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  • Qalubiya on high security alert over MB trial

    Date: 2014-06-07 09:26:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:765470

    BANHA, Egypt, June 7 (MENA) - Qalubiya security bodies stepped up measures around police and vital institutions in tandem with the trial of 48 Muslim Brotherhood leaders over murder and violence incitement charges. The Shubra El-Kheima Criminal ....

  • Court sends files of 10 MB death-row convicts to mufti

    Date: 2014-06-07 09:25:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:765468

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - A Qalubiya criminal court sent the files of 10 defendants of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group to the mufti after it sentenced them to death over murder and violence incitement charges. The court set July 5 hearing to ....

  • UN official: Nigerian schoolgirls face rape danger

    Date: 2014-06-07 09:07:22 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:22 - ID:765404

    NEW YORK, June 7 (MENA) - More than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain captives of Boko Haram militants “definitely” face the danger of being raped, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict said. “My worry is those girls ....

  • Iraq police, army cordon off building of Anbar university, gear up to release students

    Date: 2014-06-07 09:03:54 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:765402

    BAGHDAD, June 7 (MENA) - Iraqi police and army forces are now cordoning off the building of Anbar University in central Ramadi in preparation of raiding it, regaining control of the building and releasing the students who are held there, a security ....

  • Simferopol airport in Crimea opens for international flights

    Date: 2014-06-07 08:57:37 GMT - Russia - Miscellaneous - SN:20 - ID:765405

    MOSCOW, June 7 (MENA) - Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed an order to open the airport in Simferopol, Crimea for serving international flights, the Voice of Russia said . "The decision will add to development of the transport ....

  • Suicide attack in Kandahar leaves 5 Afghan soldiers injured

    Date: 2014-06-07 08:56:24 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:765413

    KABUL, June 7 (MENA) - At least five Afghan national army (ANA) soldiers were injured following a suicide attack in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. According to local government officials, the incident took place ....

  • Delegations arrive for Sisi inauguration

    Date: 2014-06-07 08:32:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:765365

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Mauritanian Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Ahmed Ould Teguedi arrived here Saturday to attend the inauguration ceremony of Egypt's President-elect Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, which will take place Sunday. Also arriving ....

  • 420 Palestinians detained including 60 children 9 women by Israelis in May- rights group

    Date: 2014-06-07 08:28:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:765354

    GAZA CITY, June 7 (MENA) – As many as 420 Palestinians, including 60 children below 18 years and nine women, were detained by Israeli forces in May, a Palestinian rights group said Saturday. The group, which responsible for following up cases of ....

  • 2 explosions inside Iraq's Anbar university

    Date: 2014-06-07 08:05:41 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:765295

    BAGHDAD, June 7 (MENA) - Two explosions took place, amid reports of casualties inside the building of Anbar University in central Ramadi, after gunmen raided the building, an Iraqi police source said on Saturday. The two blasts took place, after ....

  • EgyptAir transferred 416,000 pilgrims over past 5 months

    Date: 2014-06-07 08:03:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:765296

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Chairman & CEO of EgyptAir Holding Co. Sameh el-Hefny said that the company has transferred about 416,000 pilgrims on board 2,164 flights since the beginning of the minor pilgrimage season. In statements Saturday, Hefny ....

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