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  • 3 killed, 75 injured, houses set ablaze in Sri Lanka ethnic clashes

    Date: 2014-06-16 10:33:55 GMT - Sri Lanka - World - SN:44 - ID:780609

    ALUTHGAMA, Sri Lanka, June 16 (MENA) – At least three Muslims were killed and 75 people seriously injured in violence between Buddhists and Muslims in southern Sri Lankan coastal towns best known as tourist draws, with Muslim homes set ablaze, ....

  • Free Egyptians considers running without coalitions in elections

    Date: 2014-06-16 10:27:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:780601

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Free Egyptians Party chairman Ahmed Saed said on Monday that the liberal party considers competing in the coming parliamentary elections without coalitions. In a press release, Saed said there should new options for the ....

  • Minister: 75% of govt projects to be finalized by June 30

    Date: 2014-06-16 10:23:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:780600

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ashraf el-Arabi stressed on Monday that 75 percent of the projects included in the government's 2013/2014 plan will be finalized by June 30. Arabi, speaking to MENA, said the ....

  • Bolivia president congratulates Sisi; supports Egypt democracy

    Date: 2014-06-16 10:17:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:780505

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Egypt's newly-elected President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has been congratulated by his counterpart of Bolivia Evo Morales. A congratulation cable was handed over by Bolivia's Defense Minister Rubén Saavedra Soto to Egypt's ....

  • FM strongly condemns terrorist acts in Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-16 10:02:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:780503

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has strongly condemned terrorist acts and random killing in Iraq. Egypt rejects such barbaric acts that target civilians, Fahmy said Monday, warning this is harmful to Iraq's unity and stability, ....

  • Suez Canal revenues rise by 0.1% in April

    Date: 2014-06-16 09:27:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:780478

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Revenues of the Suez Canal rose by 0.1 percent in April compared to March to hit 442.4 million dollars, according to a report by the Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center on Monday. On annual base, the proceeds ....

  • Egypt urges Israel to exercise self-restraint to defuse tensions

    Date: 2014-06-16 09:26:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:780431

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Egypt has demanded Israel to exercise maximum self-restraint as Tel Aviv threatens a strong retaliation after blaming Hamas for kidnapping three Jewish teenagers in the West Bank. Israel should stop escalation so the ....

  • Palestinian presidency urges all parties not to resort to violence whatsoever

    Date: 2014-06-16 09:25:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:780435

    RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) - Palestinian Presidency on Monday condemned the developments that took place in the territories over the past week, including the abduction of three Israeli settlers and the Israeli recurrent offensive in the West Bank over ....

  • Fifth round of Iran nuclear talks begins

    Date: 2014-06-16 09:23:43 GMT - Austria - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:780437

    VIENNA, June 16 (MENA) - Iran and world powers' high-stakes nuclear talks enter a critical fifth round in Vienna on Monday, with both sides still far apart on crucial issues five weeks before a deadline for a deal, Press TV reported. The five ....

  • CAPMAS: 50% of deaths from road accidents in 2013 among youth

    Date: 2014-06-16 09:17:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:780391

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - A report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has shown that 50 percent of deaths due to road accidents in 2013 were among youth ranging between 15 and 29 years old. Road accidents ....

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