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AL welcomes UN announcement to hold Geneva II conference in Jan.
Date: 2013-11-26 12:25:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:407733
CAIRO,Nov 26 (MENA) - The Arab League has welcomed the UN announcement that the Geneva II conference on Syria will be held on January 22, 2014. AL chief Nabil el-Arabi has not yet received an official statement to that effect though. Arabi, in ....
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Egyptian minister to be honored during Kuwait forum in Dec
Date: 2013-11-26 12:22:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:407602
CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity Ahmed Boraie will be honored during a forum of regional governmental leaderships of small and medium sized enterprises which Kuwait organizes on December 1, the ministry's spokesman said ....
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Officer, civilian killed in separate attacks in Baghdad
Date: 2013-11-26 12:21:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:407710
BAGHDAD, Nov 26 (MENA) - An Iraqi army officer and a civilian were killed and five more civilians injured in two separate attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday. Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a car of the army officer while it passed in al-Salikh ....
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Ukraine's Tymoshenko on hunger strike backing pro-EU rallies
Date: 2013-11-26 12:19:11 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:74 - ID:407699
KIEV, Nov 26 (MENA) - Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko went on a hunger strike Tuesday in solidarity with thousands of pro-European protesters outraged with the ex-Soviet state's shock decision to scrap a key EU pact, Sky News ....
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Army kills 3 Takfiri elements, arrest 4 others in North Sinai -- military spokesman
Date: 2013-11-26 12:16:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:407736
CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) - The Armed Forces have killed three Takfiri elements and arrested four others in North Sinai, said the military spokesman on Tuesday. In press statements, Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali explained that the move came as part of ....
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Egyptian-Saudi talks to re-operate Suez-Jeddah maritime line
Date: 2013-11-26 12:14:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:407209
SUEZ, Egypt, Nov 26 (MENA) – Egypt and Saudi Arabia mull re-operating the Suez-Jeddah maritime line to transport passengers. The Red Sea Ports Authority said the Egyptian Transport Ministry is holding contacts with Saudi Arabia on re-operating ....
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New approach toward solid waste management to be adopted
Date: 2013-11-26 12:09:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:407323
CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) - Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Leila Iskander said the ministry will adopt a new vision as regards management of the solid waste recycling system in Egypt after having realized that after long years, western ....
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Consumer confidence in economy rose 1.1 points among Egyptians in September
Date: 2013-11-26 12:07:52 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:70 - ID:407701
CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) - Egypt saw consumer confidence increase by 1.1 index points to 101.8 in September from 100.7 in August, according to a report by the Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), a copy of which MENA received Tuesday. The ....
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Indian amb. reviews preparations for 2nd India by the Nile festival
Date: 2013-11-26 12:06:28 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:69 - ID:407534
CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) - Indian ambassador in Cairo Navedeep Suri is reviewing preparations for the second session of the India by the Nile festival due to be held in April 2014. Suri said he was impressed by the great success which the previous ....
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Egyptian presidency denies reports about urging Turkish president to work for amending strained relations
Date: 2013-11-26 12:02:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:407756
CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) - The Egyptian presidency on Tuesday denied reports that it had urged the Turkish president to work for amending strained relations between both countries on the condition that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would ....