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  • Czech president proposes to NATO to "intimidate" Russia

    Date: 2014-04-11 14:26:29 GMT - Czech - World - SN:74 - ID:662643

    PRAGUE, April 11 (MENA) - The European Union and NATO should send a strong message to Russia by extending military operations into further areas of Ukraine and possibly Moldavia, Czech President Milos Zeman quoted as saying by Radio Prague on ....

  • Palestinian Authority joins Geneva Conventions: Swiss Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2014-04-11 13:02:18 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:62 - ID:662464

    GENEVA, April 11 (MENA) - The Palestinian Authority has joined the Geneva Conventions, which set down the rules of warfare and humanitarian operations in conflict zones, the treaties' guardian, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Friday. Spokesman ....

  • Rights group accuses Kenya of abusing Somalis

    Date: 2014-04-11 12:05:48 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:50 - ID:662286

    NAIROBI, April 11 (MENA) - Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Kenya of treating Somalis like scapegoats amid swoops by security forces that have seen thousands arrested and scores expelled back to their war-torn country, The Daily Nation reported ....

  • UK expresses sympathy with attacked UAE women in London

    Date: 2014-04-10 21:40:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:189 - ID:661572

    LONDON, April 10 (MENA) – The British Government expressed Thursday its sympathy with the three UAE women who have been attacked in a room at a central London hotel. UK Foreign Office Minister for MENA Affairs Hugh Robertson said he contacted ....

  • Egyptian union in Austria praises UK Human Rights Report on constitution

    Date: 2014-04-10 20:32:45 GMT - Austria - World - SN:180 - ID:661491

    VIENNA, April 10 (MENA) - The General Union of Egyptians in Austria hailed Thursday the UK Foreign Office's annual Human Rights Report for 2013 which praised the amended Egyptian constitution, passed in January. The UK Foreign Office was ....

  • UN ignores S. Sudan camp crisis, charity says

    Date: 2014-04-10 20:02:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:172 - ID:661487

    WASHINGTON, April 10 (MENA) - In a blistering criticism of the United Nations mission in South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that the mission is refusing to quickly move 21,000 displaced people from a UN base to safer grounds before ....

  • Attempt of suicide bombers at Sochi facilities prevented - official

    Date: 2014-04-10 19:36:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:168 - ID:661356

    MOSCOW, April 10 (MENA) - Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov revealed certain details of attempted terrorist attacks at Olympic facilities in Sochi, which were prevented in association with special services of the ....

  • Egypt touches positive stances from World Bank, IMF – minister

    Date: 2014-04-10 17:17:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:144 - ID:661184

    WASHINGTON, April 10 (MENA) – Cairo touches new positive spirit and understanding in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) towards situations in Egypt as government goes on carrying out the roadmap adopted following the June 30 ....

  • Egypt's constitution guarantees better protection for religious minorities, women - UK report

    Date: 2014-04-10 17:07:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:142 - ID:661159

    LONDON, April 10 (MENA) – Egypt's constitution guarantees better protection for religious minorities and women, the UK annual Human Rights Report for 2013 has said. "In Egypt a draft new constitution in December offered greater protection for ....

  • British Museum uses CT scans to show 8 Egyptian mummies' faces

    Date: 2014-04-10 15:11:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:118 - ID:660621

    LONDON, April 10 (MENA) - The British Museum has turned to the latest technology to unlock the secrets of its Egyptian mummies, one of the institution’s most popular visitor attractions, along visitors to explore cases that have remained closed for ....

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