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  • UK welcomes second round election in Afghanistan

    Date: 2014-06-14 19:28:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:103 - ID:778058

    LONDON, June 14 (MENA) - The UK Government welcomed Saturday Afghanistan's presidential election run-off. In a statement, Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Afghan people have once again shown the world their determination to have a say in ....

  • US aircraft carrier moves as Obama mulls options in Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-14 19:26:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:102 - ID:778057

    WASHINGTON, June 14 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier, to move from the northern Arabian Sea to the Arabian Gulf as President Barack Obama considers possible military options for ....

  • Robert Serry arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2014-06-14 19:11:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:101 - ID:778056

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry arrived Saturday in Cairo coming from Jordan on a two- day visit. Serry is scheduled to meet with officials at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry for talks ....

  • Governor urges 16 EU members to lift S. Sinai travel ban

    Date: 2014-06-14 19:09:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:100 - ID:778025

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, June 14 (MENA) - South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda Saturday expressed surprise at the continued travel ban some European countries imposed on the province. In a statement to MENA, Fouda urged Germany and 15 other European ....

  • “Egypt in World’s Eyes” festival launched in Sharm

    Date: 2014-06-14 18:54:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:99 - ID:777961

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, June 14 (MENA) – South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda inaugurated on Saturday “Egypt in World’s Eyes” festival held in Sharm el-Sheikh Red Sea resort to support and promote tourism in Egypt. The festival coincides with a special ....

  • FM aide back to Cairo after Iraq visit

    Date: 2014-06-14 18:44:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:777978

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) – Egypt's assistant foreign minister for Arab Affairs Nasser Kamel returned home on Saturday coming from Baghdad after a two-day visit. During his visit, Kamel met with a number of Iraqi officials and discussed boosting ....

  • Turkey's failures in Iraq, Syria linked to Davutoglu, Gull - Paper

    Date: 2014-06-14 18:41:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:777976

    WASHINGTON, June 14 (MENA) - The American Al-Monitor website attributed the Turkish failures in Iraq and Syria to the policies of President Abdullah Gul and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Turkish President Abdullah Gul gave the first, and ....

  • Ukrainian forces open artillery fire on Slavyansk

    Date: 2014-06-14 18:36:24 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:96 - ID:777975

    KIEV, June 14 (MENA) - Ukrainian armed forces opened artillery fire on central Slavyansk, the Donetsk region, a local militia source told Itar-Tass on Saturday. An area near a hospital was under fire. Shells hit several buildings near the ....

  • Egypt urges world ban on fissile materials

    Date: 2014-06-14 18:19:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:95 - ID:777941

    CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - Egypt has asserted the necessity to reach a treaty to ban fissile materials that can be used in developing nuclear weapons. Such a ban should include stocks of fissile materials that are enough to produce thousands of ....

  • Dalia Sadany elected as IAD head

    Date: 2014-06-14 18:16:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:94 - ID:777960

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) – Egyptian architect Dalia Sadany was elected to preside over the International Association of Designers (IAD) for the 2013-2015 term. The election would help in attracting designers from all over the world to Egypt in ....

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