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  • Arab League keen to promote electoral departments' role

    Arab League keen to promote electoral departments' role

    Date: 2016-05-09 13:14:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4873085

    The Arab League said it was keen to promote the role of electoral departments at its member states to achieve democracy and good governance. Elections are one of the most important means for the peaceful transfer of power and a main pillar for ....

  • Gazans visit their jailed relatives in Ramon prison

    Gazans visit their jailed relatives in Ramon prison

    Date: 2016-05-09 10:32:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4871445

    Israeli forces allowed Monday families of scores Gazan prisoners to visit them in Ramon prison. As many as 71 relatives of the Gazan detainees, including 13 children, headed for Beit Hanoun crossing early Monday to visit 43 of their detained ....

  • Settlers seize Palestinian house in Old City

    Settlers seize Palestinian house in Old City

    Date: 2016-05-09 09:38:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:4870969

    Israeli settlers seized a house of a Palestinian family in the Old City of Al Quds under the pretext of their ownership. Palestinian sources said Monday that the settlers were accompanied by Israeli police forces that imposed a military cordon ....

  • Israeli forces fire at farmers in southern Gaza

    Israeli forces fire at farmers in southern Gaza

    Date: 2016-05-09 08:30:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4870333

    Israeli forces opened fire Monday towards Palestinian farmers in southern the Gaza Strip but no injuries were reported. Local sources said the forces fired at the farmers in eastern Khan Younis, obliging them to leave their lands in fear of being ....

  • Interior Ministry starts collecting lottery Hajj fees

    Interior Ministry starts collecting lottery Hajj fees

    Date: 2016-05-09 07:23:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4869881

    The Interior Ministry will start collecting Hajj fees from winners of the pilgrimage lottery as of today and until May 18. A statement by the Interior Ministry put the value of the fees at 27,000 pounds, besides the air ticket worth 6,420 per ....

  • 32 fire engines rushed to Attaba to control Rowaey fire

    32 fire engines rushed to Attaba to control Rowaey fire

    Date: 2016-05-09 07:22:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4869873

    Firefighters and civil protection forces continued efforts to control the massive fire that broke out in a hotel in el Rowaey in Attaba downtown Cairo. According to MENA, 30 people were injured in the fire so far and 32 fire engines were rushed ....

  • Hotel in Rowaey surroundings evacuated over Attaba fire, no news on fatalities

    Hotel in Rowaey surroundings evacuated over Attaba fire, no news on fatalities

    Date: 2016-05-09 07:21:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4869861

    The civil protection forces and firefighters evacuated a hotel in el Rowaey market's surroundings in Attaba area downtown Cairo, Assistant Interior Minister Abu Bakr Abdel Karim told MENA Monday. The fire engines were increased to more than 15 to ....

  • Cairo security chief arrives to Ataba to follow up Rowaey blaze

    Cairo security chief arrives to Ataba to follow up Rowaey blaze

    Date: 2016-05-09 07:19:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4869845

    Cairo Security Director Khaled Abdel Aal arrived to Ataba in downtown Cairo to follow up efforts exerted by the civil protection forces and firefighters to control the fire that broke out last night in a hotel and vendors' possessions in el Rowaey ....

  • Security source: 14 persons injured in hotel in Attaba

    Security source: 14 persons injured in hotel in Attaba

    Date: 2016-05-09 07:17:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4869837

    As many as 14 persons were injured in the huge fire that broke out in a hotel in Attaba's district in central Cairo, said a security source at Cairo Security Directorate. In statements to MENA, the source said six persons suffered suffocation and ....

  • Huge fire reportedly breaks out at vendors market in central Cairo

    Huge fire reportedly breaks out at vendors market in central Cairo

    Date: 2016-05-09 07:16:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4869829

    A huge fire reportedly broke out Sunday night at the vendors market in Attaba district in central Cairo. In statements to MENA, a source at the civil protection administration said fire extinguishers immediately moved to the reported scene upon ....

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