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Global (1): Iraqi Governor uses Twitter to thank Janus Global Operations for the company's 'great progress' in removing IEDs

Date: 2017-02-16 06:58:13 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:6 - ID:6531585

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The governor of Iraq's Anbar Province has used social media to thank Janus Global Operations (JGO), an international stability operations company, for helping to rid the province of landmines and other ....

Netanyahu denies establishing Palestinian state in Sinai

Date: 2017-02-16 06:56:31 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:5 - ID:6531445

WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Thursday claims made by Israeli Minister Ayoub Kara about a plan to establish a Palestinian state in Egypt's Sinai. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with US ....

Two killed, five injured in road accident in Assiut

Date: 2017-02-16 06:29:06 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:4 - ID:6531441

ASSIUT, Upper Egypt, Feb 16 (MENA) - Two persons were killed and five others injured in a collision on Cairo-Assiut desert road on Wednesday. Assiut security chief Atef Qulaiay was notified that a pick-up truck collided with a microbus on ....

Homes destroyed, residents evacuated in Christchurch fires

Date: 2017-02-16 06:26:29 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:3 - ID:6531373

WELLINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - Hundreds of homes have been evacuated in the New Zealand city of Christchurch as a huge wildfire rages on its outskirts, the BBC reported on Thursday. A state of emergency has been declared in the city and neighbouring ....

Texas attorney general sides with Trump in travel ban litigation

Date: 2017-02-16 06:15:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:6531393

WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court for permission to file legal papers in support of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, making Texas the first state to back Trump in closely ....

MENA Agenda for Thursday, Feb 16

Date: 2017-02-16 06:08:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6531369

CAIRO, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit meets visiting UN Secretary General António Guterres. CAIRO, The 99th session of the Arab Economic and Social Council starts at the Arab League headquarters at the level of ministers. CAIRO, ....

Libya’s Sarraj thanks Egypt for supporting talks among Libyans

Date: 2017-02-15 22:58:38 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:6531173

TRIPOLI, Feb 15 (MENA) - Libya's Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj on Wednesday expressed appreciation for the leader and people of Egypt for hosting and supporting the talks aimed at solving differences in the Arab country. Sarraj made the remarks ....

Nubian residents hail Sisi’s decisions

Date: 2017-02-15 22:50:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:84 - ID:6531129

ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Feb 15 (MENA) – Residents of the Upper Egyptian region of Nubia hailed late Wednesday the decisions that had been recently taken by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, especially those related to their issues. The decisions had ....

Minya Criminal Court orders urgent trial for those who assaulted senior Christian female citizen

Date: 2017-02-15 22:45:50 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:82 - ID:6530857

MINYA, Feb 15 (MENA) – Minya Criminal court ordered on Wednesday the urgent trial for attackers who stripped an old woman of her clothes and dragged her in a street in the Upper Egyptian governorate. Under the order, they face charges of sexual ....

Togo President visits Egypt's St Bishoy Monastery

Date: 2017-02-15 22:45:26 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:83 - ID:6531073

WADI AL-NATROUN, Feb 15 (MENA) - Togo President Faure Gnassingbé on Wednesday paid a visit to Egypt’s St Bishoy Monastery in Wadi El Natrun. He was received by the monastery bishops who gifted him a medal of the Holy Family. Gnassingbé ....