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Burhami denies Mokaddem resignation Salafi Call
Date: 2013-12-29 19:26:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:141 - ID:468593
CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Deputy Leader of the Salafi Call Yasser Burhami denied on Sunday reports that Mohamed Ismail Al-Mokaddem had resigned from the bloc. In a statement, Burhami said such claims aim at destroying the Salafist Call and ....
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S. Sudan: 25,000 strong 'White Army' returns home
Date: 2013-12-29 19:09:19 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:140 - ID:468439
JUBA, Dec 29 (MENA) - The estimated 25,000 armed fighters whom the government said had been marching toward a state capital in what could have been a vicious military confrontation have mostly disbanded and returned home, USA Today quoted a South ....
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7 militants killed, 2 injured in Afghan military operations
Date: 2013-12-29 19:05:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:139 - ID:468561
KABUL, Dec 29 (MENA) - At least nine militants were killed or injured during joint military operations by Afghan national security forces in various provinces of Afghanistan during the past 24 hours, Khaama Press reported on Sunday. The interior ....
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Quake in southern Italy rattles Naples area
Date: 2013-12-29 18:43:53 GMT - Italy - World - SN:138 - ID:468566
ROME, Dec 29 (MENA) - An earthquake has rattled much of southern Italy, sending frightened people into the streets of Naples and in towns in the countryside, the ABC News reported. Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said ....
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Hollande to meet Syria, Lebanon opposition chiefs in Riyad
Date: 2013-12-29 18:42:12 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:137 - ID:468511
PARIS, Dec 29 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande will meet former Lebanese premier Saad Hariri and Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Jarba in Saudi Arabia, where he arrived Sunday. The meeting with Hariri comes amid heightening tensions in ....
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N. Ireland talks resume for 'one final effort'
Date: 2013-12-29 18:36:39 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:136 - ID:468505
BELFAST, Dec 29 (MENA) - Negotiations over outstanding issues hanging over the political settlement in Northern Ireland have resumed under the chairmanship of the US diplomat Richard Haass, The Guardian reported. Four of the five main parties ....
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PLO member criticizes Israel over settlements
Date: 2013-12-29 18:32:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:135 - ID:468393
RAMALLAH, Dec 29 (MENA) - The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Hanna Amira said on Sunday that Israel launched a wide-scale plan to build more settlements while it was negotiating with the Palestinians. Earlier, ....
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Saudi King meets French President
Date: 2013-12-29 18:27:40 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:134 - ID:468403
RIYADH, Dec 29 (MENA) – Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received on Sunday French President Francois Hollande and the accompanying delegation. Abdullah and the French President co-chaired a session of talks between the two sides. The ....
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Lebanese MP urges Mufti to resign
Date: 2013-12-29 18:23:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:468400
BEIRUT, Dec 29 (MENA) – Lebanese Future bloc MP Khaled Zahraman has urged Lebanon’s Mufti Mohamed Rashid to resign to ward off sedition. He was commenting on Rashid’s siege that occurred at a mosque while attending the funeral of a martyr who was ....
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President 'asked to hold presidential elections first'
Date: 2013-12-29 17:52:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:132 - ID:468432
ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Dec 29 (MENA) - Chairman of the tour guide syndicate in Aswan said on Sunday that representatives of political groups asked President Adly Mansour to hold presidential elections before the parliamentary vote. "This step will ....
