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  • N. Korea claims catching S. Korean spy

    Date: 2013-11-07 19:01:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:121 - ID:375608

    SEOUL, Nov 7 (MENA) - North Korea claimed Thursday it caught a South Korean spy who sneaked into the country with the purpose of inciting dissent, the Yonhap News Agency reported. South Korea described the allegations as "preposterous". A ....

  • Park arrives in Brussels for summit with Belgian PM

    Date: 2013-11-07 18:58:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:120 - ID:375545

    BRUSSELS, Nov 7 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrived in Brussels on Thursday for summit talks with Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo and meetings with top European Union leaders, Yonhap News Agency reported. The two-day trip begins ....

  • Syria is world’s most dangerous country for journalists, says activist group

    Date: 2013-11-07 18:56:55 GMT - France - World - SN:119 - ID:375582

    PARIS, Nov 7 (MENA) - Syria is now the world’s most dangerous country for journalists, a Paris-based activist group said on Thursday. According to a Reporters Without Borders tally, more than 110 news providers have been killed in the course of ....

  • Bulgaria 'regrets' having to build border fence with Turkey

    Date: 2013-11-07 18:55:26 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:118 - ID:375557

    SOFIA, Nov 7 (MENA) - Bulgaria “is not happy” having to build a fence on part of its border with Turkey over the ongoing refugee influx, Bulgarian Defense Minister Angel Naydenov has said, according to Sofia News Agency on Thursday. “We are not ....

  • Egypt keen on boosting coop. with Ethiopia – amb.

    Date: 2013-11-07 18:45:36 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:117 - ID:375541

    ADDIS ABABA, Nov 7 (MENA) – Cairo is keen on boosting relations and cooperation with Addis Ababa along with other Nile basin countries, Egyptian Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Eddris said Thursday. The Egyptian diplomat made the remarks in a ....

  • FM invites Spaniards to visit Egypt

    Date: 2013-11-07 18:32:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:116 - ID:375590

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has urged Spaniards to visit Egypt, a secure and open-minded nation that welcomes visitors. In a press conference held after talks with his Spanish counterpart José Manuel García-Margallo ....

  • UN official says Syrian crisis affects Lebanon's stability

    Date: 2013-11-07 18:20:59 GMT - Lebanon - World - SN:115 - ID:375525

    BEIRUT, Nov 7 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly on Thursday said the Syrian crisis was the major effective factor entailing Lebanon's stability, state-run Lebanon's National News Agency reported. Addressing a seminar ....

  • Huge fire contained in cartoon factory in 10th of Ramadan City

    Date: 2013-11-07 18:11:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:114 - ID:375597

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) – Firefighters in Sharqiya on Thursday put out a huge fire that erupted in a cartoon factory in the Tenth of Ramadan City. The fire, which caused no casualties, left huge losses in raw materials. The prosecution ....

  • Final voting on draft constitution live on TV

    Date: 2013-11-07 18:00:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:113 - ID:375560

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) – The final voting on draft constitution amendments will be aired live, the 50-member panel has said on its official face page. The panel now is approving the draft in principle, and then will send the bill to a 10-member ....

  • Prosecutor general refers 40 defendants to court over violence

    Date: 2013-11-07 17:54:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:112 - ID:375533

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat on Thursday referred 40 defendants to the criminal court. The defendants will stand an urgent trial on charges of gathering outside the HQ of Al-Azhar, blazing public and private property ....

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