This follows Alstom's successful installation and commissioning of its SIL 4 signaling Electronic Interlocking SYSTEM (IXL solution-SmartLock 400 GP). Egypt's Minister of Transport Kamel El-Wazir attended the pre-dynamic tests on 3 April.
The system (...)
Since its launch last year, Common Goal has kept on growing – largely thanks to the work of leading ambassador Juan Mata. The Manchester United and Spain midfielder told DW why this work matters so much.DW: Juan Mata, what was it that drove you to (...)
The Pacific Island nation of Fiji erupted into celebration on Friday after its rugby sevens team defeated Britain to capture the country's first Olympic medal. The fact it was gold made it even more of a reason to party.
In the capital of Suva, fans (...)
Minya Criminal Court will resume Sunday, the trial of 344 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) terrorist group members over violence-related crimes, Al-Bawaba News reported.
The defendants face charges of storming a police station in Minya governorate's Matai (...)
The Cairo criminal court will resume Saturday the trial of ousted president, Mohamed Morsi and 10 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) defendants over leaking classified documents related to Egypt's national security to Qatar, al-Bawaba News reported.
Meanwhile, (...)
This year, 450,000 thanaweya amma students are sitting their exams under a new one-year system, with 43,000 others sitting under the now-scrapped two-year system. The start of the thanaweya amma exam is a major worry for both parents and students, (...)
Some observers have started to use the phrase “Death Sentence Serial” when referring to the unprecedented number of capital sentences currently being handed down. On Monday the Minya Criminal Court issued a final ruling condemning 37 defendants to (...)
Residents of Matai village in Minya governorate in Upper Egypt demanded that a Coptic Christian resident leave the village for publishing blasphemous photos insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Facebook.
Muslim residents filed lawsuits against (...)
The Invention of the Jewish People, by Shlomo Sand. Translated by Yael Lotan (2009). Verso, London
Complacency and political convenience have conspired to blur the vision of Israeli historians and biblical scholars to gross factual errors unearthed (...)
