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  • Jailed Ahmed Saadat threatens hunger strike over family visits ban

    Jailed Ahmed Saadat threatens hunger strike over family visits ban

    Date: 2015-06-03 12:15:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:2722217

    Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Ahmed Saadat, currently in Israeli jails, threatened to go on a hunger strike over continued Israeli ban of family visitations. He had been denied any visit from his family ....

  • Saudi king meets Lebanese PM

    Saudi king meets Lebanese PM

    Date: 2015-06-03 12:09:32 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2722161

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud received here on Wednesday Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam and his accompanying delegation. The meeting took up means of enhancing bilateral relations in various fields as well as the latest regional ....

  • Sisi holds summit talks with Merkel

    Sisi holds summit talks with Merkel

    Date: 2015-06-03 11:39:37 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2721869

    Visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday held a summit meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Earlier in the day, President Sisi met with German President Joachim Gauck in the German presidency headquarters. A plenary ....

  • Fifa's Sepp Blatter 'under investigation in US'

    Fifa's Sepp Blatter 'under investigation in US'

    Date: 2015-06-03 11:22:07 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:19 - ID:2721665

    Fifa president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US officials as part of their inquiry into corruption at the world football body, US media say, according to the BBC. The news came hours after Mr Blatter, 79, announced that he was stepping ....

  • Egypt, Greece chiefs of staff meet in Cairo

    Egypt, Greece chiefs of staff meet in Cairo

    Date: 2015-06-03 11:20:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2721645

    Egyptian Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazi received Wednesday his Greek counterpart Mikhail Kostarakos, who is currently visiting here. Kostarakos was given an official reception at the HQ of the General Secretariat of the Defense Ministry. The ....

  • Cabinet agrees on new draft law on reporting possession of explosives

    Cabinet agrees on new draft law on reporting possession of explosives

    Date: 2015-06-03 11:19:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2721641

    The Cabinet agreed Wednesday to a proposition submitted by the Interior Ministry to outline draft laws to toughen penalties. Meeting under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, the government agreed on a new legislation to criminalize the act of not ....

  • 2 elements of tourism police killed in Haram

    2 elements of tourism police killed in Haram

    Date: 2015-06-03 10:38:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2721213

    Two elements of tourism police have been killed in a gun attack in the district of Haram in Giza. Three unidentified gunmen opened fire at two policemen, seriously wounding them but they succumbed to their injuries at hospital, a security source ....

  • Sisi starts summit talks with German president

    Sisi starts summit talks with German president

    Date: 2015-06-03 10:37:44 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2721209

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived at the German presidential palace in Berlin Wednesday for summit talks with his German counterpart Joachim Gauck. Sisi arrived in the European country Tuesday night, He is accompanied by a number of ....

  • Mehleb reforms NADSP board

    Mehleb reforms NADSP board

    Date: 2015-06-03 10:04:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2720825

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb ordered Wednesday reforming the board of the National Authority for the Development of Sinai Peninsula (NADSP). Mohamed Shawky Yehia will chair the board for the coming three years. The board includes 20 figures ....

  • Awqaf minister in Arabia Saturday

    Awqaf minister in Arabia Saturday

    Date: 2015-06-03 10:04:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2720809

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa will start an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Saturday at an invitation from Minister of Islamic Affairs there Sheikh Saleh bin Abdel Aziz bin Mohamed al Sheikh. Gomaa, in statements Wednesday, said his ....

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