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  • 2 rockets from Syria land in north Lebanon

    Date: 2013-12-30 16:15:00 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:117 - ID:470108

    BEIRUT, Dec 30 (MENA) -Two rockets fired from the Lebanese-Syrian border area struck Akkar area in North Lebanon on Monday. Also, the area came under machine-gun fire, said security sources. (MENA) NA/RE ....

  • Son-in-law of MB leading member arrested

    Date: 2013-12-30 16:04:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:116 - ID:470115

    TANTA, Egypt, Dec 30 (MENA) - Security forces in Gharbiya governorate held Ismail Hegazy, the son-in-law of Muslim Brotherhood leading member and former governor of Kafr El-Sheikh Saad el-Hosani. The general prosecution issued an arrest warrant ....

  • Michael Hayden 'drifting' toward calling Edward Snowden a 'traitor'

    Date: 2013-12-30 16:02:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:115 - ID:470128

    WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (MENA) - Michael Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency, said Sunday that he used to describe leaker Edward Snowden as a "defector," but is now "drifting in the direction of perhaps more harsh language ... such as ....

  • 18 MB elements arrested in Gharbiya

    Date: 2013-12-30 16:01:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:114 - ID:470080

    TANTA, Egypt, Dec 30 (MENA) - Security forces arrested 18 elements belonging to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in cooperation with the National Security Agency. Arrest warrants were issued by the general prosecution for all of them on ....

  • Putin appoints new Russian ambassadors to Sudan and Oman

    Date: 2013-12-30 16:00:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:113 - ID:469738

    MOSCOW, Dec 30 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin has appointed new Russian ambassadors to Sudan and the Sultanate of Oman. Corresponding decrees have been made public at the legal information portal, Itar Tass reported on Monday. The president ....

  • Alex. security chief probes securing churches during New Year

    Date: 2013-12-30 15:59:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:112 - ID:470126

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Dec 30 (MENA) – Alexandria Security Director Amin Ezz el-Din held a meeting with security leaders here to discuss plans to secure churches during New Year’s celebrations. The meeting reviewed security plans to protect churches in ....

  • “Misr Balady” front holds meeting in Sohag

    Date: 2013-12-30 15:51:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:111 - ID:470127

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Dec 30 (MENA) – The “Misr Balady” (Egypt is my country) front held its first coordinating meeting here on Monday to familiarize the citizens with the front and urge them to vote for the constitution at the upcoming public ....

  • 2 brothers slain in Rafah

    Date: 2013-12-30 15:50:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:110 - ID:470092

    ARISH, Dec 30 (MENA) - Two brothers died in Rafah city of North Sinai after they sustained fatal gunshot wounds to the head, according to a security official. The two persons succumbed to wounds they sustained at the hands of unidentified gunmen in ....

  • Robert Ford not named US ambassador in Cairo

    Date: 2013-12-30 15:47:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:109 - ID:470125

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) – The US embassy here denied news reports about the nomination of US Ambassador in Damascus Robert Ford as the country’s ambassador to Egypt. In statements to MENA, the spokesman of the US embassy here said the administration ....

  • N. Korea recalls deputy UNESCO envoy

    Date: 2013-12-30 15:47:05 GMT - south korea - World - SN:108 - ID:470082

    SEOUL, Dec 30 (MENA) - North Korea's deputy ambassador to UNESCO was called back to Pyongyang from Paris on Monday, a diplomatic source said, marking the latest summoning of North Korean diplomats following the recent execution of leader Kim ....

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