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  • Pope Tawadros II heads ordination ceremony of new priests

    Pope Tawadros II heads ordination ceremony of new priests

    Date: 2015-05-24 10:42:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2653213

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese headed on Sunday a big church ceremony to ordain six priests to bishops rank. As many as 65 patriarchs and bishops attended the ceremony. ....

  • Qatar refuses to let Nepalese workers return to attend funerals after quake

    Qatar refuses to let Nepalese workers return to attend funerals after quake

    Date: 2015-05-24 10:41:54 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:17 - ID:2653205

    Nepalese workers building stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have been denied leave to attend funerals or visit relatives following the earthquakes in the Himalayan country that have killed more than 8,000 people, its government has ....

  • Defense minister approves new batch of military nursing schools

    Defense minister approves new batch of military nursing schools

    Date: 2015-05-24 10:40:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2653189

    Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi approved on Sunday a new batch of volunteers to military nursing schools in Cairo, Alexandria and Sohag. Applicants, both males or females, should be holders of 2013/2014 or 2014/2015 preparatory certificate or its ....

  • Environment minister: Special energy program should be active within five months

    Environment minister: Special energy program should be active within five months

    Date: 2015-05-24 09:37:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2652517

    Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy said Egypt welcomes any cooperation in the field of energy as part of the initiative to produce new sources for energy in Africa in 2020. In statements to MENA, Fahmy highlighted the necessity of activating ....

  • Netanyahu thanks Kerry for US blocking of anti-Israel nuclear resolution

    Netanyahu thanks Kerry for US blocking of anti-Israel nuclear resolution

    Date: 2015-05-24 09:25:09 GMT - Israel - International - SN:12 - ID:2652445

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US Secretary of State John Kerry for blocking an Egyptian-led drive on a possible Middle East nuclear arms ban at a United Nations conference, Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post quoted an Israeli ....

  • Sisi's visit to Germany to positively affect economic fields -- FEI chief

    Sisi's visit to Germany to positively affect economic fields -- FEI chief

    Date: 2015-05-24 09:23:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2652433

    Head of the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI), Mohamed El Sweidy, said that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's planned visit to Germany in June will positively affect all economic fields especially industry. In exclusive statements to MENA, ....

  • Parliamentary elections starts in Ethiopia

    Parliamentary elections starts in Ethiopia

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:38:53 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:10 - ID:2652045

    Polling stations across Ethiopia opened for Sunday's polls which 58 political parties compete for regional councils and federal parliament, ENA reported. Electorates have started to queue outside polling stations starting from 4:00AM, 2 hours ....

  • Investment minister: WEF is chance to deepen openness policy between Egypt and other countries

    Investment minister: WEF is chance to deepen openness policy between Egypt and other countries

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:35:15 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2652013

    Minister of Investment Ashraf Salman asserted that the intensive Egyptian presence at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, which wrapped up here on Saturday, provided an opportunity for deepening the policy of openness and ....

  • Egypt most important state in Mideast region -

    Egypt most important state in Mideast region -

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:31:51 GMT - Ireland - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2651985

    Leader of Social Democratic and Labor Party in North Ireland Alasdair McDonnell stressed that Egypt is the most important country in the Middle East region, saying it is the key to balance and stability of the entire region. Speaking to MENA at ....

  • Israeli forces fire at Palestinian fishermen, farmers

    Israeli forces fire at Palestinian fishermen, farmers

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:24:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2651949

    Israeli gunboats on Sunday opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off Rafah coasts and farmers in south Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported. Palestinian local sources said the Israeli gunboats fired on fishermen who were fishing within the areas ....

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