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India reels under heatwave as death toll tops 2,000
Life & Style
May 30, 2015
India reels under heatwave as death toll tops 2,000
India's brutal weeks-long heatwave has killed more than 2,000 people, authorities said Saturday, as the government launched a mass education…
Egypt summons Pakistani diplomat over Pakistan’s rejection of Morsi death sentence
Egypt
May 26, 2015
Egypt summons Pakistani diplomat over Pakistan’s rejection of Morsi death sentence
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry summoned the Pakistani charge d'affaires in Cairo to inform him of Egypt's full rejection of a…
Smokers more likely to think cancer is a death sentence
Health & Fitness
May 23, 2015
Smokers more likely to think cancer is a death sentence
Smokers have more pessimistic attitudes about cancer and may be more likely to delay getting screened, according to a new…
Power plant engineers’ coalition calls for safety measures for workers
Egypt
May 18, 2015
Power plant engineers’ coalition calls for safety measures for workers
The coalition of power plant engineers has called on the Electricity Ministry to investigate the absence of industrial safety standards…
What happened to Putin? Satirists run riot online
Life & Style
March 14, 2015
What happened to Putin? Satirists run riot online
A wave of savage mockery broke over Russian President Vladimir Putin across the Internet on Friday, sparked by days of…
2 die of bird flu in Fayoum, 13 deaths in 2015
Egypt
February 15, 2015
2 die of bird flu in Fayoum, 13 deaths in 2015
Medhat Shokry, the undersecretary of the health minister in Fayoum, announced two more bird flu victims in the governorate Sunday,…
Egypt reports 10th bird flu death this year
Egypt
December 29, 2014
Egypt reports 10th bird flu death this year
Egyptian health authorities on Monday reported the country's 10th death this year from bird flu, as well as the first…
Lebanese critic: Sabah attempted suicide more than once
Art news
November 27, 2014
Lebanese critic: Sabah attempted suicide more than once
Lebanese critic Mohamed Hegazy, who was a close friend to deceased Lebanese singer and actress Sabah, has revealed that she…
Russian Foreign Ministry: Egyptian doctors tried to save Kuznetsov to the last moment
Egypt
November 21, 2014
Russian Foreign Ministry: Egyptian doctors tried to save Kuznetsov to the last moment
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Egyptian doctors tried until the last minute to save the life of…
Egyptian woman dies of bird flu in Minya, third death in three days
Egypt
November 20, 2014
Egyptian woman dies of bird flu in Minya, third death in three days
An Egyptian woman died of bird flu last Wednesday in Minya, Upper Egypt; the third death from the disease in…