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Palestine pres. demands Israel to deescalate violence
Date: 2014-07-07 20:37:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:162 - ID:816627
RAMALLAH, July 7 (MENA) - Palestine's President Mahmoud Abbas has demanded Israel to stop the escalation of violence and the airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. Abbas has warned against such escalation, adding it would drag the region into more ....
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1 dead as small planes collide in US state of Idaho
Date: 2014-07-07 20:36:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:161 - ID:816586
WASHINGTON, July 7 (MENA) - US Forest Service officials say one person is dead after two small private planes collided in midair near a central Idaho airstrip, ABC News reported. David Olson with Boise National Forest said the person was killed ....
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Awqaf minister discuses cooperation with Islamic Research Academy
Date: 2014-07-07 20:35:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:160 - ID:816626
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa held a meeting with Mohammed Zaki Badari, Secretary General of the Al-Azhar's Islamic Research Academy, and a raft of senior preachers. The meeting tackled the preaching charter and ....
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Tourism minister following-up visa issue for Egyptian pilgrims
Date: 2014-07-07 20:33:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:159 - ID:816625
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou is following closely the problem of issuing pilgrimage visas to Egyptians. Saudi pilgrimage agents have stopped issuing visas with no previous warning, an affair that prevented more than ....
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Israel decides to increase of military action in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-07 20:30:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:158 - ID:816581
GAZA CITY, July 7 (MENA) - Israeli security cabinet decided on Monday afternoon to increase military action in Gaza, Ynet reported. The meeting discussed the option of escalation with Gaza and decided that for the time being Israel will act ....
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Economic policy committee reviews financial, monetary indicators
Date: 2014-07-07 20:27:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:157 - ID:816578
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) - The Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy, under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, has reviewed the financial and monetary indicators, procedures carried out by the Central Bank to control the foreign exchange market, and the ....
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Talaat Youssef to officially become Ittihad coach
Date: 2014-07-07 20:04:53 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:156 - ID:816584
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July 7 (MENA) - Talaat Youssef is to officially take over as the coach of Ittihad of Alexandria Club during the coming season. The Alexandria-based club was established in 1906, and has won the Egypt Cup six times. They have ....
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UN chief urges Ukraine to practice self-restraint
Date: 2014-07-07 19:59:38 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:155 - ID:816585
KIEV, July 7 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on the Ukrainian authorities to display maximum restraint and take all possible steps to protect civilians in Ukraine's eastern regions, reported The Voice of ....
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Air navigation company sets up satellite network at 90 mln
Date: 2014-07-07 19:58:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:154 - ID:816583
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) – Chairman of the National Air Navigation Company Ihab Mohey said on Monday that a backup satellite network would be established at a cost of 90 million pounds as part of the company's development plan this year. The plan ....
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Azhar Imam in talks with Chinese amb.
Date: 2014-07-07 19:56:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:153 - ID:816577
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) - Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyib met on Monday Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Song Aiguo. During the meeting, Tayyib talked with the ambassador about the situation of Muslims in China specially that there were media ....