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5 suspects arrested over Tanta blasts

Date: 2014-10-17 07:55:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:1142185

Five suspects were arrested Thursday in connection with the blasts that took place earlier on Thursday near el-Sayed el-Badawi shrine in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, a security source said. The arrestees are being interrogated, the source said, ....

Egypt army offers food provisions to Gaza

Date: 2014-10-16 18:15:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:1140721

Supply provisions were presented from the Egyptian Armed Forces to Gaza Strip, an official at Rafah crossing said on Thursday. As many as 200 tons of food supplies and humanitarian assistance were given to the Palestinian people in coordination ....

11 people wounded in Tanta explosions

Date: 2014-10-16 18:14:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:1140709

Eleven people have been wounded in two locally-made explosive charges near el-Sayed el-Badawi Shrine in Tanta, Gharbia province on Thursday. A Security source at the Ministry of Interior said in statements to MENA the blasts smashed the glass ....

Ali Hassan, Khaled el-Badry win MENA board elections

Date: 2014-10-16 16:42:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:1140013

Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Middle East News Agency Ali Hassan and Editor Khaled el-Badri have won MENA's board of directors elections for journalists. Winning for the fourth time in a row, Hassan came in the first place, obtaining 119 votes. ....

UK to deploy armed drones against Daesh in Iraq

Date: 2014-10-16 16:40:04 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:1139973

UK Reaper drones operating in Afghanistan will be redeployed to be used against Daesh militants in Iraq, the government has confirmed, according to the BBC. The armed unmanned aircraft will be increasingly based in the Middle East as they are ....

MENA board chairman: Elections held in atmosphere of freedom

Date: 2014-10-16 16:39:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:1139961

Chief editor and board chairman of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Alaa Haidar said MENA board and general assembly elections Thursday were held in a calm atmosphere. In statements Thursday, Haidar said the voters cast their votes without ....

Arab ministrial delegation, AL chief to visit Gaza next Thursday

Date: 2014-10-16 16:28:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:1139877

Arab League Secretary General Nabil El-Araby is due to visit Gaza next Thursday, the pan-Arab organization announced. The AL chief will be accompanied by a high-ranking ministerial delegation. This visit comes in solidarity with the Gaza ....

Petroleum minister denies existence of fuel crisis in Egypt

Date: 2014-10-16 15:51:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:34 - ID:1139661

Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Sherif Ismail denied the existence of a fuel crisis throughout Egypt's governorates. The fuel shortage was only during Eidul-Adha (Greater Bairam) and ended by pumping large quantities of fuel into gas ....

Libyan parl't speaker denies Egypt's participation in bombing Benghazi

Date: 2014-10-16 15:26:44 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:1139525

Libyan Parliament Speaker Ageila Saleh Eissa denied news that Egyptian military airplanes bombed Islamic militia sites in war-stricken Benghazi. In statements Thursday, Eissa said that the news is totally bare of truth, adding that the Libyan ....

State officials to follow up financial costs of under construction projects - spokesman

Date: 2014-10-16 15:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1139465

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said Thursday each state official should follow up financial details related to projects currently under construction, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef has said. Sisi, during his speech at the celebration ....