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MENA agenda for Friday, November 15
Date: 2013-11-15 05:59:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:387690
CAIRO, The so-called National Alliance for supporting legitimacy is planning to organize a rally under the rubric "No for injustice". CAIRO, Deputy Prime Minister Zeyad Bahaa Eddin and Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi along with several ministers ....
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Ghana football team to arrive in Cairo Sunday
Date: 2013-11-14 23:02:09 GMT - Nigeria - Egypt - SN:180 - ID:387644
ABUJA, Nov 14 (MENA) - Ghana have brought forward their arrival in Cairo for the second-leg World Cup playoff against Egypt to be on Sunday, Ghana Soccer news website reported Thursday. The Ghana footballers were scheduled to arrive in the ....
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ETUF condemns attack on striking workers by employer
Date: 2013-11-14 22:58:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:179 - ID:387630
CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - The Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) condemned Thursday an attack on workers of Crystal Asfour factory by their employer after staging a strike to demand improving their financial conditions. The workers were ....
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Army, security forces deployed in Suez after curfew ends
Date: 2013-11-14 22:47:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:178 - ID:387643
SUEZ, Egypt, Nov 14 (MENA) – Army and security forces have been deployed at the entrances and exits of the Suez city after a three-month long curfew has been lifted . The deployment of troops, checkpoints and armored vehicles aims at securing the ....
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Netanyahu unimpressed by reports Iran stops expanding nuclear capacity
Date: 2013-11-14 22:11:51 GMT - Israel - World - SN:177 - ID:387624
GAZA CITY, Nov 14 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he was "not impressed" by reports that Iran has stopped expansion of its uranium-enrichment capacity in the past three months, Jerusalem Post reported. A UN ....
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Hussein Mosque closed; Shia prevented from holding special commemorative rituals
Date: 2013-11-14 22:01:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:176 - ID:387599
CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - Egypt's Ministry of Awqaf (religious endowments) on Thursday closed Al-Hussein Mosque in Cairo to visitors to prevent Shia Muslims from holding special rituals in the mosque during the Ashoura commemorations. Worshipers also ....
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Egypt poised to buy 240,000 tons of wheat from France, Romania
Date: 2013-11-14 21:58:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:175 - ID:387603
CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) – The General Authority for Supply Commodities inked two agreements Tuesday with the French and Romanian governments to buy 240,000 tons of wheat to be delivered on December 15. The government will buy 60,000 tons from ....
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UN thanks Russia for contributing in peacekeeping activities
Date: 2013-11-14 21:39:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:174 - ID:387600
MOSCOW, Nov 14 (MENA) - UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous said Thursday that the United Nations is grateful to Russia for contributing to the peacekeeping activities, Itar-Tass reported. His remarks came at an ....
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Egypt, Russia agree to boost cooperation in youth fields
Date: 2013-11-14 21:21:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:173 - ID:387553
CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) – Deputy youth minister Khaled Telema met Thursday with Russian youth delegation within the framework of fostering bilateral relations in the fields of youth work and exchange of delegations. During the meeting, an agreement ....
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Severe clashes erupt between pro-Morsi protesters, residents in Damanhur
Date: 2013-11-14 21:13:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:172 - ID:387556
DAMANHUR, Egypt, Nov 14 (MENA) – Severe clashes erupted Thursday between pro-deposed president Mohamed Morsi protesters of the Muslim Brotherhood and residents in Damanhur city of Beheira governorate. The confrontations occurred when the ....