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  • Iran, US nuclear talks kick off in Geneva

    Date: 2014-08-07 15:32:55 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:116 - ID:863156

    TEHRAN, Aug 7 (MENA) - The deliberations headed by Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Wendy Sherman started the nuclear talks in Geneva, Fars News ....

  • Power deficit to hit 4,200 megawatts - agency

    Date: 2014-08-07 15:32:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:115 - ID:863295

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - An electricity observatory said on Thursday that power deficit was expected to hit 4,200 megawatts compared to 3,975 megawatts on Wednesday. In a daily bulletin, the Egyptian Electric Utility and Consumer Protection ....

  • Culture minister meets Chinese amb. in Cairo

    Date: 2014-08-07 15:30:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:114 - ID:863141

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Culture Minister Gaber Asfour met on Thursday Chinese Ambassador in Cairo Song Aiguo in the attendance of Head of Foreign Cultural Relations Sector at the ministry Kamilia Sobhi. Asfour hailed the deeply-rooted ....

  • WAAG warns of Jewish schemes aim to divide nation

    Date: 2014-08-07 15:26:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:113 - ID:863176

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - The World Association for Al-Azhar Graduates (WAAG) and its branches in the various countries has warned of Jewish schemes, which aim to divide the nation through spreading extremist ideas, violence, killing and terrorism. ....

  • 300 Egyptian trucks laden with vegetables enter Libya

    Date: 2014-08-07 15:23:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:112 - ID:863178

    MARSA MATROUH, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Libyan side allowed the passage of 300 Egyptian trucks, laden with vegetables, into its lands within this weak. The remark was made by deputy chief of Salloum Crossing on Thursday. (MENA) NA/AI ....

  • Russia calls for extending Gaza ceasefire to long-term truce

    Date: 2014-08-07 15:20:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:111 - ID:863150

    MOSCOW, Aug 7 (MENA) - The temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has to be turned into a long-term truce, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and special envoy to the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov has said. The Russian official made the remark during ....

  • ISIL serves Zionists' interests: Egypt Mufti

    Date: 2014-08-07 15:18:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:110 - ID:863136

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Mohamad Mokhtar has condemned the killing of the civilians and the destruction by the al-Qeda linked the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL). "Terrorist activities of extremist groups serve the interests of ....

  • 11,500 Egyptians fled Libya via Salloum terminal in past couple of days

    Date: 2014-08-07 14:50:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:109 - ID:863148

    MARSA MATROUH, Aug 7 (MENA) - Over the past couple of days 11,500 people entered Egypt via Salloum border crossing to flee the ongoing fighting in Libya, said the deputy head of the crossing. Hussein al-Mabady said some 5,000 people entered Egypt ....

  • Barge to be re-operated in Nasser Lake between Egypt, Sudan

    Date: 2014-08-07 14:46:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:108 - ID:863054

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Aug 7 (MENA) - Head of the High Dam port in Aswan Assad Abdel-Meguid said that barge (67), which broke down in Nasser Lake yesterday, will arrive in the port today evening to be re-operated. In exclusive statements to MENA ....

  • US to spend $110 mn yearly on African peacekeeping efforts

    Date: 2014-08-07 14:44:43 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:107 - ID:863143

    WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (MENA) - The US has promised to spend $110 mn yearly on African peacekeeping efforts. The plan is to help fund African rapid-response forces that will deal with armed Islamist groups During the US-Africa Leaders Summit in ....

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