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  • Unprecedented security alert at police stations in Beni Sueif

    Date: 2013-07-03 21:13:16 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:119 - ID:186030

    Egypt/BeniSueif Unprecedented security alert at police stations in Beni Sueif BENI SUEIF, Egypt, July 3 (MENA) - Police stations in Beni Sueif have declared a state of high alert and unprecedented preparations to protect their ....

  • Palestinians call for int'l intervention to open Gaza crossings

    Date: 2013-07-03 16:46:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:185627

    Palestine/Crossings Palestinians calls for int'l intervention to open Gaza crossings GAZA, July 3 (MENA) – Gaza's Popular Committee Against the Siege urged Wednesday in a letter sent to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and ....

  • Palestinian president visits Lebanon tomorrow

    Date: 2013-07-02 23:09:32 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:183504

    Lebanon/Palestine/Politics Palestinian president visits Lebanon tomorrow BEIRUT, July 2 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will arrive here on Wednesday on a three-day official visit during which he will meet Lebanese President ....

  • US-led Iran sanctions based on wrong, failed policy: Foreign Ministry Spokesman

    Date: 2013-07-02 15:22:32 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:183670

    Iran/ Sanctions/ Politics US-led Iran sanctions based on wrong, failed policy: Foreign Ministry Spokesman TEHRAN, July 2 (MENA) - Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi says imposition of sanctions on the Islamic Republic follows a ....

  • Challenges against court ruling on communications cut case delayed

    Date: 2013-07-01 20:51:59 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:182358

    Egypt-Justice Challenges against court ruling on communications cut case delayed CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - The high administrative court decided on Monday to postpone examining the challenges filed by former president Hosni Mubarak, former ....

  • Ashton calls for Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction

    Date: 2013-07-01 18:21:19 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:182231

    Egypt/EU Ashton calls for Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton underlined the EU’s commitment to the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear ....

  • Tahrir protesters plan to stay in the downtown square until Army's 48-hour deadline expires

    Date: 2013-07-01 18:13:47 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:182176

    Egypt/Tahrir Square Tahrir protesters plan to stay in the downtown square until Army's 48-hour deadline expires CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) – Protesters in Tahrir announced Monday that they will stay in Cairo's iconic downtown square till the ....

  • Iran Navy commander due in Russia to attend defense expo

    Date: 2013-07-01 10:46:57 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:181187

    Iran/Russia/Visit Iran Navy commander due in Russia to attend defense expo CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari is scheduled to visit Russia at the invitation of the Russian Navy, Iran's Press TV ....

  • Journalists stage march heading to Ittihadiya presidential palace

    Date: 2013-06-30 19:33:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:117 - ID:180642

    Egypt/Journalists/Protests Journalists march towards Ittihadiya presidential palace CAIRO, June 30 (MENA) – Hundreds of journalists staged a march from the press syndicate's headquarters in downtown Cairo towards the Ittihadiya ....

  • Palestinian youth sets himself on fire in Ramallah

    Date: 2013-06-30 14:18:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:179822

    Palestine/Youth Palestinian youth sets himself on fire in Ramallah RAMALLAH, June 30 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth set himself on fire outside the Finance Ministry in Ramallah on Sunday, according to Palestinian security sources. ....

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