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Egypt's top prosecutor ordered Saturday seven men detained and physically examined over accusations of debauchery, a charge often leveled at gays, after a video emerged of a same-sex wedding party,...
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All I can say is...that's a group of hot,good-looking guys!
Before the revolution, I saw the odd animal floating in the canals/Nile or at the side of the road (it was rare though), these days I see a few dead animals each day I am out on my motorbike, fresh...
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The True Ancients were cleverer than the ones we know. The ones we know simply claimed ownership of many of the engineering fete's accomplished.
This is why they could not give Plato, Herodotus and...
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has said Egypt needs to recruit 30,000 new teachers.
In a speech on Teachers' Day, El-Sisi said 1,150 schools would be built in a year, adding that Egypt needs 10,000...
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I have to agree with A-four on this one. My friend and her friends that can see the future of their kids more clearly than just finishing school and survive best they can, consider the first years of...
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Saturday that the country’s power crisis requires major funding and cannot be solved soon.
In a speech broadcast on state television, El-Sisi announced...
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Well, that is a little amazing 15mins after I write on a different subject Keefy posts this informative article from our old friend El Ahram. As usual on almost every subject these days it is wrong....
Egypt's property owners given 60 days to appeal valuation, taxes.
Egypt's property owners will be entitled to 60 days of appeal once they receive notifications of their property valuations and the...
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As already stated, Egypt will remain Egypt. So will the practice of differing levels of corruption. :urm: Sorry for producing another one liner, but this is all I have to say.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued a decree on Saturday forming a presidential advisory council made up of academics and experts, Aswat...
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With possibly the exception of the NASA scientist, I fail to see what the others could contribute to the solving of the problems associated to the existing road systems or the digging of a rather...
The number of Egyptians who died from HIV/AIDs doubled between 2005 and 2013, rising from 500 to 1,000, according to a new report from UNAIDS.
Egypt’s first case of AIDS, or Acquired Immune...
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No such thing as a quick snip and cut when it is done by non-surgically trained persons using old, non-sterilized & non-surgical equipment to perform this invasive procedure not even using anesthetic...
The Arab tribe of Bani Helal and the Nubian clan Daboudiya struck a final reconciliation under the mediation of Egypt's Islamic Al-Azhar institution on Sunday, ending months of clashes and...
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Jail sentences are useless. This is the only way. Even if it is one man killing one other man from another family, these are seen as collective acts against an entire family or tribe and therefore...
Marsa Alam incorporated into Luxor governorate in Upper Egypt.
The city of Marsa Alam – known for its pristine beaches along Egypt's southern Red Sea – will now be a part of Luxor governorate in...
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I think it will wind up upsetting a lot of landlords. Luxor doesn't have so many old law flats probably being rented out, but most of our neighbors in our building here in Cairo have old law...
After four years of restoration work, the Hanging Church is set to officially reopen to the public in mid-October. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El-Damati announced the reopening on Tuesday during his...
Egypt's population will hit 87 million tomorrow (Tuesday 18th Aug 2014), up 2 million year-on-year and 1 million in the last six months, the country's census authority announced.
The Central Agency...
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@ Carrie - yeah I was pretty tongue in cheek when I wrote it. I do believe it is a good idea but have no idea what it would take to ever get those topics introduced into an Egyptian school.
The electricity deficit reached approximately 6,180MW on Monday, resulting in power outages for periods exceeding five hours daily, said an official at the Ministry of Electricity.
A 1900MW portion...
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Exceeding five hours daily yep that sounds about right, just had my 7th of the day each lasting about 1 hour. Expecting another in about an hour. Getting a lot of reading done by torchlight and as...
Education Minister Mahmoud Abou Nasr unveiled on Saturday a long-term plan to improve education in Egypt, which has been deteriorating for years, Al-Ahram daily reported.
In a five-hour meeting with...
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One of the problems with the education system is the number of teachers who take private students. Often families pay for their child to go for private lessons to the same teacher who should be...
Ending a life of brutal service, some of Egypt's donkeys meet gruesome fates, with others abandoned in desert lands. When alive, they fare little better, often facing abuse that amounts to torture....
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Profoundly touching story and quite agree the donkey's lot in life in Egypt is not at all a good one. I don't get, can't wrap my mind around how cruel some/many Egyptians can be to their animals.
Cairo’s Central Traffic Department (CTA) announced Saturday that trucks won’t be allowed in the capital’s main streets during daytime hours, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.
The move is intended to...
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So now large swathes of Cairo will have a hundred trucks an hour pounding and horn blasting their way through these streets at kip time. No doubt that the population of those areas will accept this...
(Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced two men to life imprisonment and a third to 20 years in jail on Thursday, for sexually assaulting and beating women during celebrations held after President...
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Still current at: 31 July 2014
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Latest update: Summary - the FCO now advise against all but essential travel to within 50km of the Libya border and the desert areas in...
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A-Four suggests: It is more than likely that he's moved over to 'the Betty Davis eyes group' on the Southbank.
You might be right. The present guy at MI6, John Sawyers, was ambassador here in Cairo...
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