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Presidency declares 3 days of mourning over Dahshour train victims
Date: 2013-11-20 20:35:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:182 - ID:398384
CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) – Interim President Adly Mansour declared a three-day mourning period Wednesday over the 37 victims of Dahsour train who died on Monday. The presidency also extended condolence to the families of the victims. Twenty-seven ....
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Afghan officials in Pakistan to meet Taliban
Date: 2013-11-20 20:34:44 GMT - Pakistan - Egypt - SN:181 - ID:398346
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (MENA) - Pakistani and Afghan officials said Wednesday that members of an Afghan delegation tasked with holding peace talks with the Taliban are in Pakistan to meet with the group's former deputy leader in an attempt to breathe ....
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Obama awards Medal of Freedom to Clinton, Oprah, others
Date: 2013-11-20 20:33:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:180 - ID:398331
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama awarded Wednesday the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the nation's highest civilian honor - to former President Bill Clinton, iconic talk show host Oprah Winfrey and 14 others, CNN ....
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Death toll of Baghdad explosion rises to 15
Date: 2013-11-20 20:13:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:179 - ID:398324
BAGHDAD, Nov 20 (MENA) - The death toll of a deadly bombing in southern Baghdad rose to 15. A blast occurred when a bomb car went off in popular café in the the densely populated Baiyaa district. In a separate accident earlier, a roadside bomb ....
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Kuwait Emir reiterates support for Egypt: presidency
Date: 2013-11-20 20:11:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:178 - ID:398350
CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) – Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah asserted Wednesday solidarity with Egyptian people, Egypt Presidential Spokesman Ehab Badawi said. During his visit to Kuwait where he attended the third Afro-Arab ....
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Georgia's parliament approves new Prime Minister
Date: 2013-11-20 20:09:42 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:177 - ID:398394
KUTAISI, Nov 20 (MENA) - The parliament of Georgia has approved a new prime minister — 31-year-old Irakli Gharibashvili, who has headed the country's police forces as interior minister for the past year, ABC News reported Wednesday. He was the ....
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Rockets hit Naher al-Kabir River in Lebanon
Date: 2013-11-20 19:40:40 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:176 - ID:398347
BEIRUT, Nov 20 (MENA) – Lebanon's northern border towns were subject of several rockets that landed Wednesday near Nahr al-Kabir River in Akkar, 65 Kilometers north of Beirut. Two mortar shells, launched from the Syrian side, fell in the town of ....
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Presidency declares 3 days of mourning over Sinai martyrs
Date: 2013-11-20 19:40:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:175 - ID:398321
CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Interim President Adly Mansour declared Wednesday a three-day mourning period over the martyrs of the Armed Forces and police. The presidency promised to retaliate for those martyrs and to stem terrorism and extremism from ....
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Tunisian President offers condolences over Rafah attack victims
Date: 2013-11-20 19:37:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:174 - ID:398348
CAIRO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Wednesday offered condolences over the victims of a deadly attack in Sinai, which left at least ten soldiers dead. A presidential press statement said that Marzouki affirmed to ....
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Yemen reinforces security after car bomb explosion in Sanaa
Date: 2013-11-20 19:29:17 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:173 - ID:398241
SANAA, Nov 20 (MENA) - The Yemeni police reinforced security measures on Wednesday following a car bomb explosion in Sanaa. A security source said that police forces and ambulances rushed to the area after the explosion, which took place near the ....
