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Sokhna port workers continue strike for third day
Date: 2013-12-30 09:36:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:469086
SUEZ, Egypt, Dec 30 (MENA) – Ein Sokhna port workers maintained their sit-in on Monday for the third day in a row after their negotiations with the Red Sea Ports Authority failed. In a press release, they called on the Ministry of Transport and ....
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Heavy gunfire reported at Congolese state TV headquarters
Date: 2013-12-30 09:29:47 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:33 - ID:469172
KINSHASA, Dec 30 (MENA) - Heavy gunfire was reported Monday at the headquarters of Democratic Republic of Congo’s state radio and television. Congolese radio and television channels went off the air after the shooting was heard, Euronews ....
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Foreign Ministry reviews final preparations for Egyptian expats voting on new constitution
Date: 2013-12-30 09:26:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:469155
CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) – The Foreign Ministry held a series of meetings with the High Electoral Commission and the Ministry of Administrative Development to review final arrangements for Egyptian expatriates' vote on the new constitution. The ....
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Arab League informs member states of Egypt's decision on MB
Date: 2013-12-30 09:25:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:469122
CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Arab League has officially informed all Arab countries of Egypt's decision to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group, said the AL general secretariat on Monday in a press release. Egypt sent a memorandum ....
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10 mn pounds allocated for preachers at Kafr El-Sheikh, says minister
Date: 2013-12-30 09:06:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:469051
KAFR EL-SHEIKH, Dec 30 (MENA) – Minister of Awqaf Mohammad Mokhtar Gomaa approved a budget of 10 million pounds to establish a hospital for preachers and the allocation of 1,660 housing units for clerics and Awqaf employees. The units will be ....
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Four wounded in house fire in Kafr el-Sheikh
Date: 2013-12-30 09:04:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:469097
KAFR EL SHEIKH, Dec 30 (MENA) - Four people were wounded in a fire that ripped through a house in a Kafr el-Sheikh village on Monday. The fire was caused by a cooking gas cylinder. The house was fully damaged in the fire after residents failed ....
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Heavy rains pour over Alexandria, northwestern coast
Date: 2013-12-30 09:03:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:469084
ALEXANDRIA, Dec 30 (MENA) - Heavy rains continued to pour over Alexandria and a number of areas along the northwestern coast on Monday, flooding streets with water and disrupting traffic. Vacuum trucks were seen pumping out water from streets and ....
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Exams resumed at Azhar University under tight security measures
Date: 2013-12-30 08:59:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:469055
CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) – The Azhar University resumed Monday mid-year exams amid tight security measures despite attempts of Brotherhood students to hamper the exams. A security source at the university said that security forces were intensified at ....
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5 killed, wounded in blast in Iraq's Tikrit
Date: 2013-12-30 08:48:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:469053
BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (MENA) - Five people were killed and injured when a car bomb went off in northern Iraq on Monday. The booby-trapped car was parked in a street in Baiji, north of Tikrit city, said a security source. A police officer and a ....
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100 passengers escape death as plane loses tyre on landing
Date: 2013-12-30 08:47:20 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:25 - ID:469076
ABUJA, Dec 30 (MENA) - The 100 passengers of the Boeing 737 plane escaped death when a tire blow-out at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, airport sources said. The accident took place as the plane, which departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, ....
