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Clashes renewed in Northern Lebanon

Date: 2013-10-31 15:04:15 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:103 - ID:364407

BEIRUT, Oct 31 (MENA) - Clashes renewed in Jabal Mohsen and Bab Al-Tibana amid heavy deployments by forces of the Lebanese army. A Lebanese soldier was injured by a detonated atrillery shell in Tripoli's Talaat Al-Amri area. The Lebanese army ....

Mansour wraps up UAE visit

Date: 2013-10-31 14:56:25 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Egypt - SN:102 - ID:364363

ABU DHABI, Oct 31 (MENA) – Egypt's Interim President Adly Mansour wrapped up a two-day visit to the UAE as part of a regional tour. During the visit, Mansour had talks with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. WAM news agency said ....

27 of Azhar university students detained for 15 days pending investigations

Date: 2013-10-31 14:54:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:101 - ID:364369

CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat decided Thursday to detain 27 students from Al-Azhar University for 15 days pending investigations over storming the university's administration building yesterday. Barakat also ordered to ....

UAE crown prince meets Egypt interim president

Date: 2013-10-31 14:44:13 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Egypt - SN:100 - ID:364370

ABU DHABI, Oct 31 (MENA) - Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a meeting Thursday with Egypt's Interim President Adly Mansour, who is currently on a visit ....

Court dismisses appeal by Ahly fans on custody order

Date: 2013-10-31 14:42:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:99 - ID:364391

CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) – A Cairo court turned down an appeal by 25 Ahly fans against an order by the prosecution to hold them in custody pending investigation over riot charges. On October 14, clashes erupted at Cairo airport between the ....

UN expresses concern about repeated clashes in Tripoli

Date: 2013-10-31 14:40:40 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:364368

BEIRUT, Oct 31 (MENA) – United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly expressed concern regarding the recurrence of armed clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. The temporary halt of violence in Tripoli is not enough. ....

Russia denounces Israel settlement plan

Date: 2013-10-31 14:36:27 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:364241

MOSCOW, Oct 31 (MENA) – Russia condemned the Israeli regime's plan to build 1,500 new illegal settler units in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), Press TV reported. "Israel has announced its plans to build 1,500 homes in the Ramat Shlomo housing ....

Agriculture ministry seeks to achieve growth rate by 4.1 percent - minister

Date: 2013-10-31 14:35:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:96 - ID:364112

CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - The Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ministry aims to achieve about 4.1 percent growth in the agriculture production, said Minister Ayman Farid Abu-Hadid. This came in a speech delivered on the minister's behalf by ....

Barbara Berlusconi to focus on AC Milan, not politics

Date: 2013-10-31 14:20:21 GMT - Italy - Sports - SN:95 - ID:363931

MILANO, Oct 31 (MENA) – Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi, stated that she will not look to walk in her father’s footsteps and enter politics but instead focus on the Rossoneri, forzaitalianfootball.com ....

Nile water level registers 175.99 meters

Date: 2013-10-31 14:06:43 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:94 - ID:364105

CAIRO, Oct 31 (MENA) - The Nile water level recorded 175.99 meters on Thursday. Water released from Aswan Dam reached 135 million cubic meters, while the quantity of water arriving freshly at Lake Nasser today amounted to 135 million cubic ....