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  • Housing minister, Cairo governor sign 3 protocols to develop slum areas

    Housing minister, Cairo governor sign 3 protocols to develop slum areas

    Date: 2016-01-02 11:56:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:4036265

    Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Cairo Governor Galal Saeed will sign on Sunday three protocols to develop three slum areas in Cairo. The first protocol includes the development of Sayeda Zainab-based Tal al Aqareb district, said Madbouli, ....

  • Afghan Special Forces release 59 hostages from Taliban captivity in Helmand

    Afghan Special Forces release 59 hostages from Taliban captivity in Helmand

    Date: 2016-01-02 11:27:23 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:4036017

    The Afghan National Army Special Forces have released 59 hostages from the captivity of Taliban militants in southern Helmand province, the Khaama Press reported. A statement released by the Ministry of Defense on Saturday morning states that the ....

  • Supply police conduct campaigns ahead of Christmas

    Supply police conduct campaigns ahead of Christmas

    Date: 2016-01-02 09:25:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4035173

    Supply police have conducted intensified campaigns over the past two days with the aim to control the markets ahead of Christmas celebrations. Thirty tons of expired and rotten foodstuffs have been seized as part of the campaign. Ten tons of ....

  • UN envoy to Libya leaves Tripoli without convincing Abusahmin to sign Skhirat agreement

    UN envoy to Libya leaves Tripoli without convincing Abusahmin to sign Skhirat agreement

    Date: 2016-01-02 09:24:38 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4035169

    United Nations envoy for Libya and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Martin Kobler has left Tripoli after visiting Tripoli and Tobruk. During his two-day visit to Tripoli and Tobruk, wrapped up yesterday, Kobler met with Libyan ....

  • Alexandria, Dekheila ports still closed over bad weather

    Alexandria, Dekheila ports still closed over bad weather

    Date: 2016-01-02 07:42:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4034705

    Alexandria and Dekheila ports are closed on Saturday for the second day due to bad weather, wind velocity and high waves, the Alexandria Harbor Authority said. In press statements, Acting Head of Alexandria Harbor Authority General Fathi Taha ....

  • Israeli jets raid Gaza

    Israeli jets raid Gaza

    Date: 2016-01-02 07:27:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4034673

    Israeli jets raided a number of targets in the Gaza Strip early Saturday with no casualties reported. Israeli F-16 jets hit two sites of Al Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, in the northern and western Gaza Strip, local sources ....

  • Indian Air Force base attacked near Pakistan border

    Indian Air Force base attacked near Pakistan border

    Date: 2016-01-02 07:26:00 GMT - India - International - SN:4 - ID:4034661

    At least two gunmen and a guard were killed in an attack on an Indian Air Force base on Saturday near the border with Pakistan, officials said, noting that it is in an apparent challenge to attempts to revive a dialogue between the nuclear-armed ....

  • US, UN say Iran is violating UN resolutions-- WSJ

    US, UN say Iran is violating UN resolutions-- WSJ

    Date: 2016-01-02 07:24:41 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:4034649

    US President Barack Obama imagined he could end his second term with an arms-control detente with Iran the way former US president Ronald Reagan did with the Soviet Union. It looks instead that his nuclear deal has inspired Iran toward new military ....

  • Unidentified persons stop train in Behaira

    Unidentified persons stop train in Behaira

    Date: 2016-01-02 07:23:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4034645

    A number of unidentified persons stopped train movement at Abu Homs Station in Bahaira governorate early Saturday. A train coming from Alexandria en route to Cairo was stopped in Behaira after some unidentified persons pulled the emergency cord ....

  • Strange object found near Banque Misr in Damanhur

    Strange object found near Banque Misr in Damanhur

    Date: 2016-01-02 07:19:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4034637

    A strange object found near Banque Misr branch in Damanhur caused a state of far among citizens early Saturday. The object was placed near the ATM machine of the bank on Gomhuria Street. Police and civil defense troops, as well as sappers, ....

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