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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
5/27/2023 3:27:18 PM
Two embalming workshops, the largest and most complete found to date, dedicated to humans and animals have been uncovered at the Saqqara Necropolis in a stunning discovery that is unlikely to be the last at the valuable archaeological site.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/24/2023 9:13:15 PM
The House of Representatives' Budget Committee approved Wednesday amendments to the Entertainment Tax Law, stipulating new taxes on a host of activities including going to see foreign movies at cinemas, holding parties in social clubs, as well as animals and safari shows.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/10/2023 10:40:15 AM
Dozens of zoo animals in Sudan's capital — including an elderly crocodile, parrots and giant lizards — are feared dead after street battles between the country's rival forces made the location unreachable.
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Egypt
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Society
5/4/2023 11:00:41 AM
Egypt's House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a bill regulating the ownership of dangerous animals and dogs, including exotic species and certain breeds that caused catastrophic incidents in recent months.
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Egypt
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Society
5/1/2023 3:25:24 PM
The House of Representatives approved on Sunday a bill regulating the possession of dangerous animals and dogs. The 29-article bill includes new controls on personal dog ownership and measures to contain the spread of stray animals.
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Egypt
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Society
3/28/2023 7:20:03 PM
The House's Agriculture and Irrigation Committee approved on Tuesday a draft bill that aims to regulate the possession by individuals of animals deemed dangerous without licenses as well as measures to control the spread of stray dogs in the country.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/25/2023 6:31:00 PM
Excavation work carried out by an American mission from New York University at the temple of Ramses II in Abydos has stumbled upon a menagerie of mummified animals that provides previously undocumented evidence of cultic worship through the ages.
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Life & Style
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Health
2/28/2023 12:58:36 PM
A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the world since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab?
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World
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Africa
1/30/2023 1:53:51 PM
Vultures scavenge for dead animals along a river turned sewer conduit in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Its waters turn from clear to black as it traverses informal settlements and industrial hubs.
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Life & Style
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Style
1/25/2023 10:43:32 AM
The pioneering Black performer Josephine Baker — who left the United States to find global fame in Paris in the 1920s — was Dior’s muse for an old school spring couture collection of archetypal classicism.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
1/6/2023 6:22:00 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly sheds light on plans to renovate Egypt’s oldest zoo
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/2/2023 2:42:30 PM
A Luxor misdemeanor court sentenced on Monday a cart driver in the Upper Egyptian city to one year in prison for brutally beating his horse after a video of the incident caused a public outrage.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/4/2022 7:23:10 PM
Hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grevy's zebras, have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa's worst drought in decades, according to a report released Friday.
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World
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Africa
11/1/2022 9:00:20 PM
In 1835 Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, was exploring an island in the Galápagos archipelago when he encountered “two large tortoises, each of which must have weighed at least two hundred pounds”. He had never seen anything like them. He became entranced by the animals and took at least one back to England as a pet.
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World
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International
10/3/2022 9:49:37 PM
It’s hard to imagine a time when “coronavirus” wasn’t a household word. But for a long time, this family of viruses had merited very little attention. Believed to be ubiquitous among animals and avian species, the first coronavirus to infect and cause disease in humans was only isolated and identified in the 1960s.
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World
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International
8/16/2022 10:24:38 PM
Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/18/2022 4:19:16 PM
Africa faces a growing threat from zoonotic diseases such as monkeypox, the WHO said, with the continent recording a 63-percent rise in such outbreaks over the past decade.
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World
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International
7/10/2022 1:08:02 PM
A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has disrupted ritual slaughter of animals to mark Eid al-Adha as millions of Muslims across Indonesia were celebrating one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar Sunday.
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World
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Region
6/12/2022 10:30:40 AM
An overladen ship crammed with thousands of sheep capsized Sunday off Sudan's Red Sea coast drowning the animals on board but with all crew surviving, port officials said.
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World
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International
4/5/2022 1:57:42 PM
The task is clear -- stop burning fossil fuels, radically reduce energy demand and slash all planet-warming emissions in order to keep the planet cool enough so humans, animals and plants can survive and thrive.
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