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  • Kerry arrives in Baghdad on lightning visit for talks on security situation

    Date: 2014-06-23 08:04:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:792702

    BAGHDAD, June 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here on Monday on a lightning visit to Iraq for talks with Iraqi leaders on the security situation and the needed US support to face the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the ....

  • Sisi attends graduation of new NCO volunteers

    Date: 2014-06-23 08:03:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:792685

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi attended Monday the graduation ceremony of batch 149 of Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) Institute volunteers. Attending the ceremony were Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, Defense Minister Sedqi ....

  • Foreign Ministry launches blood donation campaign

    Date: 2014-06-23 07:56:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:792723

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - For the sixth year in a row, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry organizes a blood donation campaign among its staffers. The campaign comes as part of the ministry's efforts to boost the medical treatment system in Egypt, said ....

  • Minister: 20 new food commodities to be included in subsidy cards as of next month

    Date: 2014-06-23 07:56:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:792595

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafy said a new subsidy system will start next month and will include 20 new food commodities from the public and private sector products to give the citizens the freedom to ....

  • Interior min. delegates Cairo security chief to visit injured officer in Helwan

    Date: 2014-06-23 07:51:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:792673

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim delegated Cairo security chief Ali el-Damerdash to visit a Helwan police station officer who was wounded while on duty. Sergeant Ahmed Abdel-Hafiz was injured in the right arm and behind ....

  • High security for Suez's bike marathon

    Date: 2014-06-23 07:32:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:792644

    SUEZ, Egypt, June 23 (MENA) - Security forces in Suez intensified their existence Monday in the surroundings of new Seuz Kornish in preparation for the a bike marathon. As many as 1,500 participants will take part in the event. Youths ....

  • One killed, 2 injured in fierce clashes in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-06-23 07:18:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:792613

    TRIPOLI, June 23 (MENA) - One person was killed and two others were injured in fierce clashes in Benina in Benghazi between forces loyal to retired General Khalifa Haftar and Ansar al-Sharia militants, a security source said. Benina area is ....

  • Interior ministry confirms death of policeman in Atamana island crackdown

    Date: 2014-06-23 06:59:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:792578

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry confirmed on Monday the death of the director of the North Sohag criminal investigation department in a crackdown on a criminal hotbed in Atamana island in Tama township, Sohag governorate. In a press ....

  • Defense minister warns Assad against more attacks

    Date: 2014-06-23 06:58:58 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:792592

    GAZA STRIP, June 23 (MENA) - Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon justified on Monday Israeli strikes on Syrian military targets in retaliation for a lethal cross-border strike the day before, asserting that Syrian President Bashar Assad was responsible ....

  • 26 killed in heavy rains in China

    Date: 2014-06-23 06:55:46 GMT - China - World - SN:15 - ID:792551

    BEIJING, June 23 (MENA) - Twenty six people were killed and three others listed missing in downpour which battered nine provincial-level regions in China, Fox news reported. The Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a statement that 4.9 million ....

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