World
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International
10/19/2022 10:47:35 AM
British Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to address lawmakers in parliament on Wednesday for the first time since abandoning her tax-slashing economic agenda, as she seeks to reassert her waning political authority.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
10/18/2022 8:28:43 PM
Parliament passed two new landmark bills supporting local vehicle manufacturing while allowing Egyptian expats to import tax-free cars under certain conditions, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
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Egypt
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Politics
10/18/2022 5:13:33 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives – the lower house of parliament – passed on Tuesday a law granting expats the right to import private cars without paying fees or customs taxes for four months as the government seeks to attract much needed foreign currencies.
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World
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Region
10/17/2022 5:28:00 PM
Kuwait's crown prince swore in a reshuffled new government on Monday, less than a month after the oil-rich emirate held parliamentary elections in which the opposition reaped major gains.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/16/2022 10:21:36 PM
The Egyptian parliament’s deputy speaker Ahmed Saadeddin said that a final vote on amendments to the 1966 Agriculture Law, which imposes harsher penalties for illegally building on farmland, will be postponed to a later session.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/15/2022 7:05:43 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives – the lower house of parliament – will reconvene this week, holding plenary sessions on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/15/2022 7:04:37 PM
Egypt and the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) agreed on Saturday that they would organise an international parliamentary conference on the sidelines of the COP27 climate change summit due to be held in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh between 6 and 18 November.
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World
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Region
10/15/2022 2:12:33 PM
Iraqi firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr's movement on Saturday announced its refusal to join a new government being formed by prime minister-designate Mohammad Shia al-Sudani.
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World
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Region
10/14/2022 7:00:02 PM
Iraqi lawmakers have elected a new president who swiftly named a prime minister in the hope of ending a year of political gridlock and deadly violence.
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World
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Region
10/13/2022 5:37:05 PM
Iraqi lawmakers elected Abdel Latif Rashid as new state president Thursday in hopes of ending a year of political gridlock and violence in the war-scarred nation.
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World
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Region
10/13/2022 4:32:46 PM
At least nine rockets targeted Iraq's parliament inside the heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday ahead of a much-anticipated session to resolve a political crisis, Iraq's military said.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/12/2022 11:02:37 PM
The Egyptian Cabinet approved on Wednesday a new draft law on reconciliation on building violations after an outdated law, passed in March 2019, failed to address much of up to 2.8 million reconciliation requests submitted by citizens to the government.
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Egypt
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Society
10/12/2022 6:15:16 PM
Egypt’s parliament speaker Hanafi Gibali said that Egyptian women have “gained a lot of rights in recent years, playing prominent roles in the country's political, economic and legislative life.”
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World
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Region
10/11/2022 6:49:36 PM
Iraq's parliament will meet Thursday to "elect the president", speaker Mohammed al-Halbussi's office said, in a surprise move seen at trying to end months of political impasse.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/10/2022 5:36:32 PM
Minister of Supply Ali Moselhy called on MPs to help the government reform the bread subsidy programme in order to cut wheat imports and reduce pressure on the state budget and foreign exchange reserves.
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World
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International
10/10/2022 1:25:14 PM
Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Parliament will be dissolved Monday, paving the way for general elections that are expected to be held in early November.
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World
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Region
10/8/2022 12:38:38 PM
A year since Iraq's last elections, it remains without not only a new government but a budget too, obstructing much-needed reforms and infrastructure projects in the oil-rich but war-ravaged country.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
10/6/2022 10:18:36 AM
The European Union should deliver tanks to Ukraine and speed up the procedure of having the country join the bloc, European Parliament speaker Roberta Metsola told AFP Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Politics
10/5/2022 6:05:43 PM
After holding three procedural meetings on Wednesday, the Senate – Egypt's upper consultative house – wrapped up by electing the leading posts of its 14 committees. As expected, parliament’s largest party Mostaqbal Watan (MW) won most of the posts, with seven of its leading members elected chairmen of the 14 committees.
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World
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Region
10/4/2022 10:57:16 PM
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Tuesday called for the election of a new president for Lebanon within the constitutional time frame before President Michel Aoun's tenure ends on Oct. 31, a statement by the Council of Ministers reported.
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