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43 trucks loaded with construction materials enter Gaza Strip
Date: 2013-11-06 19:24:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:141 - ID:373991
AL ARISH, Egypt, Nov 6 (MENA) – Fourty-three trucks loaded with construction materials were allowed Wednesday into the Gaza Strip via Rafah border crossing, an official source said. They included 27 trucks carrying 1350 cubic meters of gravel, 16 ....
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Kerry urges Israel to limit settlements
Date: 2013-11-06 19:23:19 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:373989
GAZA CITY, Nov 6 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel on Wednesday to limit settlement building, an issue that is weighing on Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, The Jerusalem Post reported. "Let me emphasize at this point the ....
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Lawyers take procedures to visit Morsi in jail
Date: 2013-11-06 19:21:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:139 - ID:373987
CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – Lawyers who volunteered to defend deposed president Mohamed Morsi have taken legal procedures to visit him in the Borg Arab jail, west of Alexandria, their coordinator Mohamed Damati said on Wednesday. They want to agree ....
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Security forces find hand grenade in Arish school
Date: 2013-11-06 19:20:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:138 - ID:373988
ARISH, Egypt, Nov 6 (MENA) – Security forces in North Sinai found a hand grenade in the vicinity of an elementary school in Arish, a well-placed security source said. A phrase "Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades", the armed wing of Palestinian group ....
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Suez Canal head denies contracting with Israeli company
Date: 2013-11-06 19:18:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:137 - ID:373986
ISMAILIA, Nov 6 (MENA) - Admiral Mohab Mamish, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, denied media reports claiming that Egypt has contracted with an Israeli company for securing ships in the waterway. "The Armed Forces are the only body ....
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Berlusconi: My woes like Jews had under Hitler
Date: 2013-11-06 19:18:05 GMT - Italy - World - SN:136 - ID:373994
ROME, Nov 6 (MENA) - Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has likened Jewish suffering in Hitler's Germany to what his family feels about his judicial woes, triggering criticism from Italian politicians and Jewish leaders that he is trivializing ....
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Rabaa el-Adaweya mosque to open next week- governor
Date: 2013-11-06 18:48:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:135 - ID:373935
CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – The Rabaa el-Adaweya Mosque in Nasr City, eastern Cairo, will be inaugurated next week, Cairo governor Galal Mustafa said Wednesday. Mustafa said the renovation works have been completed, adding they were not limited to just ....
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FIFA reconsiders decision to allow Egypti hosting Ghana game: Ghanaian website
Date: 2013-11-06 18:47:12 GMT - Ghana - Sports - SN:134 - ID:373792
ACCRA, Nov 6 (MENA) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter said FIFA is reconsidering its decision to allow Egypt to host their World Cup tie against Ghana in Cairo this month after the government of the West African country approached the governing body, ....
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Dutch government taken to court over NSA links
Date: 2013-11-06 18:45:19 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:133 - ID:373793
HAGUE, Nov 6, (MENA) - An alliance of privacy advocates, lawyers and journalists is taking the Dutch government to court over its links to overseas intelligence agencies, ABC news reported. The alliance said Wednesday it is asking the Hague ....
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Greece paralyzed by nationwide strike
Date: 2013-11-06 18:44:30 GMT - Greece - World - SN:132 - ID:373866
ATHENS, Nov 6 (MENA) - The public and the private sectors in Greece are paralyzed Wednesday as trade unions have called a 24-hour nationwide strike, Sophia News Agency reported. The strike is in protest against new tax legislation and fears of ....