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  • Defense minister approves new batches of students of military academies, institutes

    Defense minister approves new batches of students of military academies, institutes

    Date: 2015-06-01 11:10:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2706809

    Minister of Defense General Sedqi Sobhi on Monday agreed to accept new batches of students wishing to join military academies and institutes. Applicants should be holders of Thanaweya Amma degree or its Azhari equivalents or having a technical ....

  • No national reconciliation before accountability – min.

    No national reconciliation before accountability – min.

    Date: 2015-06-01 11:09:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2706801

    National reconciliation cannot be achieved before accountability and can only happen under the people’s consensus, Transitional Justice Minister Ibrahim el Henedi said. During a press conference Monday, Henedi said he does not mind national ....

  • Israeli forces detain 6 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shore

    Israeli forces detain 6 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shore

    Date: 2015-06-01 11:08:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2706781

    Israeli forces detained Monday six Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores. Israeli gunboats fired at a Palestinian fishing boat before detaining the six fishermen who were on board, local sources said. ....

  • 22 defendants sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment on violence charges

    22 defendants sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment on violence charges

    Date: 2015-06-01 11:06:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2706769

    Cairo Criminal Court sentenced on Monday 22 defendants to 10 years rigorous imprisonment and fined them 20,000 pounds on charges of violence. The court also placed them under state parole supervision for an additional five years. Seven other ....

  • Urgent financial allocations granted to several ministries, press council

    Urgent financial allocations granted to several ministries, press council

    Date: 2015-06-01 10:40:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:22 - ID:2706473

    Finance Minister Hany Qadry agreed to provide EGP 7.1 billion of urgent financial allocations to the supply, petroleum, investment, transport and local development ministries and the Supreme Council of the Press to back their efforts in improving ....

  • Housing Ministry agrees to increase lot coverage of public schools

    Housing Ministry agrees to increase lot coverage of public schools

    Date: 2015-06-01 10:18:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2706269

    Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli had agreed to increase the maximum lot coverage of public schools from 30 to 35%, Education Minister Moheb el Rafei said. The decision was taken after the education minister had sent a letter to the housing ....

  • Ruling party representative elected as Sudanese parliament speaker

    Ruling party representative elected as Sudanese parliament speaker

    Date: 2015-06-01 10:09:07 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2706181

    Representative of Sudan's ruling National Congress Party Ibrahim Ahmed Omar was overwhelmingly elected as the Sudanese parliament speaker. Omar Soliman, the ruling party's representative, was also elected as head of the Council of States. The ....

  • 1 killed, 10 wounded in road accident in Zafarna

    1 killed, 10 wounded in road accident in Zafarna

    Date: 2015-06-01 09:46:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2705965

    One person was killed and 10 were wounded in an accident on Zafarna-Koraimat road on Monday. A truck carrying a number of workers overturned while making a U-turn on the road as the driver lost control over the steering wheel. Five ambulances ....

  • New train between New Borg el Arab, Sidi Gaber goes into effect

    New train between New Borg el Arab, Sidi Gaber goes into effect

    Date: 2015-06-01 09:45:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2705953

    A new train between New Borg el Arab and Sidi Gaber stations in Alexandria is now operative, said Ahmed Ibrahim el Desqouki, the chairman of the New Borg el Arab city administrative department, Monday. Four trips will be conducted on a daily ....

  • 3 Palestinians killed, more than 350 detained in May

    3 Palestinians killed, more than 350 detained in May

    Date: 2015-06-01 09:39:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2705921

    Three Palestinians were killed and more than 352 others detained by Israeli forces in May, Ahrar Center for Detainees' Studies and Human Rights said. Among the detainees, there were 14 women and 50 children aged under 18 years, the center added. ....

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