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  • Fresh cholera outbreak in Nigeria kills 25

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:38:47 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:138 - ID:477818

    ABUJA, Jan 3 (MENA) - At least 22 adults and three children have been confirmed dead while some 600 others are infected following a fresh cholera outbreak in Kano State in north western Nigeria, local media reports said. An epidemiologist with ....

  • Two killed in Alexandria violence -- source

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:38:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:137 - ID:477822

    ALEXANDRIA, Jan 3 (MENA) – A woman died of gunshot wounds during clashes between Muslim Brotherhood members and security forces in Miami neighborhood in eastern Alexandria on Friday, a medical source said. Another man also died while being ....

  • Calm prevails in Cairo district following clashes

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:36:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:136 - ID:477809

    CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) – Calm has prevailed in Gesr el-Suez in Cairo after clashes that occurred between security forces and members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Earlier, MB supporters staged a rally in the neighborhood during which they attacked ....

  • Egypt water minister arrives in Sudan to take part in Nile basin states meeting

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:33:38 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:135 - ID:477799

    KHARTOUM, Jan. 3 (MENA) – Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Motaleb arrived Friday in Khartoum to take part in the third session of talks between eastern Nile basin countries slated for Saturday in the Sudanese ....

  • Wafd Party condemns MB attack on Tamarod founder

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:31:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:134 - ID:477812

    CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) – Al-Wafd Party deputy leader Yasser Hodeiby condemned Muslim Brotherhood supporters' attack on the house of founder of the Tamarod movement Mahmoud Badr during Friday protests in Qalyoubia. The leading member of the National ....

  • Pro-army, police marches staged in Kafr El Sheikh

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:29:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:133 - ID:477810

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Jan 3 (MENA) – Residents in Kafr El Sheikh staged rallies Friday to show support for the army and police and to urge residents to vote "Yes" for Egypt's amended constitution in the forthcoming referendum. The participants ....

  • Ethiopian dam will not harm downstream countries: minister

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:20:25 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:132 - ID:477739

    ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 3 (MENA) - The Ethiopian parliament heard on Friday a detailed clarification on the progress of negotiations the Water, Irrigation and Energy Ministry entered with lower Nile River countries on the controversial Renaissance ....

  • Clashes between MB members, police in Alexandria

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:13:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:131 - ID:477820

    ALEXANDRIA, Jan 3 (MENA) - Clashes erupted Friday between security forces and Muslim Brotherhood members in Mandara neighborhood in Alexandria. The clashes occurred when protesters attacked a police station and burned a number of ....

  • 11 killed, 52 injured during Friday protests: Health Ministry

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:12:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:130 - ID:477797

    CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) – The death toll from Friday's protests rose to 11 while 52 others injured in clashes between members of the Muslim Brotherhood and security forces in Cairo and other governorates, a senior health ministry official said. The ....

  • Liberman: Influx of refugees to any future Palestinian state would create humanitarian difficulties

    Date: 2014-01-03 19:09:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:129 - ID:477802

    GAZA CITY, Jan 3 (MENA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Friday that Palestinian refugees in Arab countries would make very difficult humanitarian situation if they returned to independent Palestine, The Jerusalem Post reported. ....

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