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  • Egypt, China reject Israeli offensive in Gaza - 3 last Cairo

    Date: 2014-08-03 16:19:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:110 - ID:856388

    As for Chinese investments in Egypt, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said they hit $500 million in the past years. Chinese companies are still in Egypt despite some turbulence in the country, Wang said, adding that China plans to raise the volume ....

  • Arsal attack meticulously planned - Kahwagi

    Date: 2014-08-03 16:18:29 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:109 - ID:856206

    BEIRUT, Aug 3 (MENA) - The terrorist attack which occurred yesterday on Arsal was not an attack by chance or coincidentally. It was planned a long time ago, said Lebanese Army chief Gen. Jean Kahwagi, according to The Daily Star. Speaking at a ....

  • 12 killed, injured as mortars hit Damascus, Aleppo

    Date: 2014-08-03 16:17:04 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:856340

    DAMASCUS, Aug 3 (MENA) - Two people were killed and 10 others were wounded when mortars landed in districts in Damascus and Aleppo, said the state-run news agency SANA on Saturday. The attack in Aleppo hit water tanks, said the report, adding ....

  • NAC to lodge complain against Farid el-Deeb for defaming Jan. 25 revolution

    Date: 2014-08-03 16:16:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:107 - ID:856113

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - The National Association for Change (NAC) decided to lodge a complaint with the Public Prosecution against Farid el-Deeb, the lawyer of former President Hosni Mubarak, in response to his claim that the 25 January revolution was ....

  • AL calls for int'l pressure on Israel to partake in Cairo talks

    Date: 2014-08-03 16:14:42 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:856200

    CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) has called on the international parties to practice pressure on Israel to send a delegation to Cairo for talks with the Palestinian delegation to end the Gaza conflict. Arab League Assistant Secretary ....

  • Trial of 21 MB members in Red Sea adjourned till October 8

    Date: 2014-08-03 16:13:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:105 - ID:856379

    Hurghada, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Red Sea Criminal Court decided Sunday to postpone till October 8 the trial of 21 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members to hear the testimony of some prosecution witnesses. The defendants face charges of inciting violence, ....

  • Northampton museum loses accreditation for selling Egypt's historic statue

    Date: 2014-08-03 16:10:55 GMT - United Kingdom - Miscellaneous - SN:104 - ID:856322

    LONDON, Aug 3 (MENA) - Northampton Museum has lost Arts Council accreditation for selling a 4,000-year-old Egyptian statue "Sekhemka". Northampton museum sold the Sekhemka limestone statue for nearly £16 million at an auction to help fund an ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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