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  • Haftar's nephew kidnapped

    Date: 2014-06-18 13:18:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:784946

    TRIPOLI, June 18 (MENA) - A nephew of renegade Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, leader of the "dignity operation" in Benghazi has been kidnapped in the town of Ajdabiya, northeastern Libya. The abducted, named Mahmoud Mostafa Ahabayl, was taken to ....

  • Petroleum min. calls for cooperating with foreign partners

    Date: 2014-06-18 13:03:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:784653

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail has issued directives to heads of his ministrys departments to cooperate with foreign partners to increase production rates. The minister underlined the importance of utilizing the ....

  • Court postpones trial of 7 terrorists to June 25

    Date: 2014-06-18 12:58:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:784810

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Giza Criminal Court decided Wednesday to postpone the trial of seven terrorists to a June 25 session. They are accused of forming a terror cell and killing security personnel in charge of securing the Virgin Mary Church in ....

  • Death of Dessouk student normal -- Azhar examination department

    Date: 2014-06-18 12:57:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:785006

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - The Azhar examination department has said the death of a student taking an exam in the Delta city of Dessouk earlier Wednesday was normal. Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr Ahmed el-Tayyeb, meanwhile, ordered that an urgent aid be ....

  • Interior minister inspects campaigns to remove encroachments on streets

    Date: 2014-06-18 12:56:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:785011

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Wednesday made a field tour to inspect wide-scale campaigns meant to remove encroachments on streets. The campaigns are meant to achieve traffic flow and restore discipline to the ....

  • Egypt considers giving strong impetus to nuclear project: minister

    Date: 2014-06-18 12:55:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:784947

    EL GOUNA, Egypt, June 18 (MENA) – The Ministry of Electricity considers giving a strong impetus to the nuclear project to generate electricity, said Minister Mohamed Shaker. "Such decision is primarily up to the political leadership to take so as ....

  • 50 Egyptian trucks seized by Libyan militias

    Date: 2014-06-18 12:49:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:784974

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, June 18 (MENA) - Libyan militias in the oil city of Brega, west of Benghazi, have seized 50 Egyptian trucks and are holding the drivers as hostages until their unionist demands are met, Matrouh police said Wednesday. The ....

  • 12 sentenced to death on charges of killing police general

    Date: 2014-06-18 12:33:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:784943

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Giza Criminal Court Wednesday sentenced 12 defendants to death on charges of killing Major General Nabil Farrag. The defendants were convicted of premeditated murder of Farrag, an assistant to Giza police chief, in the ....

  • Sidi Gaber misdemeanor court upholds sentence against MB leader

    Date: 2014-06-18 11:45:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:784813

    ALEXANDRIA, June 18 (MENA) - The Sidi Gaber Misdemeanor Court has upheld a 15-year sentence against terrorist Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Hendawi on charges of inciting protests. Hendawi was found guilty of provoking girls members of the "7 ....

  • Israeli drone violates Lebanese airspace

    Date: 2014-06-18 11:44:06 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:784726

    BEIRUT, June 18 (MENA) - Israeli military aircraft continued on Wednesday violations of the Lebanese airspace. An Israeli drone circled over Lebanon's southern city of Naqoura before leaving from above the same area. (MENA) MI/AS ....

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