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  • England boss Hodgson sends scout to check on Forster amid doubts over Hart

    Date: 2013-11-06 18:43:43 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:131 - ID:373796

    LONDON, Nov 6 (MENA) - Celtic keeper Fraser Forster can stake his claim for the England No 1 jersey by impressing against Ajax tonight as England boss Roy Hodgson has sent a scout to check on the 25-year-old stopper in the Champions League ....

  • Trial of 9 Morsi's supporters in Minya postponed to Thursday

    Date: 2013-11-06 18:34:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:130 - ID:373791

    MINYA, Egypt, Nov 6 (MENA) – A court of first instance in Minya decided to postpone the trial of nine defendants over charges of storming a police station in the southern governorate until Thursday due to the absence of the defendants. The ....

  • Planning, housing ministers discuss development projects

    Date: 2013-11-06 18:32:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:129 - ID:373868

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Planning Minister Ashraf Arabi met on Wednesday with Housing Minister Ibrahim Mehleb. They discussed plans to boost the economy and investment as well as projects to develop the Sinai Peninsula for the 2013-2014 ....

  • Egyptian, Ethiopian ministers meet in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2013-11-06 18:31:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:128 - ID:373839

    ADDIS ABABA, Nov 6 (MENA) – Social Solidarity Minister Ahmed al-Boraie and Egyptian Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Idris met with Ethiopian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Abdul-Fetah Hassen. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the ....

  • Moscow ready to host negotiations between Syrian regime, opposition: diplomat

    Date: 2013-11-06 18:30:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:127 - ID:373865

    MOSCOW, Nov 6 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Wednesday that his country is ready to host negotiations between the Syrian regime and the opposition with international participation. Bogdanov stated that he met a ....

  • Yasser Arafat 'may have been poisoned with polonium'

    Date: 2013-11-06 18:28:36 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:373939

    LONDON, Nov 6 (MENA) - Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with radioactive polonium, the BBC quoted a Swiss forensic report as saying. Arafat's official medical records say he died in 2004 from a stroke resulting from a ....

  • Nigeria president seeks state of emergency extension

    Date: 2013-11-06 18:27:20 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:125 - ID:373795

    ABUJA, Nov 6 (MENA) – Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan asked lawmakers on Wednesday to extend a state of emergency declared in the northeast in May for an additional six months, saying the Islamist insurgency had not yet been contained, Star ....

  • Sniper kills soldier in North Sinai

    Date: 2013-11-06 18:25:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:124 - ID:373933

    EL-ARISH, Nov 6 (MENA) – A sniper shot dead a soldier in the town of Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, security sources said on Wednesday. They added the solider was shot in the head while standing on duty in the town near border with the Gaza Strip. ....

  • Egypt contracts to purchase 60,000 tons of Wheat from Romania

    Date: 2013-11-06 18:24:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:123 - ID:373932

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade has signed a contract to purchase 60,000 tons of wheat from Romania. The supply of wheat will start as of the beginning of December for 10 days, said Mahmoud Diab, the ministry's ....

  • Govt slams Erdogan's remarks as flagrant interference in Egypt's affairs

    Date: 2013-11-06 18:24:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:122 - ID:373840

    CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – The cabinet has denounced Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's statements as a "flagrant interference" in Egypt's domestic affairs and ran counter to the choices of the Egyptian people. The cabinet asserted its keenness on ....

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