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  • Unverified e-media threatens national security -- official

    Unverified e-media threatens national security -- official

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:31:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:2477457

    A senior Interior Ministry official has warned of grave threats posed by the electronic media to society and national security. In the absence of a mechanism to verify news posted on websites, the electronic media will continue to be a threat, ....

  • US ship seized by Iranian warships

    US ship seized by Iranian warships

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:29:35 GMT - Iran - International - SN:54 - ID:2477445

    The Iranian Navy has confiscated an American cargo vessel with all its 34 crew, reports said, according to FARS News Agency. Other reports said the vessel has been seized for trespassing Iran's territorial waters. Al-Arabia said an Iranian ....

  • Cell members behind mufti's villa blast remanded for 15 days

    Cell members behind mufti's villa blast remanded for 15 days

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:26:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:2477425

    The prosecution office in Fayyoum has remanded in custody for 15 days members of a terrorist cell accused of blowing up the villa of former mufti Dr Ali Gomaa pending a probe. The cell also faces charges of burning a number of electrical ....

  • Tourism minister denies ministry officials failed English exam

    Tourism minister denies ministry officials failed English exam

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:23:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:2477381

    Tourism Minister Khaled Ramy on Tuesday denied reports claiming that head of foreign offices and officials of the ministry and the Tourism Promotion Authority failed an English Exam. The minister told MENA that these officials passed the exam, ....

  • Syrian army kills scores of militants in Allajat - military source

    Syrian army kills scores of militants in Allajat - military source

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:21:28 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:2477393

    A Syrian military source on Tuesday said that the army killed scores of militants in Allajat area between the provinces of Sweida and Daraa, SANA news agency reported. Other militants were arrested, the source said. Weapons and ammunition ....

  • Bashir warns S. Sudan from supporting rebels

    Bashir warns S. Sudan from supporting rebels

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:15:05 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:2477353

    President Omar el Bashir warned South Sudan from supporting and rebel and armed movements that lauch terrorist acts in Sudan. This came Tuesday during Bashir’s speech to Sudanese armed forces after defeating rebels in South Darfur. Bashir ....

  • Trial of Morsi, 10 others over leaking confidential documents to Qatar delayed until Thursday

    Trial of Morsi, 10 others over leaking confidential documents to Qatar delayed until Thursday

    Date: 2015-04-28 15:55:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:2477121

    Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Tuesday the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi along with 10 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group on charges of passing national security documents to Qatar to Thursday. Morsi and the 10 ....

  • Foreign Ministry warns expats in China against violating intellectual property rights

    Foreign Ministry warns expats in China against violating intellectual property rights

    Date: 2015-04-28 15:33:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:2476325

    Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Amr Me'awad has urged Egyptian expats in China to avoid all illegal activities, including trading in counterfeit goods. He said Tuesday the Chinese authorities have recently toughened penalties ....

  • French president meets Patriarch of Antioch

    French president meets Patriarch of Antioch

    Date: 2015-04-28 15:24:10 GMT - France - International - SN:47 - ID:2476841

    French President Francois Hollande held on Tuesday talks with Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East Beshara Boutros al Rahi. The two sides discussed problems facing Christian minorities in the Middle East as well as the latest ....

  • AL envoy urges amending ACHR

    AL envoy urges amending ACHR

    Date: 2015-04-28 15:22:43 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:2476825

    Arab League (AL) Envoy to Sudan Salah Halima urged on Tuesday the Sudanese government to amend the Arab Charter on Human Rights (ACHR) to keep pace with the recent developments in the Arab region. In his speech at a ceremony marking the Arab ....

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