Torture is systematic in Egypt 'police state': rights groups
AFP - Thu Dec 3, 1:31 pm ETEgypt has become a police state where citizens receive no protection from torture, human rights groups said in a report published on Thursday.
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Egypt has become a police state where citizens receive no protection from torture, human rights groups said in a report published on Thursday.
DOWNEY – The City Council will decide Tuesday who will become Downey’s next mayor. Current mayor Mario Guerra said he will resign the position Tuesday to allow another council member to take over.
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DOWNEY – An Advent/Christmas concert featuring the Downey Moravian Trombone Choir will be presented Monday at Downey Moravian Church, 10337 Old River School Rd.
UNIVERSAL CITY – Universal Studios will host “The 13 Days of Grinchmas” beginning Dec. 19. Tons of fresh snow will be hauled in for the event, which runs until Dec. 31.
DOWNEY – A traditional Hanukkah dinner will be served at Temple Ner Tamid on Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. Visitors are invited to bring a menorah and candles to light their table. There will be drawings for several door prizes.
LAKEWOOD – The Hearing Loss Association, Long Beach/Lakewood chapter, will hold their annual holiday pot luck dinner Thursday at the Weingart Senior Center in Lakewood.
DOWNEY – During the month of December, patrons of the Downey City Library can clear their overdue fines while helping needy families. The library will accept new canned and packaged staple goods as payment for fines on overdue library materials.
The honor allows for American students to pursue degrees in the U.K.
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Consumer Foodservice in Egypt" report to their offering.
FRIDAY, DEC. 4
Traveling the world is a luxury some of us may never know, but there are people right here in Montgomery who have many stories to tell about their adventures. One Montgomery man now plans to sell some of the items he's collected.
Every time her heart beats, 61-year-old Jun Yasuda thumps her drum in front of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley.
A world of delights await at a popular holiday roller-skating extravaganza.
A review of more than 3,000 mummy analyses reveal ancient Egyptians suffered from abscesses and cavities.
BRADENTON — The award-winning January Series of Calvin College returns to Bradenton next month.