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  • AL officially protests with Australia over Jerusalem, settlement

    Date: 2014-06-16 13:57:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:84 - ID:780790

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - The Arab League has officially protested at remarks made by the Australian justice minister in which he considered Jerusalem and settlements as disputed territories and not occupied. Arab League Deputy Secretary General ....

  • AL holds Israel responsible for life of hunger strike prisoners

    Date: 2014-06-16 13:56:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:83 - ID:780511

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Arab League held the Israeli government responsible for the life of the Palestinian prisoners who entered a hunger strike 24 days ago and condemned the practices committed against them. A statement released on Monday by ....

  • UN official welcomes new law on sexual harassment

    Date: 2014-06-16 13:55:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:82 - ID:780614

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - UN Media Officer Maha Rateb welcomed the new law on sexual harassment in Egypt which was an outcome of a legislative workshop held in cooperation between the UN Women organization, the UN Anti-Crime Convention and the ....

  • Sisi meets Arab Parliament delegation

    Date: 2014-06-16 13:54:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:781068

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has met with Arab Parliament Speaker Ahmed al Jarwan and his accompanying delegation. In statements on Monday, spokesman at the presidency Ihab Badawy said the delegation congratulated Sisi ....

  • US navy ship with 550 Marines on board entering Gulf

    Date: 2014-06-16 13:30:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:781096

    WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - The USS Mesa Verde with 550 Marines on board entered the Gulf on Monday to support possible US action to help Iraq's Shi'ite-led government combat a Sunni Islamist insurgency that has overtaken large areas of the ....

  • Egypt auctions T-bonds

    Date: 2014-06-16 13:28:22 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:79 - ID:781098

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - The Finance Ministry auctioned on Monday treasury bonds at a total value of EGP 2.750 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 2.25 billion of 5-year treasury bonds and EGP 500 billion of 10-year ....

  • 35 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-06-16 13:27:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:78 - ID:780909

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, June 16 (MENA) - Thirty-five vessels transited the Suez Canal in two convoys on Monday carrying a total cargo of1.495 million tons. The south-bound convoy comprised 19 ships carrying a cargo of 1.211 million tons, while the ....

  • Sobhi inaugurates new administrative facilities

    Date: 2014-06-16 13:17:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:780757

    SUEZ, Egypt, June 16 (MENA) - Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Sedki Sobhi praised efforts exerted by the Armed Forces to help the police in protecting the domestic front and restore security and stability particularly in Sinai. During the inauguration ....

  • Iran urges Iraqi Kurds to protect Baghdad government against terrorists: Deputy FM

    Date: 2014-06-16 13:09:48 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:781030

    TEHRAN, June 16 (MENA) - Tehran wants Iraq's Kurdistan region to support the country's federal government against the terrorist groups, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said. Tehran will ....

  • Members of MB cells referred to Mansoura court

    Date: 2014-06-16 13:06:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:781006

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Twenty-four members of of two Muslim Brotherhood and Takfiri cells have been referred to the criminal court in Mansoura. They are accused of possessing firearms, ammunition and making explosive devices to carry out ....

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