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Netanyahu says he appreciates Abbas's "important words" against kidnapping

Date: 2014-06-24 14:01:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:795448

GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he appreciated Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s words of condemnation of the kidnappings of three Israeli settlers, labeling them "important", Israeli media ....

AL backs Libya parl't elections

Date: 2014-06-24 13:57:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:795366

CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) – Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Nabil el-Araby reaffirmed his support for the parliamentary elections in Libya, to be held on Wednesday. Araby said the elections would support the Libyans' aspirations for a stable and ....

FM hails African Union role in drafting "AU Agenda 2063"

Date: 2014-06-24 13:54:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:89 - ID:795288

MALABO, June 23 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry has praised as distinguished efforts exerted by the African Union in putting forward the "AU Agenda 2063", Badr Abdel Ati, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The ....

Islamist fighters 'kidnap 90 women, children' from Nigeria villages

Date: 2014-06-24 13:51:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:88 - ID:795472

ABUJA, June 24 (MENA) - Eyewitnesses said that Islamist militants have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys from villages in northeast Nigeria, two months after Boko Haram fighters kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in an attack which ....

We have good potentials but miss teamwork policies - Health Minister

Date: 2014-06-24 13:50:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:87 - ID:795182

CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Health Minister Adel El-Adawi said Tuesday his ministry is developing new health, education, training and research policies in cooperation with the Egyptian faculties of medicine to improve the medical practice to really ....

32 vessels transit Suez Canal

Date: 2014-06-24 13:49:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:86 - ID:795449

ISMAILIA, June 24 (MENA) – Thirty-two vessels transited the Suez Canal Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of 2.077 million tons. The north-bound convoy comprised 15 ships, carrying a cargo of 1,20 million tons, while the south-bound convoy included ....

Sisi, Hailemariam to meet on sidelines of African summit in Malabo -- Ethiopian minister

Date: 2014-06-24 13:38:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:85 - ID:795426

CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn are set to meet on the sidelines of the African Summit that will kick off in Equatorial Guinea Thursday, a senior Ethiopian official said ....

Labor union asks for meeting with planning min. on wages system

Date: 2014-06-24 13:36:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:84 - ID:795350

CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) – Labor union representatives at the National Wages Council have asked for a meeting with head of the council and Planning Minister Ashraf el-Arabi to discuss enhancing the wages system. "The meeting is to discuss ....

ETUF welcomes Sisi decision to give up half his monthly salary

Date: 2014-06-24 13:34:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:83 - ID:795346

CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - The Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) has welcomed President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's announcement he is giving up half his monthly salary and half his fortune to Egypt. Sisi's initiative is a call for all capable ....

AL chief meets UNRWA Commissioner-General on Palestinian refugees

Date: 2014-06-24 13:33:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:82 - ID:795355

CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Chief Nabil El Araby met Tuesday with UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl at the AL headquarters in Cairo and discussed the latest developments in ....