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Brazil 'ready' for football World Cup, says Rousseff
Date: 2014-06-11 08:22:34 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:12 - ID:772021
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says her country is ready, on and off the pitch, for the football World Cup which starts on Thursday, the BBC reported Wednesday. In a TV address, she said "the pessimists" had been defeated by the determination ....
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Obama congratulates Israel’s new president-elect
Date: 2014-06-11 08:15:56 GMT - Israel - International - SN:11 - ID:772001
US President Barack Obama has congratulated Reuven Rivlin on his election as the next President of Israel, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. “Over more than six decades, the United States and Israel have developed a unique relationship based ....
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Egyptian-Azeri relations strategic - official
Date: 2014-06-11 08:10:32 GMT - Azerbaijan - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:771992
Spokesman for the Azeri Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev termed his country's relations with Egypt as strategic. Azerbaijan was among the earliest Soviet Union states to open an embassy in Cairo in 1994, he told MENA Wednesday. Egypt deserves ....
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US officials hold talks in Cairo on boosting bilateral relations
Date: 2014-06-11 07:31:39 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:771913
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that talks by US State Department's Counselor Thomas Shannon and Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State David Throne in Cairo with Egyptian officials on Tuesday come as completion to previous talks ....
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Rouhani's visit helps expand ties- Turkish president
Date: 2014-06-11 07:30:23 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:771907
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday that Iranian President Hassan Rouhan's visit to Turkey helped accelerating expansion of relations between the two countries, IRNA reported. He made the remarks in a meeting with Rohani, Iranian and ....
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Hamas denies Abu Marzouq's remarks on Gaza employees' salaries
Date: 2014-06-11 07:21:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:771896
he Islamic Hamas Movement denied remarks attributed to the movement's political bureau Chief Moussa Abu Marzouq on paying the salaries of Gaza employees and openning banks on Wednesday. These statements are false and baseless, the movement said ....
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Egypt supports Palestinians under unity gov't: amb.
Date: 2014-06-11 07:17:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:771887
Egypt's ambassador to Palestine said on Tuesday that Egypt supports the Palestinian people under the unity government and their sole legitimate representative the "Palestinian Liberation Organization" (PLO). Wael Nassr Eddin said that the ....
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2 bombs defused in N. Sinai
Date: 2014-06-11 06:37:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:771827
North Sinai bomb disposal unit defused two bombs planted in Skiekh Zwaid and Rafah areas. Residents spotted the devices and informed the police who rushed to the sites, cordoned them off and successfully defused the bombs, a security source ....
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Abusahmain named Libya's army chief
Date: 2014-06-11 06:19:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:771799
Libya's General National Congress (GNC) President Nouri Abusahmain has been elected the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. Abusahmain, who received 59 votes out of 95, will continue in office until the election of the new Council of ....
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Iraqi deputy premier calls on Egyptian companies to invest in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-11 06:06:21 GMT - Iraq - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:771778
Iraq's deputy prime minister for energy affairs Hussein Al-Shehrestani urged Egyptian companies to invest in Iraqi markets to help the country in its reconstruction process. His remarks came during his meeting with visiting Egypt's assistant ....
