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  • Improving living standards "main goal" of government: Housing minister

    Date: 2013-11-09 18:07:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:378291

    BENHA, Egypt, Nov 9 (MENA) – Housing Minister Ibrahim Mehleb underlined that the government seeks to improve the living standards of citizens as far as possible. The improvement of life quality is a basic right of every Egyptian and is the main ....

  • 4 killed, injured in Baghdad

    Date: 2013-11-09 17:58:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:378288

    BAGHDAD, Nov 9 (MENA) - Four people were killed and injured on Saturday when an explosive device went off in southern Baghdad, said a security source. The blast was a result of a sticky bomb that was planted in a car, killing its driver and ....

  • 20 NGOs rejects counter-terrorism draft law

    Date: 2013-11-09 17:53:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:378236

    CAIRO, Nov 9 (MENA) – Twenty NGOs urged the cabinet to reject a draft law submitted by interior ministry in order to combat terrorism. In a press release on Saturday, the organizations warned that approving the counter-terrorism law will legalize ....

  • 5 killed in car accident on Katamyia-Suez highway

    Date: 2013-11-09 17:47:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:78 - ID:378052

    SUEZ, Egypt, Nov 9 (MENA) – Five people were killed and 13 others were injured Saturday in a car accident on Katamyia-Suez highway. The accident occurred when their car overturned after colliding with another on a highway leading to Suez. ....

  • Russian, Turkish foreign ministers urge earliest possible intl forum on Syria - ministry

    Date: 2013-11-09 17:40:43 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:378271

    MOSCOW, Nov 9 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation on Saturday with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, the Voice of Russian reported on Saturday. The two ministers discussed "key issues of ....

  • Source denies western media speculations about contents of deal between Iran, G5+1

    Date: 2013-11-09 17:27:34 GMT - Iran - World - SN:76 - ID:378252

    TEHRAN, Nov 9 (MENA) - An Iranian source dismissed the western media speculations about the contents of a draft deal between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany), calling them an attempt to wage ....

  • Two South Korean parliamentary delegations to visit Iran

    Date: 2013-11-09 17:25:07 GMT - Iran - World - SN:75 - ID:378240

    TEHRAN, Nov 9 (MENA) - An Iranian lawmaker said Saturday two parliamentary delegations from South Korea are expected to arrive in Iran to discuss bilateral relations between Seoul and Tehran, Press TV reported. Hossein Sheikholeslam, advisor to ....

  • Train movement resumed on Tanta-Mansoura line following worker strikes

    Date: 2013-11-09 17:23:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:378251

    TANTA, Egypt, Nov 9 (MENA) – The train movement is back to normal on Tanta-Mansoura line after being disrupted for more than seven hours on Saturday due to strikes staged by workers of Samanoud textile factory. Since the early hours of the day, the ....

  • 6 passengers held for bid to travel to Benghazi by fake Libyan visas

    Date: 2013-11-09 17:12:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:378198

    CAIRO, Nov 9 (MENA) - Cairo Airport authorities arrested six passengers who tried to travel to Libya using forged visas. The passengers had intended to travel to Benghazi on board of an African Airlines plane. The prosecution was notified to open ....

  • Intl terrorism, NATO expansion are main threats to Russia - Shoigu

    Date: 2013-11-09 17:11:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:378233

    MOSCOW, Nov 9 (MENA) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said international terrorism is Russia's main enemy now, the Voice of Russia reported on Saturday. "It may sound banal, but it's actually international terrorism, which exists in ....

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