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  • 13 Brotherhood members sentenced to 2 years in jail over Mokattam clashes

    13 Brotherhood members sentenced to 2 years in jail over Mokattam clashes

    Date: 2014-02-15 11:29:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:556499

    Thirteen members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group have been sentenced to two years in prison over having been convicted of committing violent acts against peaceful protesters. The prosecution accused them of showing force, terrorizing ....

  • Transport ministry coordinates with security bodies to control railway stations, underground metro - minister

    Transport ministry coordinates with security bodies to control railway stations, underground metro - minister

    Date: 2014-02-15 11:17:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:556466

    The Transport Ministry is maintaining coordination with the police to control any protest at the railway stations and the underground, which transport more than 4.5 million passengers daily. In an interview with MENA Saturday, Transport Minister ....

  • Washington urges Moscow to add more pressure on Damascus

    Washington urges Moscow to add more pressure on Damascus

    Date: 2014-02-15 11:14:01 GMT - Russia - International - SN:29 - ID:556458

    The United States called on Russia to press Syria to engage into the peace talks in Geneva that will continue on Saturday, the Ria Novosti reported. Senior US and Russian officials have traded accusations this week over who is to blame for the ....

  • Jordanian Interior Ministry denies new entry measures for Egyptians

    Jordanian Interior Ministry denies new entry measures for Egyptians

    Date: 2014-02-15 11:12:16 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:556454

    No new measures have been adopted to regulate Egyptians' entry into Jordan from border terminals, said the spokesman for the Interior Ministry. The Egyptian community in Jordan has all the respect, Ziyad el-Zoabi told MENA correspondent in Amman ....

  • 5 killed, injured as booby-trapped car exploded in Iraq

    5 killed, injured as booby-trapped car exploded in Iraq

    Date: 2014-02-15 11:05:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:556090

    Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and another one was injured when a booby-trapped car, targeting a military patrol, went off in northern Tikrit, some 170 km north of Baghdad. A booby-trapped car, parked on the side of the road in northern Tikrit, ....

  • Lebanese gov't formation to be announced later in the day

    Lebanese gov't formation to be announced later in the day

    Date: 2014-02-15 10:17:52 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:556341

    Nafez Qawas, the Media official of the Lebanese acting premier said the Lebanese government formation will be declared soon after the end of a meeting between Lebanese President Michele Soliman and Acting Premier Tamam Sallam. In statements on ....

  • Tightened security in Qalyoubiya ahead of trial of 48 MB leaders

    Tightened security in Qalyoubiya ahead of trial of 48 MB leaders

    Date: 2014-02-15 09:59:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:556297

    Security measures have been tightened in Qalyoubiya governorate ahead of the third session in the trial of 48 Muslim Brotherhood leaders, including general guide Mohamed Badie, on charges of blocking the Delta road. Two persons had been killed ....

  • Pelé arrives to Egypt

    Pelé arrives to Egypt

    Date: 2014-02-15 09:57:49 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:25 - ID:556294

    Brazilian football legend Pelé arrived in Cairo Saturday on a visit to Egypt to celebrate the second season of the Copa CocaCola. A friendly game will be played between the Egyptian and Brazilian Copa CocaCola teams, and Pelé will kick-off the ....

  • Large number of elements from Daash group killed in eastern Fallujah

    Large number of elements from Daash group killed in eastern Fallujah

    Date: 2014-02-15 09:34:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:556235

    Large number of elements from “Dulat al-Islam fi al-Iraq wal-Sham” or “the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria” (Daash up), were killed on Saturday, the Anbar Operations Command announced. In a statement, the command said that several ....

  • Unidentified persons set fire to private car of police officer

    Unidentified persons set fire to private car of police officer

    Date: 2014-02-15 09:27:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:556212

    A number of unidentified persons have set fire to the private car of police officer Mohamed Magdi Abdel-Fattah. The car was parked outside his house on Saturday when the unidentified persons poured diesel oil over it and set it on fire. Flames ....

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