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  • Netanyahu suspends 'apartheid' bus plan for Palestinians

    Netanyahu suspends 'apartheid' bus plan for Palestinians

    Date: 2015-05-20 10:14:37 GMT - palestine - International - SN:18 - ID:2627025

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blocked a controversial plan to ban Palestinian workers from riding the same bus lines as Israelis, hours after it was approved by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, Radio Israel reported. Netanyahu ....

  • Higher education minister injured in car accident

    Higher education minister injured in car accident

    Date: 2015-05-20 10:02:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2626861

    Higher Education Minister El Sayyed Abdel Khaleq was injured Wednesday in a car accident in New Cairo. A security source told MENA that the minister's car was smashed when it collided with another car on the highway. The minister was rushed to ....

  • Israel begins separating Palestinians, Israelis on West Bank buses

    Israel begins separating Palestinians, Israelis on West Bank buses

    Date: 2015-05-20 09:59:27 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2626397

    Israel on Tuesday launched a pilot program under directive from Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon to separate Israeli and Palestinian bus travel in the West Bank, Haartez reported Wednesday. Palestinian workers will now have to return from Israel to ....

  • Zend sworn in before Sisi as new justice minister

    Zend sworn in before Sisi as new justice minister

    Date: 2015-05-20 09:52:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2626253

    Counselor Ahmed el Zend took on Wednesday the constitutional oath before President Abdel Fattah El Sisi as the new justice minister. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended the swearing-in ceremony, said Presidential spokesman Alaa ....

  • Alex power pylon detonated

    Alex power pylon detonated

    Date: 2015-05-20 09:51:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2626745

    A 220 kilovolt power transmission pylon in Alexandria - north of Cairo - was detonated late Tuesday. Board chairman of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), Ahmed Hanafy, said three explosive devices were planted around the base ....

  • Tourism ministry new portal about to be finalizeded

    Tourism ministry new portal about to be finalizeded

    Date: 2015-05-20 09:39:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2626585

    A new portal of the Tourism Ministry is about to be finished, according to a report referred to Tourism Minister Khaled Rami on the ministry's activities. The report also tackled all the ministry's activities during the first quarter of 2015, ....

  • Israel allows 620 trucks into Gaza Strip

    Israel allows 620 trucks into Gaza Strip

    Date: 2015-05-20 09:26:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2626441

    As many as 620 trucks loaded with construction materials have been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip from Israel via Karem Abu Salem crossing. Palestinians in the area said the shipments, which contain cement, gravel, iron and fuel, are intended ....

  • Police, students clash in Istanbul

    Police, students clash in Istanbul

    Date: 2015-05-20 09:12:28 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:11 - ID:2626321

    Police forces and faculty of law students clashed Wednesday during a march staged on the University of Istanbul campus. The marchers hurled stones at polices forces, prompting them to fire teargas bombs to disperse the protesters, CNN Turk ....

  • Sisi meets with US central command chief

    Sisi meets with US central command chief

    Date: 2015-05-20 09:03:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2626241

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi meets later on Wednesday with General Lloyd Austin of US Central Command, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef. The President will also meet with members of the Egyptian Olive Council. ....

  • Israeli troops infiltrate Gaza Strip

    Israeli troops infiltrate Gaza Strip

    Date: 2015-05-20 08:59:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2626177

    Israeli troops Wednesday infiltrated into the east of Deir al Balah city in the central Gaza Strip. Local sources said a number of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers stormed the city from the border line and bulldozed the area. The ....

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