29 | March | 2015 | Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News

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Main Headlines

Monday

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan sign an initial agreement on sharing water from the Nile River
El-Sisi arrives to Addis Ababa to address the Ethiopian parliament
Teacher jailed for cutting unveiled girl’s hair
Egyptian president orders new bonds for the Suez Canal project
EMG denies involvement in negotiations to import gas from the Tamar field into Egypt
Investigation begins into forensic official’s claim that slain activist was too “thin”
‪‪Egypt to stop paying civil servants in cash this year
Request to reopen investigation into death of Morsi -era alleged torture victim

Tuesday

El-Sisi meets Ethiopian counterpart in Addis Ababa
Egyptian experts are divided over Renaissance Dam declaration of principals
President Sisi calls for Egyptian industrial zone in Ethiopia
Forensic authority spokesman dismissed after thinness claim
Egypt’s Arab military force proposal is referred to Arab…

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A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares

Hiba Tawaji has won her part of the knockout stages (epreuve ultime) in France’s The Voice – the last of the previously taped segments of the show – and has advanced to the finals of the show, the live shows.

Starting next week, Hiba along with 3 other candidates in her team, will perform a song of their choice to the public live after which audiences will get a chance to vote for all candidates, making sure one of them proceeds to the following week in the progress while the coach chooses who of the other candidates remains and one is eliminated.

If the hype is to be believed, Tawaji has a good chance at advancing in the live shows. Her performances are reportedly among the most watched of the show (her audition has over 1 million hits on YouTube and over 600,000 on TF1’s website, well ahead of all…

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