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  • 3 swine flu cases detected in Qalubiya

    3 swine flu cases detected in Qalubiya

    Date: 2014-02-08 10:57:32 GMT - Egypt - Science - SN:28 - ID:543559

    Three swine cases were detected in Qalubiya on Saturday as panic spread in Banha University Hospital after the death of the first patient at the ICU. Qalubiya Health Ministry Undersecretary Zakariya Abd Rabu said a maximum emergency state was ....

  • 3 militants killed in clashes with Iraqi army in Baghdad

    3 militants killed in clashes with Iraqi army in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-02-08 10:56:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:543491

    Three gunmen, in military uniforms, were killed Saturday in Baghdad in clashes with the Iraqi army, a military source said in a statement. A military force clashed with the militants after receiving a military information about their hideout, ....

  • Interior Minister sacks 10 officers for violating rules of reserve forces

    Interior Minister sacks 10 officers for violating rules of reserve forces

    Date: 2014-02-08 10:10:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:543432

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has sacked 10 bearded police officers for defying rules of reserve forces to which they were moved. The Interior Ministry has repeatedly warned the 10 officers to act by the rules of the reserve forces, a high ....

  • Killers of Qalyoubiya policeman held for 15 days pending probe

    Killers of Qalyoubiya policeman held for 15 days pending probe

    Date: 2014-02-08 09:55:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:543404

    The prosecution office in Qalyoubiya has remanded three unemployed persons in custody for 15 days pending an investigation into the killing of a policeman and possessing unlicensed firearms. The three allegedly shot dead Mohamed Abdel-Qader ....

  • 3 soldiers killed, 18 wounded in vehicle accident in Turkey

    3 soldiers killed, 18 wounded in vehicle accident in Turkey

    Date: 2014-02-08 09:46:30 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:24 - ID:543388

    Three soldiers of the Turkish Armed Forces were killed Saturday and 18 others injured in a military vehicle crash in eastern Turkey, Dogan news agency reported. The military vehicle carrying a group of soldiers turned over near Karahisar village ....

  • Psaki denies discussion of amending API

    Psaki denies discussion of amending API

    Date: 2014-02-08 09:44:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:23 - ID:543382

    Spokesperson for the United States Department of State Jennifer Psaki has ruled out any attempts to amend the Arab Peace Initiative between Israel and the Arab world. "There is not a discussion of amending the API," Psaki said in reply to a ....

  • Intensive patrols in Red Sea's nature reserves targeting illegal fishing boats

    Intensive patrols in Red Sea's nature reserves targeting illegal fishing boats

    Date: 2014-02-08 09:38:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:543369

    The nature reserves in the Red Sea intensified marine patrols in the regions of Coral reefs and islands to arrest illegal fishing boats. The patrols aim at catching fishermen who use forbidden ways in fishing that could harm the fish wealth and ....

  • Egyptian pavilion at Global Village inaugurated

    Egyptian pavilion at Global Village inaugurated

    Date: 2014-02-08 09:16:22 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Culture - SN:21 - ID:543344

    Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim and head of the Congress Party Mohamed el-Orabi inaugurated the Egyptian pavilion at the Global Village in Dubai Saturday. Eighty Egyptian companies are participating in this year's fair to display ....

  • Preparations underway for Karti visit to Egypt -- amb.

    Preparations underway for Karti visit to Egypt -- amb.

    Date: 2014-02-08 08:48:57 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:543302

    Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti is set to visit Egypt mid February, Sudanese Ambassador in Cairo Kamal Hassan Ali said Saturday. Preparations are underway to receive the top diplomat, Ali told "Al Taghyeer" newspaper in Khartoum. He hailed ....

  • Hundreds wounded in Bosnia unrest

    Hundreds wounded in Bosnia unrest

    Date: 2014-02-08 08:38:30 GMT - Bosnia and Herzegovina - International - SN:1 - ID:543125

    Hundreds of people have been injured in three days of protests over high unemployment and perceived inability of politicians to improve the situation, the BBC reported. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to quell unrest in the capital ....

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