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  • 58 vessels transit Suez Canal

    58 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-10-12 13:46:29 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:3517137

    Fifty-eight ships transited the Suez Canal in both directions on Monday, carrying a total cargo of 2.767 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 32 vessels, while the north-bound convoy included 26 ships. ....

  • 230 Egyptians back from Libya in 24 hours

    230 Egyptians back from Libya in 24 hours

    Date: 2015-10-12 13:45:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:3517129

    Matrouh Security director Hisham Lotfy said 230 Egyptians returned home during the past 24 hours from Libya via the Salloum border terminal. In press statements, he said the returnees included 28 persons who travelled to Libya ....

  • Yemen denies resignation of vice president

    Yemen denies resignation of vice president

    Date: 2015-10-12 10:57:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3515085

    The Yemeni government denied reports that Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah has tendered his resignation. These are groundless reports, spokesman Ragah Badi told Okaz newspaper on Monday. Bahah arrived in Riyadh on Sunday on a ....

  • Lukashenko wins fifth term in office with 80 percent of votes, says Belarusian amb.

    Lukashenko wins fifth term in office with 80 percent of votes, says Belarusian amb.

    Date: 2015-10-12 10:55:50 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:7 - ID:3515065

    Belarusian Ambassador in Cairo Sergei A. Rachkov said initial results of the presidential elections showed that Alexander Lukashenko has won a fifth term in office after winning 80 percent of the votes. In statements to MENA, Rachkov said four ....

  • Awqaf min. says Luxor conf. to boost tourism, refute Daesh claims

    Awqaf min. says Luxor conf. to boost tourism, refute Daesh claims

    Date: 2015-10-12 08:39:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:3513797

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said on Monday the conference organized by the ministry in the tourist city of Luxor comes as part of efforts to develop religious discourse and fight extremist ideas. The minister told MENA that the ministry ....

  • Fajr Libya operation announces support for national consensus gov't nominee

    Fajr Libya operation announces support for national consensus gov't nominee

    Date: 2015-10-12 08:32:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3513741

    Islamist Fajr Libya operation (Dawn of Libya) led by General Khalifa Haftar announced its support for Fayez el Serag to chair the national consensus government of Libya according to the agreement reached by UN envoy Bernandino Leon. Serag did not ....

  • Helicopter crash kills two Britons in Afghanistan

    Helicopter crash kills two Britons in Afghanistan

    Date: 2015-10-12 08:31:23 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:4 - ID:3513725

    Two British Royal Air Force personnel and three others died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Sunday (Oct 11), the defense ministry said in a statement. The five were killed when the helicopter crashed while landing at the headquarters of ....

  • Palestinian youth martyred in Al-Quds

    Palestinian youth martyred in Al-Quds

    Date: 2015-10-12 08:27:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3513689

    A Palestinian youth was martyred on Monday by the Israeli occupation forces in front of Al-Asbat gate in the occupied city of Al-Quds. The Israeli police claimed that the youth stabbed a Palestinian settler. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli ....

  • Scores of Palestinians injured in Al-Quds, violent clashes in Shaafat camp

    Scores of Palestinians injured in Al-Quds, violent clashes in Shaafat camp

    Date: 2015-10-12 08:20:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3513641

    Violent clashes took place late Sunday between the Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian youths in Al-Quds town of Abu Deis and Shaafat refugee camp, leaving scores of them suffering injuries as a result of opening fire and tear gas bombs on ....

  • Exchange company vehicle robbed in Nasr City

    Exchange company vehicle robbed in Nasr City

    Date: 2015-10-12 08:13:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:3513577

    Three unarmed men, claiming they are police officers, robbed an Exchange company vehicle in Nasr City early Monday. After collecting money worth 3 million pounds from two Exchange offices, the company staffers, riding a private car, were asked to ....

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