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Egypt sees encouraging signs against widespread practice of female genital mutilation

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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,…
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