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  • Fatah: Palestinian leadership forms fact-finding committee on Arafat's death

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:59:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:374821

    RAMALLAH, Nov 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian leadership has formed a fact-finding committee to unravel the mystery shrouding Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death and to hold accountable whoever is responsible if a foul play was proved, Fatah ....

  • Revolutionaries' Alliance rejects anew passing protest bill

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:55:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:374818

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - The Egyptian Revolutionaries' Alliance rejected anew passing the draft law governing protests in Egypt. In a statement on Thursday, the alliance's coordinator, Amer el-Wakil, voiced the resentment of all parties over ....

  • Five wanted criminals arrested in Minya

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:53:46 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:70 - ID:374814

    MINYA, Nov 7 (MENA) - Security forces arrested five persons wanted on charges of storming Deir Mawas Police Station, burning a court and the Public Prosecution's premises and illegally seizing a piece of land in the Upper Egyptian governorate of ....

  • Governors' Council discuss cooking gas cylinder crisis

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:53:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:374825

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - The governors council held a meeting on Thursday to discuss issues of concern to citizens, especially the crisis of butane gas cylinders and price control. Eleven ministers, including those of the interior, environment, ....

  • PCAS head warns of "catastrophic" humanitarian conditions in Gaza Strip

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:52:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:374655

    GAZA CITY, Nov 7 (MENA) – Chairman of the Popular Committee Against Siege on Gaza (PCAS) Jamal el-Khodary cautioned that humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip have reached a "catastrophic" level as a result of the Israeli siege and water and ....

  • Monufia villagers protest against butane crisis

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:48:45 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:67 - ID:374740

    SHEBIN EL-KOM, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) – Dozens of villagers in the Nile Delta city of Monufia protested outside the city council against a shortage of butane cylinders. Residents of Sangelaf and Kafr El-Bagour villages staged a protest Thursday ....

  • French company tasked with developing Cairo-Alex railway signalling system

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:48:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:374739

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - A French company has won a tender to develop the railway signalling system along Cairo-Alexandria line as part of the overall plan to upgrade the railway infrastructure in Egypt and increase safety levels, said Communications ....

  • Archeologist: Placing St Catherine, Abu Mina monasteries on ISESCO list reflects religious tolerance

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:46:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:374652

    CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Abdel-Rahim Rehan, the general manager of research and archaeological studies in Sinai and Lower Egypt, said that the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)'s agreement on putting St Catherine ....

  • Alexandria port receives ferryboat carrying 245 vehicles

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:37:47 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:64 - ID:374648

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Nov 7 (MENA) - A ferryboat arrived at Alexandria port on Thursday carrying 245 vehicles of various brands. The ferryboat, which came from the US, completed custom measures at the harbor easily and the shipment was unloaded, ....

  • Greek police clear former broadcaster ERT's offices

    Date: 2013-11-07 12:25:26 GMT - Greece - World - SN:63 - ID:374663

    ATHENS, Greece, Nov 7 (MENA) – Greek riot police have cleared the headquarters of the former state broadcaster ERT, using tear gas to gain entry and arresting several people, the BBC reported. Police formed a cordon round the building in Athens, ....

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