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  • Palestinians urge int'l community to compel Israel to halt settlement activities

    Palestinians urge int'l community to compel Israel to halt settlement activities

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:43:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:1986557

    The Palestinian Foreign Ministry Tuesday strongly condemned the latest Israeli decision to seize over around 500 dunums of Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem for establishing a solid waste landfill. The ministry, in a statement, expressed grave ....

  • Egypt, France seek boosting military cooperation

    Egypt, France seek boosting military cooperation

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:40:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:1986549

    Minister of Defense and Military Production Colonel General Sedki Sobhi on Tuesday held talks with French Army Chief of Staff General Pierre de Villiers, now visiting Egypt. The talks took up several issues of common concern, with emphasis on ....

  • Morsi, Badie, Shater referred to military prosecution in Suez

    Morsi, Badie, Shater referred to military prosecution in Suez

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:39:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:1986533

    The public prosecution office in Suez has referred to the military prosecution 199 defendants implicated in setting military armored vehicles and churches in the Canal city ablaze in the wake of the crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protest camps in ....

  • NCW promises support for slain Copts' families

    NCW promises support for slain Copts' families

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:37:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:1986521

    The National Council for Women (NCW) promised on Tuesday to provide every possible support for the families of the 21 innocent Egyptian Copts, who were killed in Libya this week by Daesh terrorist group. In a statement, the council reiterated its ....

  • 50% of houses removed in 500-meter border area of Rafah

    50% of houses removed in 500-meter border area of Rafah

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:30:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:1986481

    Security sources said on Tuesday that around 50 percent of houses that were supposed to be removed in the border area of Rafah have already been removed as part of the second phase of the process. Up to 610 homes have already been demolished out ....

  • 4, 782 par'l hopefuls submit nomination papers: Election committee

    4, 782 par'l hopefuls submit nomination papers: Election committee

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:21:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:1984777

    The Higher Election Committee said on Tuesday that 4, 782 candidates seeking to stand in the upcoming parliamentary elections have submitted their nomination papers so far with 3, 338 independent candidates and 1, 444 candidates on party ....

  • Egyptian church commemorates slain Egyptian Copts in Libya

    Egyptian church commemorates slain Egyptian Copts in Libya

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:06:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:1986157

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St Mark's Diocese on Tuesday led a Mass in commemoration of the 21 Egyptian Copts who were killed in Libya earlier in the week by Daesh terrorist group. In his sermon, the head of the Coptic ....

  • Binladin Group to renovate Azhar Mosque

    Binladin Group to renovate Azhar Mosque

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:04:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:1986129

    Saudi Arabia-based Binladin Group will carry out the renovation works at Cairo's Al Azhar Mosque, said head of the Permanent Commission of Islamic and Coptic Antiquities Mostafa Amin on Tuesday. He added that the Saudi construction company has ....

  • UK police arrests man for encouraging terrorism

    UK police arrests man for encouraging terrorism

    Date: 2015-02-17 14:01:08 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:56 - ID:1986089

    A 29-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent city of Staffordshire, England, has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and supporting a proscribed organisation, police was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the BBC. The man was detained by ....

  • 11 terrorist suspects arrested in Arish

    11 terrorist suspects arrested in Arish

    Date: 2015-02-17 13:56:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:1986021

    The security apparatus in Arish on Tuesday arrested 11 terrorist suspects and destroyed several terrorist hotbeds and four motorbikes. According to security sources, the security campaign covered Sheikh Zweid and Rafah areas. The arrested are ....

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