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Cement workers protest over annual bonus deductions

Cement workers protest over annual bonus deductions

Workers at Egypt’s largest cement company protested for a 12th consecutive day over reductions in their annual share of revenues…
Drug Control Fund: Legalizing hashish threatens society

Drug Control Fund: Legalizing hashish threatens society

The Drug Control and Addiction Treatment Fund of the Social Solidarity Ministry said on Monday that legalizing the hashish trade as…
Endowments Minister: only judiciary can dictate death penalty

Endowments Minister: only judiciary can dictate death penalty

Religious Endowments Minister Mohamed Mukhtar Gomaa said that only the judiciary has the right to issue death sentences and that…
Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ marks 600 days in prison

Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ marks 600 days in prison

Monday marked 600 days since photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, 27, known as “Shawkan”, was arrested and held in detention without…
145 Egyptians more evacuated from Yemen: Foreign Ministry

145 Egyptians more evacuated from Yemen: Foreign Ministry

The Foreign Ministry has finalized the procedures to bring back over 145 Egyptians, who had accessed Saudi Arabia escaping from…
Al-Houthi: Sisi’s call for dialogue is a positive step

Al-Houthi: Sisi’s call for dialogue is a positive step

Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, president of Yemen's Revolutionary Council, has said that remarks by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, after his meeting…
CAPMAS: 9.2 million Egyptian children live in poverty

CAPMAS: 9.2 million Egyptian children live in poverty

According to the statement issued on Monday by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), around 9.2 million…
Egypt prepares for 3rd phase of Gaza buffer zone

Egypt prepares for 3rd phase of Gaza buffer zone

Security services have nearly completed the second stage of the buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza, which aims to tighten…
Campaign calls for conference on labor rights as protests surge in 2015

Campaign calls for conference on labor rights as protests surge in 2015

A labor rights advocacy campaign has said that the number of labor protests surged to 393 during the first quarter…
Polish mission to excavate Greco-Roman antiquities in Alexandria

Polish mission to excavate Greco-Roman antiquities in Alexandria

The Polish mission, which has been working in Egypt since 1960 and is the oldest archaeological mission in the country, will…
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