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Algerian police disperse march led by Belhadj

Date: 2014-07-11 15:33:33 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:822677

ALGIERS, July 11 (MENA) – Algerian police dispersed on Friday a march organized by prominent figure of the banned Islamic Salvation Front Ali Belhadj. The march was launched from different districts of the Algerian Capital. It is reported that the ....

Shokry meets Maliki, Shahristani to discuss Iraqi crisis

Date: 2014-07-11 15:20:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:822664

BAGHDAD/CAIRO, July 11 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry met on Friday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and acting Foreign Minister Hussain al-Shahristani on his current visit to Baghdad. During the meetings, Shokry reviewed ....

4 suspects arrested in Minya over involvement in riots

Date: 2014-07-11 15:18:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:822680

MINYA, Egypt, July 11 (MENA) - Minya security forces arrested four suspects involved in riot incidents in the wake of the dispersal of Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Nahda Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins. The suspects are facing charges of setting ablaze a ....

Shokri, Zebari discuss Iraqi political crisis

Date: 2014-07-11 14:52:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:822632

CAIRO, July 11 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri held on Friday talks with former Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari. The meeting comes as part of a visit paid by Egypt's Foreign Minister to Iraq during which Shokri met with Iraqi ....

Karzai agrees to UN proposal for the audit of 3.5 million votes

Date: 2014-07-11 14:47:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:53 - ID:822647

KABUL, July 11 (MENA) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed to the UN mission proposal to resolve the election crisis in Afghanistan, Khaama reported on Friday. The Presidential Palace said the proposal was presented during a meeting on ....

Chile strongly condemns Israeli attacks against Gaza

Date: 2014-07-11 14:31:30 GMT - Chile - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:822627

SANTIAGO, July 11 (MENA) – The Chilean government issued a statement on Friday to strongly condemn the Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip that have left a large number of victims, including civilians, women and children, Prensa Latina ....

US carrier arrives in S. Korea

Date: 2014-07-11 14:29:24 GMT - south korea - World - SN:51 - ID:822630

SEOUL, July 11 (MENA) - A US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived at a South Korean port on Friday, Yonhap News Agency reported Friday. The 97,000-ton super-carrier USS George Washington, powered by two nuclear reactors, arrived at the port ....

Heavy fighting kills at least 23 in eastern Ukraine

Date: 2014-07-11 14:24:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:50 - ID:822626

KIEV, July 11 (MENA) – Pro-Russia rebels fired missiles Friday at government troops near the Russian border, killing at least 19 servicemen, Fox News quoted Ukraine's Defense Ministry as saying It added that four other troops died elsewhere in ....

Cinema Lido reopens after 20 years of closure

Date: 2014-07-11 14:14:11 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:49 - ID:822589

CAIRO, July 11 (MENA) – Cinema Lido, located downtown Cairo, will be reopened soon after it has been closed for 20 years. The Sound, Light and Cinema Co., chaired by Fawzy Abdel Hamid, decided to reopen the cinema after renovating it. The cinema ....

Algeria on high alert due to Israeli escalation in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-11 14:05:23 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:822566

ALGIERS, July 11 (MENA) - Security measures have been beefed up around mosques in Algeria Friday. This step comes in anticipation of any rallies to be staged following the weekly prayers against the ongoing Israel aggression in the Gaza Strip. ....