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  • Ethiopia says renaissance dam to produce electricity by 2015

    Date: 2013-11-05 22:37:50 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:104 - ID:372328

    ADDIS ABABA, Nov 5 (MENA) – Ethiopian National Coordination Office for the renaissance dam announced Tuesday that the giant dam will start generating electricity next year. Ethiopia is finalizing preparation to start generating 700mw electricity ....

  • Cabinet to discuss raft of important files

    Date: 2013-11-05 22:13:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:103 - ID:372308

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) – Egypt's cabinet will hold a meeting Wednesday to discuss a raft important files, including security, and price control in the Egyptian markets. The meeting is set to discuss outcome of a meeting held by the tripartite ....

  • Abbas briefs Polish counterpart on peace process

    Date: 2013-11-05 21:29:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:372272

    RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas briefed Tuesday his Polish counterpart Bronisław Komorowski on the latest developments in the peace process, WAFA reported Speaking at a joint press conference, Abbas said he briefed ....

  • Brahimi voices hope to hold Geneva 2 conf. before end of 2013

    Date: 2013-11-05 21:19:10 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:372258

    GENEVA, Nov 5 (MENA) - The UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on Tuesday said that no date has been set for Syrian peace talks in Geneva, voicing hope they would start before the end of 2013. Speaking to reporters after a raft of ....

  • Turkish PM defends plan to do away with mixed-sex dorms

    Date: 2013-11-05 20:57:16 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:100 - ID:372259

    ANKARA, Nov 5 (MENA) - Turkey's conservative Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday defended a plan to do away with mixed-sex dorms which has sparked an uproar in the mainly Muslim but staunchly secular country, France 24 reported. "We ....

  • Iran's FM say nuclear accord ‘possible this week’s

    Date: 2013-11-05 20:52:37 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:372222

    PARIS, Nov 5 (MENA) - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday that an agreement with the international community over the country’s nuclear program could be reached at talks in Geneva later this week. A deal to end the standoff ....

  • Afghan bombing kills coalition soldier- NATO

    Date: 2013-11-05 20:07:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:98 - ID:372170

    KABUL, Nov 5 (MENA) - NATO said Tuesday a suicide vehicle bomb has killed a member of the international coalition in southern Afghanistan, ABC News reported. The attack was the second death this month of a member in the NATO-led coalition. In ....

  • Israeli minister: Jerusalem is not up for negotiation, city will never be divided

    Date: 2013-11-05 20:07:14 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:372221

    GAZA CITY, Nov 5 (MENA) – Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said Tuesday that the issue of Jerusalem is not on the table in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians because the city will never be divided, The Jerusalem Post ....

  • Gharbia governor appoints new head of Mahalla city council

    Date: 2013-11-05 20:06:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:96 - ID:372200

    TANTA, Nov 5 (MENA) – Gharbia governor Mohamed Abdel Naim decided on Tuesday to appoint Ahmed el-Shenawi as head of Mahalla city council, replacing Maj. Gen. Qassem Shehata, who was excluded from his post for failure to perform his duties. There ....

  • Kremlin announces Netanyahu visit

    Date: 2013-11-05 20:05:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:95 - ID:372169

    MOSCOW, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Kremlin press service announced Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 20, Itar-Tass reported. Netanyahu will arrive in Moscow on a brief working visit on ....

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