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MPs blast govt for unclean irrigation practices
Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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