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  • Lebanese PM-designate denounces Cairo's church blast

    Date: 2016-12-11 18:44:18 GMT - Lebanon - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:140 - ID:6128337

    BEIRUT, Dec 11 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al Hariri strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted El Boutrosiya Coptic Orthodox Church this morning and left scores dead and injured. Targeting Christians while ....

  • French president condemns church terrorist attack

    Date: 2016-12-11 17:47:22 GMT - France - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:126 - ID:6128469

    PARIS, Dec 11 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande has condemned Sunday morning's explosion that killed at least 25 people and injured 49 others at the Boutrosiya church near the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral. A statement issued by Elysee ....

  • Vatican pope phones President Sisi to offer condolences over Church attack victims

    Date: 2016-12-11 17:33:53 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:121 - ID:6128517

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Vatican Pope Francis phoned President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to offer his sincere condolences over the victims of Sunday's terrorist attack on El Boutroseya Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo's Abbasiya district. In statements, ....

  • Kuwaiti emir sends cable of condolences to Sisi

    Date: 2016-12-11 14:48:24 GMT - Kuwait - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:89 - ID:6125613

    KUWAIT CITY, Dec 11 (MENA) - Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed al Jaber Al Sabah sent a cable to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi expressing his deep condolences over the victims of the blast that left several people killed and injured. Emir ....

  • Putin condoles with Sisi over death of Church bombing victims

    Date: 2016-12-11 14:20:11 GMT - Russia - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:70 - ID:6127101

    MOSCOW, Dec 11 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin offered condolences on Sunday to Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah Sisi after dozens were killed in the bombing of the Boutrosiya church near the Coptic cathedral in Cairo's Abbasiya ....

  • US embassy mourns victims of Cathedral bombing

    Date: 2016-12-11 14:02:48 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:58 - ID:6125637

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - The U.S. Embassy in Cairo has mourned those killed in Sunday's attack on the Coptic Orthodox Church of Botroseya Sunday morning. We strongly condemn this hateful act of violence, which targeted Egypt’s Christian community. ....

  • France voices solidarity with Egypt after church blast

    Date: 2016-12-11 13:45:03 GMT - France - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:64 - ID:6125601

    PARIS, Dec 11 (MENA) – France has announced its full solidarity with Egypt after a terrorist blast that targeted a Cairo church on Sunday morning leaving scores of people dead and wounded. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, in a released ....

  • Egypt condemns Istanbul twin bombing

    Date: 2016-12-11 10:22:09 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:29 - ID:6124337

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) - Egypt has condemned in the strongest terms the twin bombing that took place Saturday night outside Istanbul soccer stadium and left scores dead and injured. Spokesman for Egypt's Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid reiterated ....

  • Egypt deplores terror attack in Nigeria

    Date: 2016-12-10 20:02:27 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:84 - ID:6122333

    CAIRO, Dec 10 (MENA) – Egypt condemned on Saturday the terror attack that killed 45 people and injured 35 others in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Madagali in Adamawa state. In a press release, the Foreign Ministry spokesman offered his ....

  • Moshira Khattab starts visit to Sudan to promote nomination for UNESCO's top post

    Date: 2016-12-10 12:26:28 GMT - Sudan - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:57 - ID:6119401

    KHARTOUM, Dec 10 (MENA) - Egypt's nominee for the post of the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ambassador Moshira Khattab, arrived here Saturday on a two-day visit to ....

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