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  • Emir of Kuwait receives Azhar Imam, his accompanying delegation

    Emir of Kuwait receives Azhar Imam, his accompanying delegation

    Date: 2014-02-18 11:07:42 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:562105

    Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir received on Tuesday at Bayan Palace visiting Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb and his accompanying delegation. Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir and Deputy Minister of the ....

  • Palestinian preacher to MENA: Aqsa 'red line', Palestine not to give up on it

    Palestinian preacher to MENA: Aqsa 'red line', Palestine not to give up on it

    Date: 2014-02-18 10:49:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:562052

    Preacher of al-Aqsa mosque Ekrema Sabry warned Tuesday the Israeli occupation forces against storming the holy mosque, describing it as a 'red line'. "We will not give up on our rights to the al-Aqsa mosque," Sabry told MENA correspondent, adding ....

  • Ashton condemns terrorist attack on Taba tourist bus

    Ashton condemns terrorist attack on Taba tourist bus

    Date: 2014-02-18 10:35:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:562018

    EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton condemned the terrorist attack on a tourist bus in Sinai which left four people killed, including three Korean tourists, and others injured. In a statement conveyed ....

  • Governments must step up fight against human trafficking, protect victims, prosecute criminals

    Governments must step up fight against human trafficking, protect victims, prosecute criminals

    Date: 2014-02-18 10:31:48 GMT - Austria - International - SN:17 - ID:562007

    Prominent European officials, attending an international conference on anti-trafficking in Vienna, called on governments to intensify the fight against modern-day slavery by taking specific steps to protect victims and prosecute the criminals who ....

  • Interior minister sends missions to Jordan to issue ID cards for Egyptians there

    Interior minister sends missions to Jordan to issue ID cards for Egyptians there

    Date: 2014-02-18 10:28:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:562002

    Interior minister, Mohamed Ibrahim has given the green light to the civil status authority to dispatch technical and legal missions equipped with necessary devices and cameras to countries that have Egyptians who need to issue national ID ....

  • Georgian ambassador condemns terror attack in Taba

    Georgian ambassador condemns terror attack in Taba

    Date: 2014-02-18 10:27:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:561999

    Georgian Ambassador here Archil Dzuliashvili condemned the terror attack on a tourist bus in Taba which claimed the lives of four persons and injured 13 others, asserting that such attack aims at destabilizing Egypt and intimidating people. In ....

  • Ban, Security Council condemn deadly attack on Egyptian tour bus in Sinai

    Ban, Security Council condemn deadly attack on Egyptian tour bus in Sinai

    Date: 2014-02-18 09:57:34 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:561905

    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council have strongly condemned Monday's terrorist attack on a bus in the southern Sinai town of Taba, which reportedly killed four people and wounded many others. In a statement ....

  • Geneva prosecutor says hijacker of Ethiopian plane may be punished by up to 20 years in prison

    Geneva prosecutor says hijacker of Ethiopian plane may be punished by up to 20 years in prison

    Date: 2014-02-18 09:43:55 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:13 - ID:561871

    Geneva prosecutor Olivier Jornot said the co-pilot, who hijacked and forced Ethiopian plane to land in Switzerland, would be charged with taking hostages, a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison in Switzerland, ABC News reported on Monday. ....

  • US State Department slams Taba terror blast

    US State Department slams Taba terror blast

    Date: 2014-02-18 09:21:31 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:561803

    US State Department has condemned the tourist bus blast in the city of Taba that killed four people, including three South Korean tourists, spokeswoman Jen Psaki has said. The US slammed this coward attack, that targeted innocent tourists, Psaki ....

  • 33 arrested in Sinai

    33 arrested in Sinai

    Date: 2014-02-18 09:11:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:561775

    Security forces have arrested 33 fugitives and wanted people in various crimes in North Sinai. As many as 202 traffic violations were reported in the province. This came during a security campaign which targeted the entrances and exits of the ....

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