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Egypt sees encouraging signs against widespread practice of female genital mutilation
May 25, 2015
Egypt sees encouraging signs against widespread practice of female genital mutilation
According to the Egypt Demographic Health Survey of 2014, awareness against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) has slightly improved…
Official: Bird flu endemic in Egypt
May 25, 2015
Official: Bird flu endemic in Egypt
Seventy percent of poultry farms are unlicensed and bird flu has become endemic in Egypt, said President of the General…
In North Korea, men call the shots, women make the money
May 25, 2015
In North Korea, men call the shots, women make the money
North Korea is a militarized, male-dominated society, but it is women who are making the money as the insular nation…
Renault makes concessions to striking workers in Turkey
May 24, 2015
Renault makes concessions to striking workers in Turkey
French car giant Renault has offered a cash payment to striking workers in western Turkey where a wage dispute has…
Afghan weddings: bigger, fatter and hard to tame
May 24, 2015
Afghan weddings: bigger, fatter and hard to tame
With a burst of confetti, dancers clap and twirl around a garland-bedecked groom as Afghanistan's wedding season kicks into high…
‘Beautiful Mind’ mathematician John Nash killed in car crash
May 24, 2015
‘Beautiful Mind’ mathematician John Nash killed in car crash
Nobel prize-winning US mathematician John Nash, famously portrayed in the movie "A Beautiful Mind," was killed with his wife Alicia…
US bird flu causes egg shortage, emergency measures
May 24, 2015
US bird flu causes egg shortage, emergency measures
As a virulent avian influenza outbreak continues to spread across the Midwestern United States, some egg-dependent companies are contemplating drastic…
Italian nun moves toward sainthood in first Kenyan ceremony
May 24, 2015
Italian nun moves toward sainthood in first Kenyan ceremony
An Italian nun, who tended the sick and wounded in World War One in east Africa and died in 1930…
Wedding held underwater amid coral reefs in Sharm el-Sheikh
May 24, 2015
Wedding held underwater amid coral reefs in Sharm el-Sheikh
In a different yet adventurous experience, a couple put on the oxygen tanks along with a black suit and white…
Cigarette Trade Association: 500,000 children buy, smoke tobacco
May 24, 2015
Cigarette Trade Association: 500,000 children buy, smoke tobacco
Approximately 500,000 children under the legal age of 16 buy cigarettes, according to the Cairo and Giza Tobacco Traders Association,…