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  • UK Counterterror police on alert over Iraq violence

    Date: 2014-06-18 10:27:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:784514

    LONDON, June 18 (MENA) – British Police are on heightened alert for terror plots directed or inspired by the jihadist group leading the brutal campaign of violence in Iraq, the country’s most senior counterterrorism officer said Tuesday as quoted by ....

  • Report: Slums in Egypt hit 364 in number

    Date: 2014-06-18 10:24:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:784510

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - A report issued by the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center indicated that unsafe slum areas in Egypt hit 364 in number in February against 442 in 2010. The report added that the number of cities in Egypt hit ....

  • AP welcomes decision to resume Egypt activities within AU

    Date: 2014-06-18 10:24:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:784471

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament has welcomed the decision by the AU Peace and Security Council to resume Egypt's activities. On Tuesday, the Council unanimously agreed to restore Egypt's activities within the 54-member bloc. AP ....

  • Local development minister launches campaign "To Retain Egypt's Elegance" next week

    Date: 2014-06-18 10:20:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:784429

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Minister of Local Development General Adel Labib will launch a campaign under the title of "To Retain Egypt's Elegance" that will include tours of all governmental directorates and local development units to bolster work and ....

  • Criminal Court adjours trial of defendants in Port Said stadium massacre case

    Date: 2014-06-18 10:18:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:784470

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Port Said Criminal Court has adjourned until August 10 the trial of 11 defendants held in connection with the stadium massacre that left 72 dead in February 2012. Previous sentences had been issued against the defendants ....

  • Ukraine's Poroshenko offers unilateral ceasefire

    Date: 2014-06-18 10:17:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:38 - ID:784474

    KIEV, June 18 (MENA) - Ukraine's president has proposed a unilateral ceasefire by his troops to allow pro-Russian separatists to lay down their weapons. Petro Poroshenko said the peace plan would be implemented "shortly", BBC reported. His ....

  • Egypt's FM meets with Abbas in Jeddah

    Date: 2014-06-18 10:17:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:784352

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry met Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the 41st session of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). During ....

  • Ghali calls for amending AU system to achieve inter-African comprehensive partnership

    Date: 2014-06-18 09:51:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:784368

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali praised Wednesday the AU Peace and Security Council's decision to readmit Egypt into the pan-African body at all levels. Ghali said that such decision has brought back the ....

  • Interior minister sets up new department for violence against women

    Date: 2014-06-18 09:39:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:784420

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim decided on Wednesday to set up a special department at all security directorates for violence crimes against women. The move comes as part of the ministry's efforts to fight all forms of ....

  • 2 dead in car bomb blast in Somalia

    Date: 2014-06-18 09:30:48 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:784356

    MOGADISHU, June 18 (MENA) - A nurse said a car bomb detonated outside of a hospital in Somalia's capital run by the International Committee of the Red Cross, killing two people, ABC news reported. Mohamed Omar also said that five people were ....

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