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  • 7 MB members arrested in Alex

    7 MB members arrested in Alex

    Date: 2014-07-16 15:56:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:830743

    Seven Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members were arrested Wednesday in different places here. One of them was nabbed with a large amount of bombs and bullets in his possession. The others were arrested for planning to stage illegal protests in ....

  • AL chief welcomes election of Iraqi parliament speaker

    AL chief welcomes election of Iraqi parliament speaker

    Date: 2014-07-16 15:55:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:830755

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi welcomed on Wednesday the election of Selim el-Jabouri as the speaker of the Iraqi parliament. In a statement, Arabi lauded the political will of the Iraqi national powers, saying this is an important ....

  • Killer, raper of Minya girl referred to Mufti

    Killer, raper of Minya girl referred to Mufti

    Date: 2014-07-16 15:54:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:830754

    Minya Criminal Court referred on Wednesday the death sentence of the killer and the rapper of a five-year-old girl child in Minya to the Mufti of the country to take his opinion. As per the Egyptian law, all death sentences should be first ....

  • Suez Canal revenues up by 6.6% in May

    Suez Canal revenues up by 6.6% in May

    Date: 2014-07-16 15:27:56 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:54 - ID:830706

    Revenues of the Suez Canal rose by 6.6 percent in May compared to April to hit 471.7 million dollars, according to a report by the Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center on Wednesday. On an annual base, the proceeds jumped 7.7 percent ....

  • Gaza groups fire rockets at Israel

    Gaza groups fire rockets at Israel

    Date: 2014-07-16 15:26:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:830698

    Palestinian groups fired rockets at Israeli cities in a response to Israel's ongoing onslaught on the Gaza Strip. Ezz El-Din El-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, fired 10 Grad rockets at the Israeli city of Ashkelon, four rockets at ....

  • AL consultative meeting on Libya concluded

    AL consultative meeting on Libya concluded

    Date: 2014-07-16 15:23:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:830696

    Arab League (AL) permanent delegates concluded Wednesday a consultative meeting on the latest developments in Libya. The meeting came upon a request by Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi and his envoy to Libya Nasser Al-Qudwah. The meeting ....

  • No criminal suspicions in drowning of 11 Copts in Ras Ghareb - Minya Diocese

    No criminal suspicions in drowning of 11 Copts in Ras Ghareb - Minya Diocese

    Date: 2014-07-16 15:21:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:830693

    There are no criminal suspicions about the death of 11 Copts, who drowned in the waters of the Red Sea off Ras Ghareb shores near Safaga yesterday, said Minya Coptic Diocese. In a statement Wednesday, the Church further said that thousands of ....

  • Egypt minister says UNDP-funded projects to help in protecting environment

    Egypt minister says UNDP-funded projects to help in protecting environment

    Date: 2014-07-16 15:20:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:830691

    Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy stressed the importance of exploiting projects funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in enacting laws that protect the environment and raising environmental awareness. He made his comments in a ....

  • SEC decides to start preparations for parliamentary elections

    SEC decides to start preparations for parliamentary elections

    Date: 2014-07-16 15:19:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:830689

    Official Spokesman for the Supreme Electoral Commission Medhat Idris said that the panel decided during today's meetings to discuss preparations for the upcoming parliamentary polls. In statements following the first meeting of the panel ....

  • 163 MB members referred to criminal court over killing 29 people in Alex.

    163 MB members referred to criminal court over killing 29 people in Alex.

    Date: 2014-07-16 15:18:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:830687

    Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat decided to refer 163 persons, mostly Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members, including five runaways, to Alexandria Criminal Court over charges of the deliberate murder of 29 people and the attempted murder of another ....

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