{"id":641674,"date":"2017-09-28T04:04:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T04:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/28\/cabinet-roundup-4\/"},"modified":"2017-09-28T04:04:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T04:04:52","slug":"cabinet-roundup-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/28\/cabinet-roundup-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ismail cabinet approves legislation to form space agency: <\/strong>Apart from approving the Eurobond program, the Ismail cabinet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabinet.gov.eg\/Arabic\/MediaCenter\/CabinetNews\/Pages\/%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%80%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%80%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%80%D9%85-(90)-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%80%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D9%80%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%80%D9%81-\">took a number of decisions<\/a> yesterday at its weekly Wednesday meeting, including approving and sending to the House legislation that would establish an Egyptian space agency to build, operate, and monitor satellites. 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