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Mahlab welcomes WB natural gas project funding

Date: 2014-08-06 07:50:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:860644

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab welcomed the World Bank's approval of a 500-million-dollar loan to fund a giant project to extend natural gas to houses. Egypt will be given an eight-year grace period and the loan will be ....

Kerry urges Palestinians, Israelis to benefit from Gaza truce

Date: 2014-08-06 07:49:52 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:860626

LONDON, Aug 6 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Israel and the Palestinians to take advantage of the Gaza truce to move towards broader negotiations. Kerry, in statements to the BBC, said the situation could concentrate minds on ....

Desperate Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram arriving on deserted island in Chad, UN warns

Date: 2014-08-06 07:46:47 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:18 - ID:860627

ABUJA, Aug 6 (MENA) - The United Nations refugee agency sounded the alarm on behalf of the nearly 1,000 people who recently arrived in the uninhabited Chadian island of Choua after fleeing attacks by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. According to ....

10 MB elements arrested over participation in anti-army protest in Beheira

Date: 2014-08-06 07:38:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:860628

DAMANHOUR, Aug 6 (MENA) – Beheira security forces managed Wednesday to arrest ten members of the Muslim Brotherhood group after dispersing two anti army and police protests in the province. The province's criminal investigation department ....

United flight makes emergency landing in Canada after 'small fire' breaks out

Date: 2014-08-06 07:26:51 GMT - Canada - World - SN:16 - ID:860542

OTTAWA, Aug 6 (MENA) - United Airlines jet on its way to Brussels made an emergency landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia after a small fire aboard the Boeing 777 airliner, ABC news reported quoting a spokesman for the airport. No-one was injured on ....

Power goes off in Tripoli, Tobruk, Benghazi

Date: 2014-08-06 07:06:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:860532

TRIPOLI, Aug 6 (MENA) - Electricity went off in the Libyan cities of Tripoli, Tobruk and Benghazi Tuesday night. The blackout was announced on the Facebook account of the Libyan electricity company. Workers at power plants are acting to ....

Saudi provides $1bn aid to Lebanese army

Date: 2014-08-06 07:06:10 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:860543

BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia has provided $1bn as an aid to the Lebanese army in a bid to boost its capabilities during its war against militants in the Lebanese border town of ....

Saudi Arabia backs Lebanon by one billion dollars

Date: 2014-08-06 07:05:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:860541

JEDDAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia offered one billion dollars to help the Lebanese army preserve security and stability and confront militants. At a press conference at King Abdullah ben Abdel Aziz of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah on Tuesday, former ....

China earthquake toll reaches 589

Date: 2014-08-06 06:30:03 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:860487

BEIJING, Aug 6 (MENA) - The death toll from a devastating earthquake in China rose dramatically on Wednesday as rescuers reached deeper into the most heavily damaged areas, Fox news reported. Some 589 people were killed in the quake, which struck ....

Egypt, India's news agencies sign agreement for news cooperation

Date: 2014-08-06 06:29:56 GMT - India - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:860486

NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (MENA) - Egypt's state-run Middle East News Agency and the private-owned Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) signed an agreement for news cooperation. The agreement, signed at the Egyptian Embassy here, provides for exchanging ....