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UAE police give haircuts to 'indecent' youths

Cairo - Police in the United Arab Emirates cracked down on youngsters at shopping malls who violated so-called decency laws, media reported Saturday. Scores of youngsters were detained by police in the Ras Al Khaimah emirate...

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AFRICA/EGYPT - Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, ...

Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On November 18, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, arrived for a visit to Cairo, the capital of Egypt, upon the invitation of His Beatitude Antonious Naguib,...

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Women's rights: Arab women on the move

Women in the Middle East are on the move, but in decidedly different directions, depending on where you look. In less than 40 years, Cairo has gone from a city of Western fashion to a city in which the majority of women wear...

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Egyptian boy wants to be a future leader

I am Islam Omar Rageh, a 10 years old boy. I'm a pupil of Zafereya Primary School at Siwa Oasis, 560km from Cairo. I want to grow up. I want to help my father in the farm. When I finish my high school, I want to study the law...

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Haifa accused of racism for Nubian lyrics

Saturday, November 21, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by Associated Press CAIRO: A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of...

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Out of the slum and into joblessness

By IRIN News.org Saturday, November 21, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by CAIRO: When government workmen came in a truck to take Ahmad Mohammad’s furniture to his new home just outside Cairo, the 32-year-old fisherman was...

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Egypt's Suez Lime to set up new manufacturing plant

Suez Cement said that its venture, Suez Lime Company, plans to build a manufacturing plant aiming to produce 300 tons of lime daily when its first kiln opens in 2011, using lime in cement production, Reuters reported. Managing...

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Bedouins protest in Sinai, alleging police killed man

Cairo - Bedouins in the Sinai desert blocked major trade routes Friday, alleging Egyptian police killed a man and injured others in the early morning, witnesses said. The protesters were blocking a major highway, attacking...

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Mega Industrial City Project Underway In Egypt

CAIRO: Egypt's Industrial Development Authority (IDA) has declared progress is underway in establishing a large-scale industrial project in Cairo. Co-founded by Jordanian Al Tajamouat Investment Company, the industrial city is...

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Police: 2 found dead in house fire had been shot

Authorities say two women found dead in a burning house in the far southern Illinois town of Cairo had been fatally shot. Illinois State Police say 29-year-old Beatrice Barber of Cairo and 27-year-old Eva Hill of Charleston,...

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