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  • Mahlab meets World Bank Group president

    Mahlab meets World Bank Group president

    Date: 2014-08-06 06:38:11 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:860555

    Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met on Tuesday with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on the sidelines of the US-African summit in Washington. They discussed ways of boosting cooperation between Egypt and the bank in the field of ....

  • Lebanese army agrees to 24-hour cease-fire

    Lebanese army agrees to 24-hour cease-fire

    Date: 2014-08-05 17:23:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:860199

    The Lebanese Army Tuesday evening agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian cease-fire to allow the evacuation of wounded civilians and support ongoing efforts to release kidnapped soldiers held by militants in the Bekaa border town of Arsal. The Army ....

  • Rice meets Libyan PM in Washington

    Rice meets Libyan PM in Washington

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:53:39 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:860157

    US National Security Adviser Susan Rice met on Tuesday with Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni at the White House, KUNA news agency reported. A statement released from the White House said the two "discussed the need for strong ....

  • Five MB members arrested over violence charges in Minya

    Five MB members arrested over violence charges in Minya

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:41:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:860138

    Minya security forces launched a large-scale security campaign to arrest suspects involved in attacking police and public facilities in the wake of the dispersal of Muslim Brotherhood's Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Al-Nahdha sit-in camps. The campaign ....

  • Saudi Arabia pledges 80 mn US dollars to Gaza: amb. in Egypt

    Saudi Arabia pledges 80 mn US dollars to Gaza: amb. in Egypt

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:40:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:860134

    Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed Abdel Aziz Al Qattan said on Tuesday that the kingdom pledged 53 million U.S. dollars in aid to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The aid aims at enabling the organization to buy medications and food supplies to help ....

  • Rural areas need more attention: Nour Party

    Rural areas need more attention: Nour Party

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:38:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:860132

    Nour Party head Younes Makhioun has called on the Egyptian government to pay more attention to the poor rural areas nationwide. Makhioun said such areas have been neglected for many years and lack the basic services and infrastructure. He ....

  • Interior Ministry launches campaigns against criminal hotbeds across Egypt

    Interior Ministry launches campaigns against criminal hotbeds across Egypt

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:37:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:860130

    The Interior Ministry has launched during the past 48 hours security campaigns against criminal hotbeds across Egypt. The campaigns covered the governorates of Qena, Minya, Assiut, Fayyoum, Menoufiya, Sharqiya, Daqahliya, Qalubiya, Port Said ....

  • Man arrested after 'hoax bomb threat' on Qatar Airways flight

    Man arrested after 'hoax bomb threat' on Qatar Airways flight

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:36:38 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:42 - ID:860127

    A suspected hoax bomber was arrested at Manchester Airport today after an RAF fighter jet was scrambled to intercept a flight from Qatar, Mail online said Tuesday. Concerns were raised about Qatar Airways flight QR23, which was flying to ....

  • Jordan to continue efforts to stop Israeli aggression on Gaza:FM

    Jordan to continue efforts to stop Israeli aggression on Gaza:FM

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:35:29 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:860126

    Jordan will continue efforts and contacts with Arab and world leaders to stop the Israeli aggression on Gaza, its Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said on Tuesday. The Jordanian top diplomat stressed that the perfect solution to stop this ....

  • Jordanian king, Lebanese PM confer on latest developments in ME

    Jordanian king, Lebanese PM confer on latest developments in ME

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:34:58 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:860124

    Jordanian King Abdullah II conferred on phone Tuesday with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam on the latest developments in the Middle East and means to boost bilateral ties. The conversation also took up efforts exerted to face the ....

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