveys greetings of Sisi to German majority leader
Date: 2016-01-12 15:40:29 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4101237
Visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday conveyed greetings of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to majority leader of the German Parliament Volker Kauder, said Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid. In ....
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Turkish court releases Egyptians held for attempting to join Daesh
Date: 2016-01-12 14:58:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4100829
A Turkish court decided Tuesday to release 12 Egyptian citizens, including three children, the Turkish authorities had arrested in Adana for attempting to join the terrorist group of Daesh through crossing the Turkish borders, an assistant to the ....
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Parliament agrees to stop airing sessions live
Date: 2016-01-12 07:53:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4096425
The new House of Representatives agreed on Monday to suspend airing its sessions live. Forty lawmakers have proposed to stop the live broadcast of the sessions, Speaker Ali Abdel Aal said. Press is allowed in the house and will continue its ....