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  • Families of Gaza prisoners visit relatives in Ramon prison

    Families of Gaza prisoners visit relatives in Ramon prison

    Date: 2016-02-22 10:38:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4365361

    Israeli authorities allowed on Monday scores of families of Gaza prisoners to visit their relatives in Ramon prison. Eighty six members of the families, including 25 children, headed for Erez crossing to visit 43 prisoners, Spokesperson of ....

  • 4,000 tourists, Egyptians watch sun illumination on Abu Simbel temple

    4,000 tourists, Egyptians watch sun illumination on Abu Simbel temple

    Date: 2016-02-22 09:41:13 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:8 - ID:4364857

    More than 4,000 tourists and Egyptians watched the illumination of sun rays on the inner statues of Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan on Monday, a rare phenomenon that occurs twice a year. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Damaty, Culture MInister Helmi ....

  • Clinton says Palestinians deserve state of their own

    Clinton says Palestinians deserve state of their own

    Date: 2016-02-22 09:39:16 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:4364829

    Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton reaffirmed her call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Sunday and added it is in Israel’s best interest to provide greater support for the aspirations of the ....

  • Civilian killed, 7 injured in Arish blast

    Civilian killed, 7 injured in Arish blast

    Date: 2016-02-22 07:25:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4363674

    A student was killed and seven other civilians were injured when a bomb went off in Arish, North Sinai, late on Sunday. Security sources said the bomb was planned to target security forces. Eight passers-by were injured and rushed to Arish ....

  • Int'l cooperation minister leaves for New York

    Int'l cooperation minister leaves for New York

    Date: 2016-02-22 07:23:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4363658

    International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr left here on Monday for New York to take part in a ministerial meeting held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of establishing UN Development Program (UNDP). The minister's participation comes in her ....

  • Interior minister meets dead driver's father

    Interior minister meets dead driver's father

    Date: 2016-02-22 07:22:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4363654

    Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar met Sunday evening with the father of the driver who was killed by a policeman last week. The minister, who was returning from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh, expressed his regret over the incident, ....

  • Kerry meets with Abbas, urges end to violence

    Kerry meets with Abbas, urges end to violence

    Date: 2016-02-22 07:21:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:4363650

    US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman to discuss the unabating violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem. "The Secretary continued to urge for calm and a decrease in violence, incitement and ....

  • Aden int'l airport closed for security reasons

    Aden int'l airport closed for security reasons

    Date: 2016-02-22 07:20:51 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4363642

    An official source at Aden international airport said Monday that all flights will be suspended as of today after an official decision to close the airport for security reasons until further notice. The decision was issued by the Arab alliance ....

  • Indonesian president receives Tayyeb

    Indonesian president receives Tayyeb

    Date: 2016-02-22 07:18:20 GMT - Indonesia - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4363614

    Indonesian President Joko Widodo received Monday visiting Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb. The meeting took up current Islamic issues and Azhar role at the local and Islamic level along with cooperation ties between both countries in the ....

  • Young Palestinian teen detained near Hebron after alleged attempted attack

    Young Palestinian teen detained near Hebron after alleged attempted attack

    Date: 2016-02-21 11:37:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4358781

    Israeli forces detained on Sunday a 14-year-old young Palestinian teenager near Hebron, the occupied West Bank after he allegedly tried to carry out a stabbing attack, said the Israeli occupation forces. Israeli forces “thwarted a stabbing ....

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