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Kuwait asserts its support to the Palestinian people
Date: 2013-11-12 13:30:16 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:382249
KUWAIT, Nov 12 (MENA) - Kuwait reiterated its full support for the Palestinian people's struggle to regain all their legitimate political rights including establishing an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital. The remark came in a ....
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Court upholds government decision extending state of emergency
Date: 2013-11-12 13:28:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:382876
CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - The Administrative Court of the State Council on Tuesday upheld a decision extending the state of emergency in Egypt for two months more. The current state of emergency ends on Thursday. The court turned down a complaint ....
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Sudan's Umma Party rejects cooperation with oppsition alliance
Date: 2013-11-12 13:27:16 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:382319
KHARTOUM, Nov 12 (MENA) - Sudan's Umma Party reiterated its rejection of cooperation with the opposition alliance, saying their visions are not the same. In statements on Tuesday, spokesperson of Umma Party's political office Abdul Hamid al-Fadl ....
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Azhar Grand Imam asserts necessity of respecting religious sanctity
Date: 2013-11-12 13:25:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:382882
CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb on Tuesday underlined the necessity of respecting Islamic sanctity and religious symbols. At a meeting with Dutch Ambassador here Gerard Steeghs, he added that al-Azhar is keen ....
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51 vessels transit Suez Canal
Date: 2013-11-12 13:22:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:382850
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Nov 12 (MENA) - Fifty-one ships transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of 2.753 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 26 ships, carrying 1.201 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 25 ....
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UN launches $301 million Philippines typhoon aid appeal
Date: 2013-11-12 13:21:54 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:382885
GENEVA, Nov 12 (MENA) - The United Nations on Tuesday began an appeal for almost a third of a billion dollars in aid to help people hit by the huge typhoon that raked the Philippines last week, France 24 reported. "We've just launched an action ....
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Kuwaiti Emir receives message from Comoros president
Date: 2013-11-12 13:20:17 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:382619
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 12 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Tuesday Vice President of Comoros Mohamed Ali Soilihi, who handed him a message from President Ikililou Dhoinine. The message tackled relations between ....
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Egyptian-Italian green trade project to be launched
Date: 2013-11-12 13:19:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:382849
CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour revealed that a green trade project, devised within the framework of a debt swap program between Egypt and Italy, will be implemented at a value of EGP 54.9 million. The ....
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Sisi attends part of Air Defense drill
Date: 2013-11-12 13:15:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:382887
CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Defense Minister Colonel General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attended on Tuesday part of a drill conducted by one of the Air Defense formations. It is being implemented as part of annual training of the Egyptian Armed ....
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Nasr Party's head calls for prioritizing Egypt's interests
Date: 2013-11-12 13:08:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:382715
CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Head of the Sufi Nasr Party Mohamed Salah Zayed urged all Egyptians to place the country's high interests above any partisan or personal considerations. Zayed said that Egypt is passing through difficult times so all ....