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  • Security beefed up after attack on police station in Menofiya

    Date: 2014-01-04 20:40:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:148 - ID:479572

    SHIBEIN AL-KOUM, Egypt, Jan 4 (MENA) - Police tightened up security Saturday following an attack on a police station in Sadat city in Menofiya. Four masked men hurled petrol bombs at the police station of Mustakbal police station in the city, ....

  • Riek Machar says his forces marching towards Juba

    Date: 2014-01-04 20:34:41 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:147 - ID:479624

    JUBA, Jan 4 (MENA) - Riek Machar, the former Vice-President of South Sudan, said on Saturday that his forces are marching towards the capital Juba. Other forces are also stationed west of Juba as they took over several areas near the capital, ....

  • Army denies reports on relieving defense minister to run for president

    Date: 2014-01-04 20:31:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:146 - ID:479621

    CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) – A military spokesman denied on Saturday media reports attributed to unknown sources claiming that Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be relieved from his post to run for president. "The ....

  • Tamarood founder says MB stole revolution, power from Egyptians

    Date: 2014-01-04 20:16:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:145 - ID:479573

    BENHA, Egypt, Jan 4 (MENA) - Founder of Tamarod Movement Mahmoud Badr has said that the new draft constitution aims to restore the revolution and power that were stolen by the Muslim Brotherhood from Egyptians. The constitutional referendum ....

  • Palestinians, US officials to continue talks - spokesman

    Date: 2014-01-04 19:59:23 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:144 - ID:479524

    RAMALLAH, Jan 4 (MENA) - A spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Nabil Abu Rdeinah asserted Saturday that contacts with the US official will continue in the coming few days to discuss the peace process. During his meeting with US ....

  • MENA closely linked with Egypt's national security: board chairman

    Date: 2014-01-04 19:57:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:143 - ID:479596

    CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) – Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Alaa Hydar said on Saturday that MENA is closely linked with Egypt's national security. Late President Gamal Abdel Nasser established the agency to be ....

  • Nour party says pro-constitution campaign going on as planned

    Date: 2014-01-04 19:55:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:142 - ID:479522

    CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) - A senior member of the Salafi party of El-Nour said that his party's campaign of supporting the draft constitution will not be affected by the opposition of the Muslim Brotherhood. "The campaign is achieving its planned ....

  • Jordanian candidate for ALO's chairmanship predicts winning position

    Date: 2014-01-04 19:54:33 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:479523

    AMMAN, Jan 4 (MENA) - Board member of the Jordan Chamber of Industry Adnan Abul Ragheb expected that he would win the post of director general of Arab Labor Organization (ALO) in the next election that are scheduled to be held in April, 2014. The ....

  • Economic expert in Juba Central Bank urges Egypt to invest in South Sudan

    Date: 2014-01-04 19:52:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:140 - ID:479570

    CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) – A South Sudanese economic expert in the Central Bank in Juba called on the Egyptian government to invest in his country in all fields, especially in the infrastructure, education and health sectors. Speaking at a seminar ....

  • Barbara Bush released from Texas hospital after stay for respiratory illness

    Date: 2014-01-04 19:51:23 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:139 - ID:479568

    WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (MENA) - Former US first lady Barbara Bush was discharged Saturday from a Texas Hospital where she was being treated for a respiratory illness, FOX News quoted a former Bush administration official as saying. The 88-year-old ....

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