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  • NCHR to probe dispersal of Shura Council protest

    Date: 2013-11-26 21:26:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:174 - ID:408768

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – Head of the National Council for Human Rights Mohamed Fayek said that an investigation will be opened on Wednesday into the dispersal of a peaceful protest outside the Shura Council on Tuesday. The council had received ....

  • 7 die in political violence as Bangladesh vote set

    Date: 2013-11-26 21:15:08 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:173 - ID:408716

    DHAKA, Nov 26 (MENA) – Bangladesh's police said Tuesday that at least seven people have died since late Monday in violence between opposition activists, government supporters and police after the Election Commission announced the election date in ....

  • ECOWAS commends 'orderly voting' in Mali

    Date: 2013-11-26 21:06:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:172 - ID:408717

    ABUJA, Nov 26 (MENA) - Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) Amos Sawyer has commended Malians for their orderly conduct during Sunday's election to fill the country’s 147-seat parliament, ECOWAS said in a statement on Tuesday. "The ....

  • NCHR rejects military justice arrticle in draft constitution

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:42:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:171 - ID:408708

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – The National Council for Human Rights has rejected article 174 of the draft constitution pertaining to the military justice. The article expands the scope of prosecuting civilians before military justice and has nothing to ....

  • EU should not criticize Moscow over Ukraine- Putin

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:40:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:170 - ID:408715

    Moscow, Nov 26 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned European Union officials to refrain from harsh rhetoric in assessing Moscow's position over Ukraine's approach to economic integration with Europe, RIA Novosti reported ....

  • Tourism can achieve rapprochement among Arab countries: Egyptian authority

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:18:22 GMT - Algeria - Egypt - SN:169 - ID:408710

    ALGIERS, Nov 26 (MENA) – A senior official at the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority expressed his happiness over a visit paid by tourism officials to Algeria, asserting that tourism can achieve rapprochement among Arab countries through ....

  • Russia says it scraped 77% of its chemical arsenals

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:16:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:168 - ID:408714

    MOSCOW, Nov 26 (MENA) – The Russian Commission for Chemical Disarmament said Tuesday that Moscow has destroyed 77% of its chemical weapons to date, Voice of Russia reported. "Russia strictly abides by its international commitments to destroy the ....

  • Alex. Governor, artist inaugurate Special Olympics Egypt forum

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:15:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:167 - ID:408711

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 26 (MENA) – Alexandria Governor Tarek el-Mahdi and artist Eman el-Bahr Darwish inaugurated on Tuesday the Special Olympics Egypt forum in the coastal city of Alexandria. The forum aims at empowering people with mental disabilities ....

  • ِ5 members of April 6 Movement arrested in Minya

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:13:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:166 - ID:408709

    MINYA, Egypt, Nov 26 (MNEA) – Five members of the April 6 Movement were arrested for rioting and illegal assembly outside the Minya security directorate in violation of a protest law, said the movement in a statement. The participants chanted ....

  • Renewed detention for 10 Brotherhood members for 15 days over riots in Gharbiya

    Date: 2013-11-26 20:11:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:165 - ID:408713

    TANTA, Egypt, Nov 26 (MENA) – The Prosecution on Tuesday ordered ten members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gharbia to remain in custody for 15 days pending investigation into alleged charges of inciting riots and violence. They face charges of ....

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