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Egypt embassy in Austria urges participation in referendum
Date: 2014-01-02 15:48:14 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:107 - ID:475650
VIENNA, Jan. 2 (MENA) - Egypt's embassy in Austria has called on Egyptians living there to register for participating in the referendum on the new constitution. It also published the Egyptian High Electoral Commission's voting guidelines for the ....
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50 ships transit Suez Canal
Date: 2014-01-02 15:46:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:106 - ID:475349
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Jan 2 (MENA) - Fifty ships transited the Suez Canal on Thursday, carrying about 1.958 million tons on board. The south-bound convoy included 24 ships with 1.490 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 26 ships with a ....
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Lebanese army urged to manage country's affairs if power vacuum occurs
Date: 2014-01-02 15:46:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:475362
BEIRUT, Jan 2 (MENA) - President of the Lebanese People's Congress Kamal Chatila called on the Lebanese army to manage the country's affairs if Lebanon slipped into a power vacuum. In a speech he delivered during a solidarity visit by a ....
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Arab MK says "Triangle lands proposal" rejected
Date: 2014-01-02 15:42:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:104 - ID:475080
RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - Arab Knesset member Ahmed el-Teiby said on Thursday that the idea of transferring the Triangle lands to Palestine in exchange for keeping Israel's settlements in the West Bank is totally rejected. "This idea has been ....
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Ukrainian Mufti extends condolences to Egypt amb. over deadly Mansoura bombing
Date: 2014-01-02 15:40:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:103 - ID:475649
CAIRO, Jan. 2 (MENA) - Ukrainian Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Tamim has offered sincere condolences to the Egyptian Ambassador to Kiev, Osama Tawfik Badr, for the victims of a security HQ bombing in the northern Nile Delta city of Mansoura. Tamim will ....
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Russia assumes G8 presidency, lays out key agenda
Date: 2014-01-02 15:39:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:102 - ID:475075
MOSCOW, Jan 2 (MENA) - Russia began its Group of Eight G8 presidency for 2014 and will host the 40th G8 Summit in the Olympic city of Sochi in June. This year’s G8 agenda will focus on fighting terrorism and drug trafficking, managing conflicts and ....
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Slurring campaign against Nour party "illogical" - leadership
Date: 2014-01-02 15:38:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:101 - ID:475066
CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) – Salafist Nour Party leadership Yasser el-Qadi said the slurring campaign against his party is illogical and helps the Brotherhood and enemies of the nation. In a press release Thursday, he said the party pays the price of ....
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Workers, business owners urged to solve their problems through negotiations
Date: 2014-01-02 15:37:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:100 - ID:475271
CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - Immigration and Manpower Minister Kamal Abu-Eita urged employees and business owners to solve their problems through negotiations and away from protests and sit-ins due to the difficult circumstances currently taking place in ....
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Haniyeh rules out new war on Gaza
Date: 2014-01-02 15:37:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:475068
GAZA, Jan 2 (MENA) - The prime minister of Gaza government, Ismail Haniyeh, said that his government will make during the coming period important decisions to pave the way for true national reconciliation among Palestinian factions. Haniyeh ruled ....
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China sends frigate to escort Syrian chemical weapons
Date: 2014-01-02 15:35:33 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:475061
BEIJING, Jan 2 (MENA) - Chinese frigate Yan Cheng sailed for the Mediterranean on Tuesday to escort the maritime transportation of Syria's chemical weapons, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday. Spokesman Qin Gang told a press ....
