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  • Syria's Assad calls for parliamentary elections in April

    Syria's Assad calls for parliamentary elections in April

    Date: 2016-02-23 06:09:31 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4370973

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued on Monday a decree setting April 13 as a date for electing members of the People’s Assembly for the second legislative term. The decision came hours following the US and Russia's agreement on a temporary ....

  • Policeman kills another following 'quarrel' in Port Said

    Policeman kills another following 'quarrel' in Port Said

    Date: 2016-02-23 06:04:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4370929

    A police corporal has been arrested after shooting another policeman in Port Said, said the Interior Ministry in a statement. The shooting followed a quarrel between the policemen in Al Zohor police station, said the statement. The corporal ....

  • Israeli forces storm WB, arrest Palestinians

    Israeli forces storm WB, arrest Palestinians

    Date: 2016-02-22 11:46:07 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4366097

    Israeli forces arrested many Palestinians on Monday in several raids in occupied West Bank cities. A 19-year-old Palestinian was arrested after occupation forces stormed his home in the southern city of Bethlehem. After arresting five ....

  • 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 ....

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