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MPs blast govt for unclean irrigation practices
Environment
October 12, 2009
MPs blast govt for unclean irrigation practices
At a meeting convened by a parliamentary agriculture committee on Sunday, MPs condemned the government for allowing farmland in some…
Antiquity theft met with harsher penalties
Egypt
October 12, 2009
Antiquity theft met with harsher penalties
Parliament's Culture Committee has instituted harsher punishments for those found guilty of stealing or smuggling archaeological artifacts. Newly revised penalties…
Students protest Israeli Al-Aqsa violations
Egypt
October 12, 2009
Students protest Israeli Al-Aqsa violations
Thousands of students at universities throughout Egypt staged angry demonstrations in solidarity with Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinian people.…
Family Minister: Niqab a national security issue
Egypt
October 12, 2009
Family Minister: Niqab a national security issue
Minister of Family and Population Mushira Khattab said at a press conference yesterday that the issue of niqab, a full…
Famous doctor discusses organ transplants, Aswan center
Egypt
October 12, 2009
Famous doctor discusses organ transplants, Aswan center
Dr. Magdi Yacoub, a world-acclaimed heart surgeon, is disappointed in his country. Yacoub, who was born in Egypt but currently…
Human rights groups urge Mubarak to regulate worship sites
Egypt
October 12, 2009
Human rights groups urge Mubarak to regulate worship sites
Thirty-six Egyptian human rights groups appealed to President Mubarak yesterday to adopt a unified law for building places of worship.…
EU and Egypt sign trade agreement on agriculture
Environment
October 12, 2009
EU and Egypt sign trade agreement on agriculture
The European Union approved an agreement with Egypt to encourage trade in agricultural products, manufactured agricultural products, and fish. Egyptian…
Interview with Yusuf Nada, international relations coordinator for the Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt
October 11, 2009
Interview with Yusuf Nada, international relations coordinator for the Muslim Brotherhood
One day after prominent Muslim Brotherhood member Youssef Nada's name was removed from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) terrorism…
Rights report blasts state of Egypt’s prisons
Egypt
October 6, 2009
Rights report blasts state of Egypt’s prisons
According to a report issued by the Association for Prisoner Support and Human Rights and recently submitted to the state-run…
Giza park converted to garbage dump
Egypt
October 6, 2009
Giza park converted to garbage dump
Local sanitation authorities in the Giza governorate have converted a public park in the Warraq district into a makeshift garbage…