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Sisi issues decree on bill amending provisions of income tax law
Date: 2014-07-01 11:40:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:806515
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued Tuesday a decree on a bill amending some provisions of the Income Tax Law promulgated by Law No. 91 of 2005 and Stamp Tax Law promulgated by Law No. 111 of 1980. Presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy said the ....
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Turkish PM Erdogan to stand for presidency: party
Date: 2014-07-01 11:37:27 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:20 - ID:806510
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to stand for the presidency in August elections, his party announced Tuesday, paving the way for him to extend his dominance of the country's politics for at least another five years. "The candidate ....
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Japan cabinet approves landmark military change
Date: 2014-07-01 11:35:20 GMT - Japan - International - SN:19 - ID:806497
Japan's cabinet has approved a landmark change in security policy, paving the way for its military to fight overseas, the BBC reported Tuesday. Under its constitution, Japan is barred from using force to resolve conflicts except in cases of ....
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Iranian president calls for building friendly ties with neighboring countries
Date: 2014-07-01 11:24:59 GMT - Iran - International - SN:18 - ID:806470
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for building a friendly relations with neighboring countries, IRNA news agency reported. During a ceremony marking Industry and Mines Day at Tehran’s Islamic Summit Conference Hall, Rouhani said the ....
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Minister orders settling manpower employees' complaints
Date: 2014-07-01 11:23:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:806467
Manpower and Immigration Minister Nahed Ashry stressed on Tuesday the importance of settling all complaints filed by employees of manpower directorates. She also called for providing high-level services for citizens. The minister affirmed that ....
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Hong Kong crowds rally for democracy
Date: 2014-07-01 11:21:04 GMT - Hong Kong - International - SN:16 - ID:806463
Tens of thousands of protesters are taking part in what organizers say could be Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy rally in more than a decade, the BBC reported Tuesday. The annual rally, marking the day Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, is ....
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Last Malaria case recovered in Aswan
Date: 2014-07-01 11:11:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:806435
The last case infected with Malaria has recovered and discharged from Edfu Fever Hospital where the case had received treatment. A medical source with Edfu Fever Hospital said the case, 22 years of age, was admitted to hospital on June 24 and ....
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Transport minister meets head of national authority for tunnels
Date: 2014-07-01 11:05:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:806415
Transportation Minister Hani Dhahi met with the head of the National Authority for Tunnels on Tuesday. They discussed the ongoing plans for carrying out major projects of the authority. Among these projects was the Metro Line Four whose first ....
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Defense minister appoints new spokesman
Date: 2014-07-01 10:40:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:806347
Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi has approved the appointment of Brigadier General Mohamed Samir Abdel Aziz as a new military spokesman to succeed Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali. The newly-appointed spokesman was graduated from the Egyptian Military ....
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152 Egyptians released from Saudi Arabia,Kuwait, UAE
Date: 2014-07-01 10:39:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:806363
Nearly 152 Egyptians will be released from Saudi, UAE and Kuwaiti jails on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan upon royal and Emiri decrees, said Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Ambassador Ali El-Asheri Tuesday. Eighty-three ....