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  • Concentration on Rafah crossing closure to hold Egypt responsible for Gaza blockade: source

    Concentration on Rafah crossing closure to hold Egypt responsible for Gaza blockade: source

    Date: 2014-07-21 15:43:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:838898

    Concentration on the closure of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt as the only exit for Gaza is meant to hold Egypt responsible for the blockade imposed on the Strip, a well informed source has said. The source said in ....

  • Qadomi to MENA: Israel's offensive in Gaza unprecedented

    Qadomi to MENA: Israel's offensive in Gaza unprecedented

    Date: 2014-07-21 15:42:24 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:838894

    Member of Fattah Movement Najib al-Qadomi said on Monday that the Israeli onslaught on Gaza is unprecedented. He told MENA correspondent here that the Palestinian people will not surrender whatever the sacrifices they offer, adding that what ....

  • 5 MB members arrested over attacking police station in Qalyubia

    5 MB members arrested over attacking police station in Qalyubia

    Date: 2014-07-21 15:40:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:838886

    Security forces arrested on Monday five elements of the Muslim Brotherhood in Khanka Neighborhood of Qalyubia governorate. They are accused of attacking Abu Zabal police station during an MB rally that was staged last week in Qalyubia as well ....

  • EGX loses EGP 3 bln; index down 1.22%

    EGX loses EGP 3 bln; index down 1.22%

    Date: 2014-07-21 15:39:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:40 - ID:838884

    The Egyptian Exchange indexes closed Monday down as the market capital lost EGP 3 billion to settle at 488.85 billion. During today's trading, benchmark index EGX 30 went down by 1.22 percent to 8,471.15 points. The broader EGX 70 index of ....

  • Victims of revolution children exempted from paying study fees - minister

    Victims of revolution children exempted from paying study fees - minister

    Date: 2014-07-21 15:39:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:838883

    Education Minister Mahmoud Abul Nasr met with Secretary General of the National Council for the Care of Martyrs’ Families and the Injured of the Revolution Sayed Abo Beih to activate a decision pertaining to exempting the children of the victims of ....

  • Qanater Deirot to be renovated - minister

    Qanater Deirot to be renovated - minister

    Date: 2014-07-21 15:38:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:838882

    Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi announced the beginning of the replacement and renovation work at Qanater Deirot with a total cost of 428 million pounds. The renovation process will be carried out via a loan offered by ....

  • 23 MBs acquitted of riots charges in Beheira

    23 MBs acquitted of riots charges in Beheira

    Date: 2014-07-21 12:08:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:838169

    Damanhour Criminal Court acquitted on Monday 23 members of the Muslim Brotherhood of charges of setting fire to Beheira City Hall following the dispersal of Rabaa and Nahda sit-in camps in late August. The prosecution has accused them of inciting ....

  • Trial of activists involved in raiding Raml police station adjourned to Oct.13

    Trial of activists involved in raiding Raml police station adjourned to Oct.13

    Date: 2014-07-21 12:05:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:838419

    Raml Misdemeanor Court on Monday adjourned to October 13 the trial of 10 activists and two lawyers who are involved in attacking Raml police station to set some detainees free. The activists are facing charges of attacking a police facility to ....

  • Iran urges Muslims active role on Gaza

    Iran urges Muslims active role on Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-21 11:56:30 GMT - Iran - International - SN:36 - ID:838406

    Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has called on Muslim countries to play an active role in helping end the killing of innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli regime. In a telephone conversation with his Omani counterpart Sheikh ....

  • Netanyahu pledges to carry on operations in Gaza till calm is restored in Israel

    Netanyahu pledges to carry on operations in Gaza till calm is restored in Israel

    Date: 2014-07-21 11:54:24 GMT - Israel - International - SN:35 - ID:838404

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised "to complete Gaza operations "to restore calm to the south, central Israel and the rest of the country.", Israel Radio reported. Netanyahu's message was made Sunday night in a press conference he ....

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