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  • Azhar Imam: Terrorism distorted real image of Islam

    Azhar Imam: Terrorism distorted real image of Islam

    Date: 2015-10-07 17:40:26 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:3487161

    Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayyeb on Wednesday said terrorist groups distorted the image of Islam and Muslims around the world. Speaking to Jordan News Agency (Petra), the Grand Imam reiterated importance of the religious ....

  • Yemeni FM: Sanaa will be liberated soon wtihout military intervention

    Yemeni FM: Sanaa will be liberated soon wtihout military intervention

    Date: 2015-10-07 15:40:40 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:3486433

    Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyad Yasin said the capital Sanaa will return to Yemenis soon without firing a single bullet. Yasin, currently visiting Geneva to attend the session of the executive committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for ....

  • Gov't discusses preparations for parliamentary polls - official

    Gov't discusses preparations for parliamentary polls - official

    Date: 2015-10-07 15:38:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:3486425

    Election Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister Refaat Komsan said that the cabinet probed the preparations for the coming parliamentary polls and the need to hold them in a good way as the last step of the road map. The premier gave directives to ....

  • Cabinet review report on sustainable development strategy

    Cabinet review report on sustainable development strategy

    Date: 2015-10-07 15:33:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:3486385

    The Egyptian Cabinet on Wednesday reviewed a report on "sustainable development strategy: Egypt's vision 2030" that will be put into effect as of January 2016. At its weekly meeting, the Cabinet under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail was briefed on ....

  • Sisi issues decree amending Penal Code

    Sisi issues decree amending Penal Code

    Date: 2015-10-07 12:39:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:3484797

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday issued a republican decree amending provisions of the Penal Code. According to the amendment, a new article is added to the Penal Code sentencing to a term in jail that is not less than one year and a ....

  • Rafah crossing opened for Palestinian pilgrims

    Rafah crossing opened for Palestinian pilgrims

    Date: 2015-10-07 12:12:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:3484501

    Rafah land crossing was opened on Wednesday from one side to allow the passage of Palestinian pilgrims who are coming from Saudi Arabia back to the Gaza Strip. The land crossing is opened exceptionally today, said an official source at the ....

  • Bourse to organize its 1st conference for sustainable development by October end

    Bourse to organize its 1st conference for sustainable development by October end

    Date: 2015-10-07 10:33:49 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:8 - ID:3483613

    The Egyptian Exchange will organize its first conference for sustainable development by the end of October with the participation of businessmen and local and foreign investors, the head of the bourse said Wednesday. The conference, to be opened ....

  • Japanese PM completes cabinet reshuffle

    Japanese PM completes cabinet reshuffle

    Date: 2015-10-07 10:32:29 GMT - Japan - International - SN:7 - ID:3483593

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe completed forming a new government, Kyodo reported. Out of 19 ministers, nine have maintained their posts. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Finance Minister Taro Aso and Economics Minister Akira Amari, ....

  • Blair: 'Perversion of Islam' behind Middle East problems

    Blair: 'Perversion of Islam' behind Middle East problems

    Date: 2015-10-07 08:20:03 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:3482441

    The "perversion of Islam is the source of a lot of problems in the Middle East," and more than force is needed to tackle extremism, former British prime minister Tony Blair told CNN Tuesday. Blair spoke to CNN after Tuesday's release of the ....

  • Israeli settlers keep up their provocative actions in Quds

    Israeli settlers keep up their provocative actions in Quds

    Date: 2015-10-07 08:16:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3482409

    Israeli settlers kept up early Wednesday their provocative actions in the occupied Jerusalem city. They attacked cars of Jerusalemites. Israeli settlers continued their provocative marches and chanted racist slogans. Eyewitnesses said ....

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