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UAE PM calls for intellectual confrontation against Daesh

Date: 2014-10-18 09:32:03 GMT - Austria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1147645

UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashed al-Maktoum has said that confronting Daesh should not be with missiles and bombs alone. An intellectual confrontation remains the strongest weapon countries could use against barbaric extremism, Sheikh ....

Asia-Pacific Philippine rebels free German hostages

Date: 2014-10-18 09:30:12 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:7 - ID:1147625

Two German hostages have been freed by the Abu Sayyaf group in the southern Philippines, according to ABC News. An Abu Sayyaf spokesman told a local radio station that they had been freed after the payment of a ransom of $5.6m. ....

Army engineering authority: 1st ship crosses New Suez Canal Aug 6

Date: 2014-10-18 08:27:30 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:1147229

On August 6, 2015, the first ship will cross the New Suez Canal, says chairman of Egypt's Engineering Authority Emad el-Alfi. Major steps have been taken that helped shrink the timetable set for the project by 66 percent, Alfi told Kuwait's "Al ....

MENA concerned about debate between NYT and Ahram over misstated excerpts of NYT article

Date: 2014-10-18 08:26:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:1147221

The Middle East News Agency (MENA) is deeply concerned about the ongoing debate between The New York Times and Egypt's Al-Ahram regarding misstated excerpts of an NYT article. In a statement Saturday, MENA said it regrets attempts to drag the ....

UNSC condemns Daesh attacks in Iraq

Date: 2014-10-18 07:25:22 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:1146765

Members of the UN Security Council have unanimously condemned Daesh attacks in Iraq. Issued Friday, a UNSC statement condemned " the vicious string of suicide, vehicle-borne, and other attacks in Baghdad and surrounding provinces over the past ....

Security chief denies bomb found on Heliopolis tram rods

Date: 2014-10-17 21:48:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:1146341

Assistant Cairo security chief Maj. Gen. Ali El Demerdash on Friday denied media reports that a bomb was defused on the Heliopolis tram rods. El Demerdash told MENA that the civil defense department received a report that there was a bomb on the ....

Sudan not to sign Entebbe agreement in current form: Minster

Date: 2014-10-17 21:44:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:1146333

Sudanese Electricity Minister Moataz Moussa said Friday Khartoum will not sign the current version of the Entebbe agreement that was signed by the Nile Basin countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania in 2010. Three points of ....

4 fugitives arrested in N. Sinai

Date: 2014-10-17 21:34:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:1146313

North Sinai security forces arrested on Friday four fugitives, a security source said. Four supply cases were seized, the source added The bodies concerned were notified. ....

Nour Party urges fair division of electoral constituencies

Date: 2014-10-17 21:29:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:1146297

Salafi Nour Party called on Friday for fair representation of all provinces in the new electoral constituencies. The division of the constituencies should comply with article no. 102 of the constitution, head of the party's legal committee Talaat ....

"Religious minority" term not applicable in Egypt: Mufti

Date: 2014-10-17 14:15:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:1144561

Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam on Friday said that "religious minority" as a term has never been acknowledged in Egypt. Delivering Friday's sermon in Sedy Ahmed el-Badawi Mosque in the Delta city of Gharbiya, Allam said that Egyptians are not ....