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  • Episcopal Church praises efforts to secure Christmas celebrations

    Episcopal Church praises efforts to secure Christmas celebrations

    Date: 2016-12-26 09:28:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6219269

    Head of the Episcopal Church in Egypt Mounir Hanna has praised efforts to secure Christmas celebrations. In a statement Monday, Hanna thanked policemen for their big efforts over the year. On Saturday, Hanna led Christmas Mass at the ....

  • PM: Gov’t seeks to provide medicines at affordable prices

    PM: Gov’t seeks to provide medicines at affordable prices

    Date: 2016-12-26 09:13:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6219145

    The government gives high priority to provide medicines for all citizens at "acceptable prices," Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Sunday. The government is coordinating with pharmaceutical companies and members of the Parliament to solve the ....

  • Russian transport minister says search operation suspended until Monday morning

    Russian transport minister says search operation suspended until Monday morning

    Date: 2016-12-26 08:11:35 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:6218725

    Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said Sunday that the search for victims of a Russian plane that crashed into the Black Sea earlier today would resume Monday. "The operation on raising wreckage and bodies of the victims will be continued ....

  • Addis Ababa keen on optimal use of Nile water without harming basin countries: Ethiopia FM

    Addis Ababa keen on optimal use of Nile water without harming basin countries: Ethiopia FM

    Date: 2016-12-26 08:02:22 GMT - Sudan - International - SN:3 - ID:6218665

    Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu on Sunday said his country is keen on the optimal use of the Nile water without prejudice to the rights of the basin countries. In a press conference held at the headquarters of the Ethiopian Embassy ....

  • George Michael dies at 53

    George Michael dies at 53

    Date: 2016-12-26 07:44:59 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:6218577

    Singer George Michael has died at his home at the age of 53, the BBC reported Monday. The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and had huge success as a solo performer, "passed away peacefully" on Christmas Day in Goring, ....

  • Head of ERTU news sector: Aljazeera correspondent works for Nile News

    Head of ERTU news sector: Aljazeera correspondent works for Nile News

    Date: 2016-12-26 07:24:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6218461

    Aljazeera chief correspondent Mahmoud Hussien works for Nile News channel, Head of the News Sector at the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) Khaled Mehanna revealed on Sunday. If Aljazeera journalist is convicted, he will be dismissed ....

  • Airstrikes resumed over Aleppo -- SOHR

    Airstrikes resumed over Aleppo -- SOHR

    Date: 2016-12-24 07:09:46 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6207881

    Airstrikes resumed on rebel-held areas in Aleppo countryside for the first time since the evacuation of armed opposition and civilians from the city. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the strikes targeted the south-west ....

  • Israeli official accuses Barack Obama of 'shameful move at UN'

    Israeli official accuses Barack Obama of 'shameful move at UN'

    Date: 2016-12-24 07:05:04 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:4 - ID:6207849

    An Israeli official has accused Barack Obama of colluding in a “shameful move against Israel at the UN” over a planned security council vote on Israeli illegal settlements, the Guardian reported on Friday. In striking language underlining the ....

  • UN secretary-general welcomes resolution on Israel settlements

    UN secretary-general welcomes resolution on Israel settlements

    Date: 2016-12-24 06:57:23 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:3 - ID:6207789

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the adoption of a resolution by the UN Security Council on Israeli settlements. In a statement, spokesman for the secretary general Stephane Dujarric said the adoption of the resolution is a ....

  • Palestine: UN vote on settlements 'blow to Israeli policy'

    Palestine: UN vote on settlements 'blow to Israeli policy'

    Date: 2016-12-24 06:26:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6207669

    Palestinians hailed the adoption of the resolution by the UNSC as a “day of victory,” Russia Today reported on Friday. Nabil Abu Rdainah, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said that the move was a blow to Israel. "The Security ....

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