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Military funeral held for Mabrouk
Date: 2013-11-18 12:55:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:87 - ID:393509
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - A military funeral was held on Monday for the national security sector officer Brigadier Mohamed Mabrouk who was killed on Sunday by unidentified gunmen while leaving his home in Nasr City district in Cairo. The funeral ....
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Arab League chief hails accord ahead of Africa-Arab summit
Date: 2013-11-18 12:55:23 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:393580
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 18 (MENA) - Arab League chief Nabil Arabi on Monday hailed the air of Arab-African accord and harmony seen during the preparatory meetings of a joint summit that will be held later this week in the Kuwaiti capital. In statements ....
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Experts committee to develop Tahrir Square
Date: 2013-11-18 12:53:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:88 - ID:393366
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Cairo Governor Galal Saeed said a committee of architects will be formed to evaluate the artifact submitted for developing the Tahrir Square and a design for the memorial for the martyrs of the January and June ....
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Maliki fears persisting Syrian crisis to extend to neighboring countries
Date: 2013-11-18 12:47:45 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:393405
BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (MENA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki expressed concerns that the persisting Syrian crisis would extend to neighboring countries. In an interview with the Arabic-language Sky News, Maliki, pressed for ending the two-year ....
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Israeli minister says objections to Iran nuclear deal paying off
Date: 2013-11-18 12:37:18 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:393331
GAZA CITY, Nov 18 (MENA) - Amid the Israeli premier's warnings that Israel won't be bound by a bad agreement with Iran, former national security adviser Yaakov Amidror tells Financial Times that Israel could halt Iran’s nuclear capability “for a ....
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Greek patriarch: War on Syria targets Christians
Date: 2013-11-18 12:30:57 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:83 - ID:393278
BEIRUT, Nov 18 (MENA) - Gregorios III Laham, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, condemned the war in Syria, warning that Christians and Christian districts in Syria are being targeted. In a press release Monday, Leham ....
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Arab parliament president to participate in Afro-Arab summit
Date: 2013-11-18 12:23:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:393516
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) – Arab Parliament President Ahmed Jarwan said he will participate in the opening session of the Afro-Arab summit, due to kick off in Kuwait on Tuesday. The parliament's office in Cairo said in a press release Monday that the ....
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Cairo Airport security forces on alert on Mohamed Mahmoud anniversary
Date: 2013-11-18 12:20:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:393514
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) – Security authorities tightened security at Cairo Airport, surrounding companies and the Ministry of Aviation on the anniversary of Mohamed Mahmoud Street incidents. Around 47 protesters were killed during four days of ....
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Libya's Misrata leaderships decide to freeze membership of their representatives in National Congress
Date: 2013-11-18 12:19:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:393386
TRIPOLI, Nov 18 (MENA) - The Misrata local council revealed that it had asked its members in the National Congress to freeze their membership. It said the National Congress (the interim parliament) would be responsible for protecting the residents ....
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Alerts of Dahshour railway crossing were operational -- official
Date: 2013-11-18 12:18:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:393353
CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Alerts at a crossing where a train accident occurred in Dahshour on Sunday were operational as well as a vision light triangle ahead of the crossing, said the railways authority's head Hussein Zakariya on Monday. He blamed ....