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Palestinians sit-in outside UN HQ rejecting Kerry's visit

Date: 2014-01-02 14:45:58 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:475512

GAZA CITY, Jan. 2 (MENA) – Scores of Palestinians staged a sit-in outside the UN headquarters in the Gaza Strip to condemn US State Secretary John Kerry's visit to the region and demand withdrawal from peace talks with Israel. Protesters urged ....

Mansour follows up with irrigation minister El Nahda Dam negotiations

Date: 2014-01-02 14:43:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:475522

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - Interim President Adly Mansour met on Thursday in Heliopolis presidential palace with Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Motelb. The meeting came within the framework of following up developments regarding ....

Prices of energy subsidies will not be raised - finance ministry official

Date: 2014-01-02 14:37:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:475270

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - The Finance Ministry will not raise the prices of energy subsidies, which cost about 1 billion pounds in the current budget of fiscal year 2013/14, an official at the ministry said. Nagy el-Ashkar, meanwhile, added that ....

List of organizations monitoring referendum to be finished in 48 hours - ministry

Date: 2014-01-02 14:35:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:475517

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - Assistant Social Solidarity Minister Hani Mehana said that the ministry will finish the list of organizations that will monitor the referendum on the 2014 constitution during the coming 48 hours. The organizations affiliated ....

Na'em Shomara transferred to hospital - Palestinian Prisoners Club

Date: 2014-01-02 14:31:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:475070

RAMALLAH, Jan 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian Prisoners Club said that freed prisoner Na'em al-Shomara, who suffers from muscles atrophy, was transferred to hospital after his health deteriorated. In press statement on Thursday, the Palestinian ....

MB involved in recent violence – interior minister - 4 Cairo

Date: 2014-01-02 14:28:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:475416

The interior minister also played video recordings of the confessions of two detained terrorists involved in the violent incidents; son of MB leader Yehia el-Mongy, and Adel el-Beely. The Interior Ministry is adamant to undertake its duty in ....

Terrorist MB organization senior member arrested on charges of inciting violence in Beheira

Date: 2014-01-02 14:28:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:475291

DAMANHUR, Egypt, Jan 2 (MENA) – Security forces in Beheira arrested on Thursday a senior member of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organization on charges of inciting violence and demonstrations. An arrest warrant had been issued for ....

Presidential decrees to amend 8 oil, gas agreements

Date: 2014-01-02 14:25:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:475429

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - President Adly Mansour issued on Thursday decrees amending the governing laws of eight agreements in the oil and gas sectors. Investments under such agreements amount to 1.2 billion dollars. From the eight ....

Biography of new MENA's board chairman Alaa Heidar

Date: 2014-01-02 14:19:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:475509

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - New board chairman of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Alaa Heidar is considered one of the most prominent journalists at MENA. He joined MENA in 1984, after obtaining a Bachelor Degree in the French Language from the ....

PM discusses black sands project

Date: 2014-01-02 14:17:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:475431

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy held on Thursday a meeting to discuss a project of maximizing benefits from black sands in Borolus area, Kafr el-Sheikh. The meeting comes within the framework of following up the results of ....