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  • Pro and anti-Maduro marches gather thousands in Venezuela

    Pro and anti-Maduro marches gather thousands in Venezuela

    Date: 2014-02-16 09:57:30 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:11 - ID:557882

    Supporters and opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have taken to the streets of the capital, Caracas, in rival marches, the BBC news reported. The demonstrations come at a time of growing political tension in Venezuela. Three ....

  • Sisi, Fahmy's visit to Russia historic -- foreign ministry spokesman

    Sisi, Fahmy's visit to Russia historic -- foreign ministry spokesman

    Date: 2014-02-16 09:27:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:557819

    Foreign Ministry Spokesman Badr Abdel Aaty termed as historic the visit of Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy to Russia. Speaking to channel 1 of the state television on Saturday, Abdel Aaty said the visit is a ....

  • Moscow's stance on Sisi's president bid support for Egypt, people -- FM

    Moscow's stance on Sisi's president bid support for Egypt, people -- FM

    Date: 2014-02-16 09:19:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:557799

    Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's nomination for president represents a message of support from Russia and its people to Egypt, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. In an interview with ....

  • 4 injured in blast of device in Nasr City

    4 injured in blast of device in Nasr City

    Date: 2014-02-16 09:17:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:557796

    Four people were injured in an explosion of a device exploded near an ambulance facility in Cairo's Nasr City on Saturday, the health ministry said. No deaths were reported until now, the ministry said. Earlier, a security source said that a ....

  • Former Iraqi vice-president blames PM Maliki for crisis

    Former Iraqi vice-president blames PM Maliki for crisis

    Date: 2014-02-16 09:07:24 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:557776

    The former vice president of Iraq Tariq al-Hashemi has blamed Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for the country's crisis, the BBC news reported. Iraq has seen a wave of violence in Anbar province, where Sunni militants have fought security force in ....

  • Morsi moved to Cairo for trial in new case -- source

    Morsi moved to Cairo for trial in new case -- source

    Date: 2014-02-16 08:38:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:557711

    Deposed president Mohamed Morsi has been moved to the police academy in Cairo to be tried in a new case over spying charges, said a security source. Morsi was transported by a helicopter from his jail in Borg el-Arab to Cairo, said the source. He ....

  • Misr Textiles workers continue strike for 7th day running, losses put at 20 mn pounds

    Misr Textiles workers continue strike for 7th day running, losses put at 20 mn pounds

    Date: 2014-02-16 08:03:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:557639

    Workers of Misr For Weaving and Textiles Company in Mahala continued Sunday their strike for the seventh day running as they forced a halt of production in all the companies sections demanding the payment of their fourth and last batch of annual ....

  • Russia says third of Afghan Heroin goes to it

    Russia says third of Afghan Heroin goes to it

    Date: 2014-02-16 07:54:45 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:557623

    About a third of heroin produced in Afghanistan enters Russia, a Kremlin official was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying on Sunday. The drugs are either sold in Russia or pass through the country en route to other destinations including Europe, ....

  • Merkel, Hollande mull secure European communication web

    Merkel, Hollande mull secure European communication web

    Date: 2014-02-16 07:46:01 GMT - Germany - International - SN:2 - ID:557601

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced enthusiasm for a secure European network in light of concern about US mass data surveillance. The idea would be to circumvent the need for data to be transferred across the Atlantic, Deutsche Welle‎ ....

  • Comprehensive security plan to secure trial of deposed president Morsi at Police Academy

    Comprehensive security plan to secure trial of deposed president Morsi at Police Academy

    Date: 2014-02-16 07:22:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:557560

    A high-ranking security source at the Ministry of Interior asserted that security bodies in cooperation with the Armed Forces have laid down a comprehensive security plan to secure the trial of deposed president Mohammad Morsi and a number of ....

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