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  • Bombs found near 2 power towers in Kafr el Dawwar

    Bombs found near 2 power towers in Kafr el Dawwar

    Date: 2015-05-12 16:50:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:2574321

    Two bombs were found near a power tower in the Delta city of Kafr el Dawwar Tuesday. Three more bombs were found near another power tower in the same city, said board chairman of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company Ahmed Hanafy. The ....

  • Turkey, Azerbaijan begin joint military exercises

    Turkey, Azerbaijan begin joint military exercises

    Date: 2015-05-12 16:48:50 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:48 - ID:2574293

    Turkish and Azeri armed forces on Tuesday started joint military exercises in the Azeri capital of Baku and Nakhchivan, Hurriyet quoted the Azeri Ministry of Defense as saying in a statement. The exercises would continue until May 17 and were ....

  • Israeli gunboat violates Lebanon's territorial waters

    Israeli gunboat violates Lebanon's territorial waters

    Date: 2015-05-12 16:36:08 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:2574201

    An Israeli gunboat on Tuesday breached the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras el-Naqoura, Lebanese National News Agency reported. The boat infiltrated some 150 meters into the sea and then left towards the waters of the occupied Palestinian ....

  • Egypt, Lebanon discuss trade actiation

    Egypt, Lebanon discuss trade actiation

    Date: 2015-05-12 16:31:50 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:2573521

    Lebanese Minister of Industry Hussein al Haj received on Tuesday Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohamed Badr el Din Zayed. They discussed means to activate trade exchange between the two countries in various domains within the framework of efforts ....

  • Merkel meets Israel president to mark 50 years of diplomacy

    Merkel meets Israel president to mark 50 years of diplomacy

    Date: 2015-05-12 16:30:47 GMT - Germany - International - SN:46 - ID:2574141

    Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Israel's President Reuven Rivlin at the Chancellery on Tuesday to mark 50 years of ties between the two countries, the Deutsche Welle‎ reported. "We believe that Germany needs to provide special support ....

  • South African police arrest 750 undocumented immigrants

    South African police arrest 750 undocumented immigrants

    Date: 2015-05-12 16:11:32 GMT - South Africa - International - SN:45 - ID:2573921

    South African authorities have arrested about 750 immigrants staying illegally in this country, prompting rights groups on Tuesday to criticize the sweep for alleged violations that include preventing detainees from seeing lawyers, The U.S. News & ....

  • Trial of 347 defendants in Minya riot resumed

    Trial of 347 defendants in Minya riot resumed

    Date: 2015-05-12 15:31:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:2573641

    Minya criminal court resumed on Tuesday the trial of 347 defendants, who are accused of inciting violence in Minya governorate. Of all, 30 defendants were released pending trial. They are facing charges of murdering a policeman, setting fire ....

  • Legal action against insolvent farmers to stop until end of 2015

    Legal action against insolvent farmers to stop until end of 2015

    Date: 2015-05-12 15:17:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2572193

    The prosecutor general has agreed to stop legal action against insolvent clients of the Principal Bank For Development & Agricultural Credit (PBDAC). Agricultural Minister Salah Hilal announced the good news to more than 250,000 farmers ....

  • Putin, Kerry meeting will lead to shift in political dialogue - Russian lawmaker

    Putin, Kerry meeting will lead to shift in political dialogue - Russian lawmaker

    Date: 2015-05-12 14:57:15 GMT - Russia - International - SN:41 - ID:2573397

    Chairman of the Russian Duma's Committee of International Affairs Alexey Pushkov on Tuesday said a shift in political and diplomatic dialogue between Moscow and Washington should be expected from a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin ....

  • EU Ambassador calls for providing safety for travellers

    EU Ambassador calls for providing safety for travellers

    Date: 2015-05-12 14:55:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:2573389

    The European Union Ambassador in Cairo said the effective program of safety monitoring is the main base for the success of any aviation system in the world. In statements on the sidelines of the twinship project conference for promoting control ....

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