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Strong quake kills at least 175 in southern China
Date: 2014-08-03 16:09:08 GMT - China - World - SN:103 - ID:856381
BEIJING, Aug 3 (MENA) - A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 175 people and injuring more than 1,400, ABC News reported. About 12,000 homes collapsed in Ludian, a densely ....
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UN Chief denounces targeting UNRWA school in Rafah
Date: 2014-08-03 16:07:58 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:102 - ID:856298
NEW YORK, August 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Sunday the murder of ten Palestinian civilians in an Israeli shelling of an UNRWA school in Rafah. In a statement released by his spokesperson, the UN head said the shelling ....
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No proof incriminating Mubarak, Adli – defense lawyer says
Date: 2014-08-03 16:05:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:101 - ID:856095
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) – The trial documents of former president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib el-Adly and six of his aides are void of any kind of proof that they conspired to kill protesters during the January 2011 revolution, ....
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Tourism minister urges coordination with civil aviation ministry
Date: 2014-08-03 16:04:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:100 - ID:856342
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou asserted on Sunday the importance of coordination between his ministry and the ministry of civil aviation. This coordination helps promote travel of tourists to Egypt, Zaazou told a meeting ....
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Clashes reported in Arsal city
Date: 2014-08-03 16:02:14 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:856267
BEIRUT, Aug 3 (MENA) - A Lebanese official said on Sunday that the Lebanese city of Arsal is now witnessing clashes between Lebanon's army and Islamic militants. In statements to MENA, the source said the army forces are using heavy weapons ....
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Sheikh Zuweid blast victims identified
Date: 2014-08-03 16:01:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:856297
ARISH, Aug 3 (MENA) – North Sinai medical sources announced Sunday the identities of the five persons who were killed and injured in the province earlier in the day after a shell fell on their house in Sheikh Zuweid district. One child, whose name ....
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Daily water flow at Lake Nasser hits 390 mn cubic meters
Date: 2014-08-03 15:51:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:97 - ID:856208
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) – The daily water flow from the River Nile to Lake Nasser jumped to 390 million cubic meters, three times higher than the average daily figure expected before the water year. The water year starts on August 1 and ends on July ....
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Azhar calls for enforcing Saudi King's initiative to fight terrorism
Date: 2014-08-03 15:51:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:96 - ID:856328
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) – Al-Azhar has called for implementing an initiative put forward by Saudi King Abdullah to fight all forms of terrorism. In a statement on Sunday, Azhar voiced appreciation for King Abdullah's call on Muslim leaders and ....
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Iran urges int'l courts to deal with Israel's serious crimes in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-03 15:42:01 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:95 - ID:856210
TEHRAN, Aug 3 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on international criminal courts to deal with Israel's crimes in Gaza, Fars News Agency reported. Israel has committed serious crimes in Gaza which need to be prosecuted ....
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Agriculture minister wraps up visit to Mauritania
Date: 2014-08-03 15:40:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:94 - ID:856265
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Adel el-Beltagy wrapped up his two-day visit to Mauritania, where he held talks with Mauritania's Minister of Rural Development Brahim Ould Mohamed El Moctar. The minister ....
