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  • 240 trucks were allowed via Karm Abu Salem crossing in Gaza

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:46:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:480075

    GAZA CITY, Jan 5 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces allowed the entry of 240 trucks laden with commodities into the Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing on Sunday. In a press release, Head of the Coordination Committee for entry ....

  • Water experts of Nile basin countries continue their meetings

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:21:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:480020

    KHARTOUM, Jan 5 (MENA) - Experts and technicians of the three Nile Basin countries; Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, continued on Sunday their talks over Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam project. The talks kicked off on Saturday night in in-camera sessions ....

  • 45 arms seized by police

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:19:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:479976

    CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - Security forces seized 45 pieces of arms and two criminal gangs during security crackdowns in Cairo. The seized arms include machine guns, locally-made pistols, grenades, rifles and light weapons. (MENA) SR/RG ....

  • 54 MB elements arrested over violence charges in several governorates

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:19:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:479918

    CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - Interior Ministry security bodies continued their crackdown against suspects involved in attacking police facilities and inciting violence in various governorates. In Cairo, the campaign resulted in the capture of 47 ....

  • Security sources deny any explosions in Arish

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:17:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:480004

    ARISH, Egypt, Jan 5 (MENA) - Security sources denied on Sunday that there were any explosions in the North Sinai city of Arish today. The bangs people heard today were sonic booms caused by warplanes hovering over Arish, the sources added. ....

  • Saudi Arabia coordinating with Lebanon over Al Qaeda leader death

    Date: 2014-01-05 08:53:24 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:479974

    RIYADH, Jan 5 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia assigned a team from its Embassy in Beirut to coordinate with the Lebanese authorities over the death of chief of an al Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group Majed al-Majed. Majed, a Saudi citizen, died in custody ....

  • 6 truck drivers killed in armed attack in Diyala

    Date: 2014-01-05 08:51:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:479870

    BAGHDAD, Jan 5 (MENA) - Six truck drivers were killed at a mock checkpoint set up in northern Diyala governorate, situated some 55 kilometers east of Baghdad. Late on Saturday, Unidentified gunmen set up a mock checkpoint in the northern ....

  • German tourist wounded in cruise liner fire in Aswan

    Date: 2014-01-05 08:50:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:479975

    ASWAN, Egypt, Jan 5 (MENA) - A German tourist was wounded when a cruise liner caught fire while traveling from Aswan to Luxor on Sunday. The Miss Esadora cruiser was carrying 27 tourists and an Egyptian crew on board when fire was reported on board ....

  • Zaytiyat harbor receives 5,000 tons of Saudi butane gas

    Date: 2014-01-05 08:27:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:479873

    SUEZ, Egypt, Jan 5 (MENA) - Head of the Red Sea Authority General Hassan Falah said Zaytiyat harbor received on Sunday a vessel laden with 5,000 tons of liquefied butane gas coming from the Saudi port of Yenbu. In statements on Sunday, General ....

  • Turkey closes its border gate with Syria

    Date: 2014-01-05 08:26:50 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:479869

    ANKARA, Jan 5 (MENA) - Turkey has temporarily closed the Cilvegözü border crossing with Syria after the rise of clashes between Syrian troops and opposition forces near the Syrian village of Sarmada. Turkey's decision came to protect the Turkish ....

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