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  • Health Ministry asserts medical services available for citizens despite partial doctors strike

    Health Ministry asserts medical services available for citizens despite partial doctors strike

    Date: 2014-02-05 12:45:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:538920

    The Ministry of Health asserted on Wednesday that medical services will continue to be offered to all patients in all hospitals and health care units across the country despite partial strike announced by a number of Doctors Syndicate on ....

  • 54 killed, wounded in Baghdad's three bombings

    54 killed, wounded in Baghdad's three bombings

    Date: 2014-02-05 12:35:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:538888

    Three blasts that rocked several sites here have left 21 people killed and 33 others wounded so far, according to a security source. Earlier, the interior ministry said 20 people were killed and 28 others wounded in two blasts near the Iraqi ....

  • FIFA orders Esperance to pay Clottey's $1.4m transfer fee

    FIFA orders Esperance to pay Clottey's $1.4m transfer fee

    Date: 2014-02-05 12:29:54 GMT - Tunisia - Sport - SN:41 - ID:538875

    The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has ordered Tunisian giants Esperance to pay Ghana Premier League side Berekum Chelsea $1.4 million plus five per cent interest relating to the unpaid transfer fee of striker Emmanuel ....

  • MENA launches new free web portal

    MENA launches new free web portal

    Date: 2014-02-05 12:24:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:538799

    The Middle East News Agency (MENA) launched, in cooperation with the European-Arab relations commission in Brussels, a new free of charge web portal on Wednesday that targets millions of internet surfers both inside and outside Egypt. The ....

  • Egypt, Iraq's Kurdistan sign memo of understanding for cultural cooperation

    Egypt, Iraq's Kurdistan sign memo of understanding for cultural cooperation

    Date: 2014-02-05 12:23:04 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:40 - ID:538866

    Egypt and the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan signed on Wednesday a memo of understanding to develop cultural cooperation. The memo, inked by Egyptian Culture Minister Mohamed Saber Arab and Kurdistan Culture Minister Kawa Mahmoud Shakir, ....

  • Rouhani meets new OIC chief

    Rouhani meets new OIC chief

    Date: 2014-02-05 12:15:22 GMT - Iran - International - SN:39 - ID:538842

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met on Wednesday with newly-appointed Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Madani, Fars news agency reported. The two sides took up the Palestinian issue and the Syrian ....

  • 50 ships transit Suez Canal

    50 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-02-05 11:43:44 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:37 - ID:538757

    Fifty ships passed through the Suez Canal on Wednesday carrying a total cargo of 2.991 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 18 vessels with a total cargo of 1.18 million tons, while 32 vessels of the north-bound convoy had a cargo ....

  • AC wins contract worth 83 mn to set up army camp in Equatorial Guinea

    AC wins contract worth 83 mn to set up army camp in Equatorial Guinea

    Date: 2014-02-05 11:17:35 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:35 - ID:538701

    Engineer Ashraf Rateb, the Arab Contractors board member, said that the company has won a contract worth dlrs 83 million to set up an army camp in Equatorial Guinea and the company will establish new premises in the new economic capital of ....

  • Nakhnoukh challenge turned down by court

    Nakhnoukh challenge turned down by court

    Date: 2014-02-05 11:14:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:538691

    Alexandria Criminal Court turned down on Wednesday a challenge filed by Mubarak-era thug Sabri Nakhnoukh to suspend the execution of his 28-year jail sentence. Nakhnoukh, who was convicted of thuggery and unlicensed possession of weapons as well ....

  • Sharqiya security chief denies shooting at Zagaziq security building

    Sharqiya security chief denies shooting at Zagaziq security building

    Date: 2014-02-05 11:07:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:538641

    Sharqiya Security Director Major General Sameh Al-Kilani denied reports that Zagaziq security building came under fire by unknown gunmen riding a motorbike. He made it clear that a gunman riding a motorbike crossed the cement block surrounding ....

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