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  • Chief-of-staff meets senior UN officials

    Chief-of-staff meets senior UN officials

    Date: 2015-03-04 13:55:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:2090085

    Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazy met here on Wednesday with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous. The meeting took up the Egyptian participation in the UN peacekeeping forces, and ways ....

  • Fajr Libya aircraft raid Zintan airport

    Fajr Libya aircraft raid Zintan airport

    Date: 2015-03-04 13:48:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:2090041

    Two aircraft belonging to Fajr Libya militia launched on Wednesday raids on the Libyan Zintan Airport. No casualties were reported, security sources said. ....

  • Palestinian president blames Israel for hampering MidEast peace talks

    Palestinian president blames Israel for hampering MidEast peace talks

    Date: 2015-03-04 13:33:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:2089825

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday blamed Israel for hampering the Middle East peace talks. He added that the Palestinian side could return to the negotiating table provided that Israel stops establishing more settlements and releasing ....

  • Egypt raids of Daesh targets in Libya self-defense -- Diplomat

    Egypt raids of Daesh targets in Libya self-defense -- Diplomat

    Date: 2015-03-04 13:30:02 GMT - Nigeria - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:2089761

    Egypt's Ambassador to Nigeria Ashraf Salama has said that the recent Egyptian raids on terrorist targets in Libya were meant to protect Egyptians regardless of their religion. Egypt has the right to defend itself and its citizens, Salama said at ....

  • Election committee suspends decision on Parliament polls

    Election committee suspends decision on Parliament polls

    Date: 2015-03-04 13:28:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:2089729

    The High elections committee decided during a meeting under Judge Ayman Abbas on Wednesday suspending a previous decision calling on voters to elect their representatives at the house of representatives and relevant decisions. The committee ....

  • Sisi supports ecological projects in Africa -- Minister

    Sisi supports ecological projects in Africa -- Minister

    Date: 2015-03-04 13:26:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2088249

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted on Wednesday at a meeting with African environment ministers his support for ecological projects in Africa, said Egyptian Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy. The meeting also took up the role of women in ....

  • 752 Egyptians back home from Libya over past 24 hours

    752 Egyptians back home from Libya over past 24 hours

    Date: 2015-03-04 13:23:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:2089693

    As many as 752 Egyptians have crossed the Salloum border terminal from Libya into Egypt over the past 24 hours. Of those, 541 Egyptians had left the country in a legal way, said deputy director of the Salloum crossing Gamal Shehata on ....

  • Egypt UN envoy calls for balance between human rights concepts, cultural distinctiveness

    Egypt UN envoy calls for balance between human rights concepts, cultural distinctiveness

    Date: 2015-03-04 13:21:45 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:2089669

    Egypt's envoy to the UN Amr Ramadan has urged the world community to act to achieve an accurate balance between the international human rights concepts and the cultural distinctiveness of societies when applying those concepts. Addressing a ....

  • AL, UN discuss cooperation on terrorism combat

    AL, UN discuss cooperation on terrorism combat

    Date: 2015-03-04 13:17:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:2089609

    Arab League (AL) Assistant Secretary General for Arab National Security Samir al Qasir, stressed the importance of coordination between the league and the United Nations to deal with the dangerous challenges in the Middle East. Addressing a ....

  • Jordanian PM, Libyan counterpart discuss relations

    Jordanian PM, Libyan counterpart discuss relations

    Date: 2015-03-04 13:11:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:2089553

    Jordan's Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour and Libyan interim prime minister Abdullah Al-Thani on Wednesday discussed means to promote ties between the two countries as well as the latest developments in the North African Arab country, according to ....

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