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PM tasks culture minister with meeting intellectuals over media council
Date: 2014-07-09 16:29:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:819732
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab tasked Culture Minister Gaber Asfour with launching a dialogue with intellectuals for forming the country's supreme council of media. The new government has no portfolio of an information minister who for decades was ....
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Bridge on Cairo-Ismailia road to be closed for 4 days
Date: 2014-07-09 16:28:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:819730
A bridge on the desert road between Cairo and Ismailia will be closed as of Thursday for four days for maintenance. A security source said that traffic diversions will be made to prevent any congestion. ....
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Media pros. meet over Supreme Council of Media formation
Date: 2014-07-09 16:11:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:819699
Media professionals, journalists and media experts have held a meeting on the formation of a Supreme Council of Media. The council will lay down a code of ethics for the press and media. The meeting discussed proposing a draft law on the ....
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Agriculture min. urges agriculture competitiveness boost
Date: 2014-07-09 16:09:05 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:49 - ID:819697
Agriculture Minister Adel El Beltagui has called for enhancing the competitiveness of the agricultural sector. He said the farmers only get a quarter of the profits due to the high costs of the production inputs. "The effect of the increase in ....
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Govt initially agrees to sign MoU with Virus C vaccine manufacturer
Date: 2014-07-09 15:52:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:819674
The cabinet initially agreed to sign a memo of understanding with the manufacturer of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) vaccine, said Health Minister Adel Adawi. The company will release 225,000 doses of the vaccine and treatment will start at the ....
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Abbas says he asked Sisi to call for abding by 2012 truce
Date: 2014-07-09 15:51:30 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:819673
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday that he made a phone call to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and asked him to call upon the parties concerned with the Palestinian cause to abide by the 2012 truce agreement, which was ....
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Maliki accuses Kurds of turning Irbil to Daash military base
Date: 2014-07-09 15:39:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:819654
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki accused on Wednesday Kurds of turning Irbil to a Daash military base. Iraq will not stand silent while Irbil, which is under the Kurdish control, is being turned to a military base operated by militants of the ....
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Afghan civilian death toll up by 24% in 2014: UN
Date: 2014-07-09 15:37:31 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:45 - ID:819648
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan soared by 24 per cent in the first half of 2014, according to a UN report released today. Ground combat is now causing more deaths and injuries than improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in a worrying sign of ....
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AL keen to back Libya: FM
Date: 2014-07-09 15:34:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:819644
Libya's Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdulaziz has assured that the Arab League (AL) is keen to back Libya and pays particular attention to the situation in Libya. Abdulaziz said that the visit of the Arab League’s special envoy for Libya Nasser ....
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Egypt FM's visit to Jordan successful -- ambassador
Date: 2014-07-09 15:25:35 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:819634
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri's visit to Jordan yesterday was very successful and asserted the depth of bilateral relations, Egypt's Ambassador here Khaled Tharwat said Wednesday. He said Shokri's beginning his current Arab tour by ....
