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  • Mahlab meets Madagascar's president

    Mahlab meets Madagascar's president

    Date: 2015-03-31 17:22:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:2286109

    Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met with Madagascar's President Hery Rajaonarimampianina. The meeting was attended by the ministers of trade, industry, electricity and population as well as the deputy of the foreign minister and the ....

  • Egypt amb. to Qatar returns to Doha due to political considerations, FM says

    Egypt amb. to Qatar returns to Doha due to political considerations, FM says

    Date: 2015-03-31 17:20:38 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:2285401

    The Egyptian ambassador to Qatar has returned to Doha due to, what the foreign minister calls, "political considerations". The move followed the return of Qatar's ambassador to Cairo. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the third donors ....

  • Turkish court acquits all 236 defendants in Sledgehammer case

    Turkish court acquits all 236 defendants in Sledgehammer case

    Date: 2015-03-31 17:15:41 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:72 - ID:2286825

    A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted all 236 army officers accused of plotting to stage a coup in 2003 against the government of then-prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The 236 army officers were accused of being involved in the so-called ....

  • Health minster receives US delegation to follow up free-HCV national plan

    Health minster receives US delegation to follow up free-HCV national plan

    Date: 2015-03-31 17:08:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:2286777

    Egypt's Health Minister Adel Adawi on Tuesday met with Regional Director of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Francisco Averhoff and his accompanying delegation, to follow up measures taken by the ministry to make Egypt free of hepatitis C ....

  • AL urges world community to pressure Israel to end occupation of Palestinian lands

    AL urges world community to pressure Israel to end occupation of Palestinian lands

    Date: 2015-03-31 16:57:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:2286729

    The Arab League has reiterated support for the Palestinian people in their struggle to achieve their noble goals. In a statement Tuesday, the AL urged the world community, particularly the UN Security Council, to effectively and seriously act to ....

  • Donors pledge USD 3.8 bln in Syria aid: UN chief

    Donors pledge USD 3.8 bln in Syria aid: UN chief

    Date: 2015-03-31 16:41:59 GMT - Kuwait - International - SN:69 - ID:2286645

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced Tuesday that donors taking part in Kuwait III pledged a total of USD 3.8 billion to help the Syrian people suffering from murder, displacement and poverty since March 2011, according to KUNA news ....

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

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

    Date: 2015-03-31 16:38:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:2286617

    Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Tuesday the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi along with ten other members of the Muslim Brotherhood group over charges of passing national security documents to Qatar to Wednesday. Morsi and the ten ....

  • Azhar imam receives delegation of German university

    Azhar imam receives delegation of German university

    Date: 2015-03-31 16:17:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:2286085

    Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb received Tuesday a delegation of Germany's University of Freiburg. The delegation includes university students and professors of the Islamic studies department. The visit comes as part of the ....

  • Azhar slams exploitation of children

    Azhar slams exploitation of children

    Date: 2015-03-31 16:15:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:2286441

    Al Azhar Secretary Abbas Shoman slammed on Tuesday the exploitation of children by some terrorist groups. He said that this act distorts the image of Islam and Muslims. "On contrary, Islam calls for protection of children from extremism," he ....

  • More Egyptians fleeing Libya violence return home

    More Egyptians fleeing Libya violence return home

    Date: 2015-03-31 16:11:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:2286417

    Over the past 24 hours 301 Egyptians fleeing the conflict in Libya returned home via the Salloum crossing point western Egypt, Matrouh Security Chief Maj. Gen. El Anani Hahouda said on Tuesday. Out of the 301, 87 people arrived illegally, he ....

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