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Amnesty International criticizes torture in Egypt
Amnesty International says the administration of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi failed to implement reforms to eradicate torture. "No legal or policy reforms were implemented to eradicate torture under either the SCAF [Supreme Council of Armed Forces] or President Morsi's administration," the organization said. "Torture and other ill-treatment continued and security ...
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EOHR Concludes First Training Workshop for Legal Experts On Dealing With Crimes of Torture
On Tuesday 21 May 2013, the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) completed its first training workshop for legal experts in how to deal with crimes of torture. The workshop was held over two days from 21 to 22 May 2013. The second day of the workshop involved several sessions beginning with Mr. Essam Shiha, a member of the executive committee of the Wafd Party - the nationalist liberal ...
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Egypt 10 men suspected for the killing of 3 women in honour crime
LUXOR, Egypt - An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offences -- so-called "honour killings." The official said Friday the men suspected the three women of having affairs, and killed them to protect the family's honour. The three bodies were found in the Nile River near the ancient city of Luxor. They ...
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AfDB President Commends Tunisian Hospitality
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, Thursday, May 23, in Tunis, called on the Tunisian Prime Minister, Ali Laarayedh. President Kaberuka underscored the friendship between the AfDB and Tunisia and expressed gratitude to the Tunisian Government and people for their hospitality to the institution for the past 10 years. "We are home in Tunisia," affirmed ...
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A Calm State in Tahrir Square Before Demonstrations
A state of calm prevailed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday morning before a planned demonstration which several revolutionary parties and forces have called for. Participants in today's demonstration demand retribution for the martyrs, early presidential elections and the release of all detainees. Traffic movement is normal in Tahrir Square, reported the Middle East News ...
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President Discusses Bilateral Relations With Qatari Premier
President Mohamed Mursi met with Qatari Premier and Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jassim on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations between the countries and ways to develop them. Mursi praised the steady growth of Egyptian-Qatari relations since the January 2011 uprising, especially in the energy, oil and natural gas fields, the presidency said in a statement on Facebook. Talks between the two ...
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Women Council Urges State to Pay Medical Expenses for Harassment Victims
Head of Egypt's National Council for Women urged the state to pay the medical treatment expenses for violence and sexual harassment victims. The culture in our society does not give girls a chance to report sexual harassment incidents, said head of the council Mervat al-Talawi. Talawi said that the council prepared a draft law preventing violence against women. The law comprised an ...
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Workshop On Youth Employment Action Plan Ends in Accra
Accra-Ghana - ECOWAS Member States have been urged to establish a mechanism for monitoring and evaluating the efficacy of their National Youth Employment Plans in responding to the youth employment challenges facing the region. This was one of the recommendations of a four-day workshop jointly organized by the ECOWAS Commission and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to build the ...
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Analysis Sinai is becoming a major threat to Egypt
kidnapped last week in the Sinai Peninsula . They were released unhurt after marathon negotiations that lasted until dawn Wednesday between a representative of military intelligence, a Salafi sheikh and a representative of the Swarka tribe, one of the largest in the peninsula.No one will guarantee it will be the last kidnapping. The official version is that no deal was struck, and it may ...
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Regional Integration for Africas Structural Transformation
Africa needs accelerated growth and "structural transformation" in order to take the bulk of its population out of poverty. Critical to the attainment of this structural transformation is without a doubt the regional integration of the continent's weak, small and disparate economies. Regional integration, it is clear, is indispensible to building the economies of scale and ...
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Last night with Hani. Egyptian comedian Hani Ramzi ends late night talk shows.
Egyptian comedian actor Hani Ramzi has bid the cast of his nightly talk show "Al Layla Ma Hani" (Tonight with Hani) farewell. The show that airs on MBC Egypt featured a special grand finale in which Hani warmly thanked everyone that works on the program and helped make it a great success for the past six months.According to the Middle East news portal Elaph, Hani hosted 99 episodes for ...
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Egyptian Ashour in the groove
(23 mins ago) Ramy Ashour, seeking to become the first Egyptian in nearly 50 years to win the British Open title, scored his 38th successive victory as he hurtled into the quarter-finals in little more than 20 minutes. Ashour overcame Chris Simpson, a qualifier from England, by 11-2, 11-4, 11-9, en route to what he hopes will be the eclipse of another Englishman, Nick Matthew, the defending ...
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Egypts cash-strapped rulers woo former regime tycoons
Almost three years after an uprising fuelled bythe old regime's venality, Egypt's cash-strapped Islamist government is makingamends with businessmen who offer to pay their way back into the ...
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Egypt denies Morsi intents to run cabinet
Egyptian presidency denied Friday the circulated rumors that President Mohamed Morsi intended to hold the post of prime minister in an imminent cabinet reshuffle, official news agency MENA reported. "There is deliberation over assigning the post to another figure," MENA quoted presidential spokesman Omar Amer as saying. "Qualification will be the basic criteria for the upcoming ...
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Egypt tourism recovery forecast for 2014
While tourist numbers to Egypt have risen in the first four months this year, a full recovery would not be likely until at least 2014, according to economist forecasts. The number of travellers visiting Egypt in the first four months of 2013 rose 11.8 percent from a year earlier, after falling by a third in the year after the uprising revolt, Reuters reported. Tourism revenue rose 16.2 ...
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Egyptian-American Pastor Michael Youssef Preaches to 15000 in Largest Muslim Country
Egyptian-American Pastor Michael Youssef, president of Leading the Way global radio ministry, will be preaching at a massive three-day event in the world's largest Muslim country, Indonesia, ...
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Religious Defamation Charges Reflect Practices of Authoritarian Regimes Says Egyptian Politician
Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the Constitution Party, explained that contempt of religion and insulting the president are charges found only in authoritarian ...
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Egypt Hope in the Midst of Storms
The following article was written by Michael (not his real name). He is a Christian leader in Egypt, which is ranked No. 25 on the Open Doors 2013 World Watch List of the worst persecutors in the ...
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AP PHOTOS Egypts languishing Islamic antiquities left worse for wear after 2011 uprising
In this photo taken Sunday, May 12, 2013, Egyptians walk by the medieval fortress wall in the historic Fatimid Cairo, Egypt. Cairo, the Arab world's most populated city, is often referred to as an open-air museum of Islamic antiquities and the city of 1,000 minarets. But its rich history and contributions to Islamic art has languished. (AP Photo/Nasser ...
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Rowad Tourism incurs LE 1.3 m loss in Q113
) reported consolidated financial results posting a net loss of LE 1,362,863 for the period from 01/01/2013 till 31/03/2013. Noting that, it posted net profits of LE 4,301,493 for the comparable ...
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AfDB Powering a Climate-Smart and Greener Continent
For the African Development Bank's Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department, transforming Africa means powering a climate-smart and greener continent. It entails supporting transformative infrastructure projects to increase energy access backed by both large-scale and off-grid solutions, promoting sustainable use of natural resources, supporting climate-resilience with ...
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Launch of the One Campaign 2013 Data Report Financing the Fight for Africas Transformation
Many African nations are booming, and despite high population growth, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has declined by 16% over the last decade. As African governments accelerate efforts to transform their economies and boost growth, there are growing demands to ensure that growth is equitable and benefits all African citizens. Against this backdrop, the Millennium ...
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AfDB and Malawi Sign Budget Support and Hydroelectric Feasibility Study Grants
The African Development Bank and the Government of Malawi (GoM) signed two grants amounting to UA 6 million (about US $9 million) on May 23, for budgetary support and a Hydroelectric Power Plant Feasibility Study. The US $6 million additional Crisis Response Budgetary Support follows the initial US $39 million provided in July 2012 to support Malawi's reforms aimed at restoring ...
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Egypt lowers the boom on Sinai and wins release of security officers
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO -- Egypt has employed negotiations and heavy military pressure to defuse an insurgency crisis in the Sinai Peninsula. The regime of President Mohammed Morsi has won the release of seven Egyptian soldiers and security officers held in Sinai. Officials said Bedouin gunmen released the seven unharmed on May 22 in a move that halted a major counter-insurgency ...
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Qemmah Rooya Group to provide the latest in real estate solutions
- Qemmah, a subsidiary of Summit Holding, specialized in providing and implementing Oracle E-Business Suite applications and Customer Resource Management (CRM) solutions has been contracted by Rooya Group, a real estate and construction company operating in Egypt, to install an Oracle E-Business Suite application to run Rooya's finance, supply chain and project management and costing in a ...
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Egypt's oil industry is growing rapidly
Egypt has, in recent years, made immense gains in terms of economic performance. The country has long been the economic powerhouse of North Africa and Africa in general (second only to South Africa and Nigeria) and has taken great steps to reverse the highly-centralized economy inherited from President Gamel Abdel Nasser.
The oil and gas sector has long been one of the major strengths in the Egyptian economy, along with other natural resources such as minerals, gold and natural gas. Read more
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