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  • 5 MB members sentenced to one year in prison

    Date: 2014-01-05 18:38:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:150 - ID:481146

    MENYA, Jan 5 (MENA) - A Menya court sentenced five members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group to one year in prison, fined them EGP 50,000 and EGP 1,000 bail each. The defendants were convicted of violating a demonstrations law and rioting ....

  • US paper says Assad to continue ruling Syria although opposition 2 last Washington

    Date: 2014-01-05 18:36:25 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:149 - ID:481240

    The Free Syrian Army, originally the main armed opposition group, has been overshadowed by the rise of more militant Islamist groups. The competition among rebel groups is a Darwinian contest for funding and weapons. Two of the strongest ....

  • US paper says Assad to continue ruling Syria although opposition

    Date: 2014-01-05 18:33:27 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:148 - ID:481172

    WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) - The Syrian opposition is fragmented, the regime's core appears coup-resistant, and the West fears President Bashar al-Assad less than the radical Islamist alternative, The Christian Science Monitor said in a commentary on ....

  • Tripartite meeting on Renaissance Dam to hold 4th session, says Sudanese official

    Date: 2014-01-05 18:16:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:147 - ID:481143

    KHARTOUM, Jan 5 (MENA) - Sudanese Water Resources Minister Moataz Moussa said on Sunday that water ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed on holding a fourth round of negotiations on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. During their third ....

  • Behira police arrest gang over monuments' excavation

    Date: 2014-01-05 18:00:50 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:146 - ID:481179

    DAMANHOUR, Jan 5 (MENA) - Behira security forces arrested on Monday a gang of four over a charge of monuments' excavation. The prosecution was informed to launch an investigation into the incident. (MENA) MI/AI ....

  • Suez security denies claims on terrorist cell arrest

    Date: 2014-01-05 17:55:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:145 - ID:481145

    SUEZ, Jan 5 (MENA) - Suez Security Deputy Chief Maj.-Gen. Hassan Eid denied on Sunday claims that a terrorist cell, affiliated to Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group, was arrested in the province. "Such claims are false," he said, stressing that the ....

  • Press conference at presidency HQ on education development

    Date: 2014-01-05 17:50:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:144 - ID:481139

    CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - Presidential scientific adviser Dr.Essam Heggy and Education Minister Mahmoud Aboel-Nasr will hold a press conference on Monday at the presidential HQ. The conference will tackle the strategy of education development. ....

  • Abbas welcomes Pope Francis visit to Holy Land

    Date: 2014-01-05 17:45:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:143 - ID:481008

    RAMALLAH, Jan 5 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday welcomed on behalf of the Palestinian leadership the visit of Pope Francis to the Hold Land scheduled on the 24th of May. According to WAFA, Abbas expressed his and the ....

  • ALU hails Pope Tawadros' efforts in supporting national unity

    Date: 2014-01-05 17:29:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:142 - ID:481007

    CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - The Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) hailed on Sunday the efforts exerted by Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese in supporting national unity. This came in a message sent by ALU Secretary-General Omar ....

  • Media outlets urged to supply fact-finding committee with information about June 30 revolution incidents

    Date: 2014-01-05 17:27:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:141 - ID:481055

    CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - The national independent fact-finding committee on gathering data and evidence on events that occurred during and after the "June 30, 2013 Revolution" renewed its call to all media outlets to supply it with the information and ....

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