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  • Egypt, UAE PMs meet in Dubai

    Egypt, UAE PMs meet in Dubai

    Date: 2015-02-11 09:57:51 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:1940761

    UAE Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum met Wednesday with visiting Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to discuss Arab and regional developments. The talks also tackled preparations for an economic summit that Egypt will hold on ....

  • Qalubiya security foils attempt for blocking ring road in Shubra El Kheima

    Qalubiya security foils attempt for blocking ring road in Shubra El Kheima

    Date: 2015-02-11 09:54:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:1940697

    Security forces in Qalubiya on Wednesday foiled attempt by elements belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood to block the ring road in Shubra El Kheima after protesting in the neighborhood Some 15 rioters were arrested with arms in their ....

  • Diplomatic staff withdrawn from the British Embassy in Sana’a on security grounds

    Diplomatic staff withdrawn from the British Embassy in Sana’a on security grounds

    Date: 2015-02-11 09:52:00 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:9 - ID:1940677

    Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood announced a decision to temporarily suspend the operations of the British Embassy in Yemen. The security situation in Yemen has continued to deteriorate over recent days. Regrettably we now judge that ....

  • Egypt amb. to UNESCO attends ceremony marking launch of GHA films

    Egypt amb. to UNESCO attends ceremony marking launch of GHA films

    Date: 2015-02-11 09:20:16 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:1940321

    Egypt's Ambassador to UNESCO Mohamed Sameh Amr took part in a ceremony marking the launch of six documentary films on the UNESCO General History of Africa (GHA). Amr delivered a speech, stressing the importance of the project that started in 1964 ....

  • Egypt condemns assassination of Somali lawmaker

    Egypt condemns assassination of Somali lawmaker

    Date: 2015-02-11 09:06:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:1940161

    Egypt condemned the assassination of a Somali lawmaker while he was heading for the parliament to attend the vote of confidence on Somalia's new government. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Badr Abdel Aatt Wednesday called on the ....

  • 100-car pileup leaves 2 dead, dozens injured in South Korea

    100-car pileup leaves 2 dead, dozens injured in South Korea

    Date: 2015-02-11 07:51:55 GMT - south korea - International - SN:1 - ID:1939397

    Two people were killed and at least 42 were injured on Wednesday after a pileup involving about 100 vehicles in foggy weather on a bridge near the Incheon International Airport, South Korean officials said as quoted by Yonhap. Eight of the people ....

  • Malaysian cartoonist held for sedition over Anwar tweets

    Malaysian cartoonist held for sedition over Anwar tweets

    Date: 2015-02-11 07:50:54 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:4 - ID:1939437

    Malaysian police have arrested a cartoonist for sedition after he condemned the judiciary for imprisoning opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, the BBC reported Wednesday. Anwar began a fire-year sentence on Tuesday for sodomizing a former male aide ....

  • Greek govt wins confidence vote in parliament

    Greek govt wins confidence vote in parliament

    Date: 2015-02-11 07:49:19 GMT - Greece - International - SN:3 - ID:1939425

    The Greek government easily won a confidence vote late on Tuesday, on the eve of the meeting with EU officials, the BBC reported Wednesday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's government won a confidence vote on Tuesday evening, as was expected, with ....

  • Sisi meets delegation of UK House of Commons Wednesday

    Sisi meets delegation of UK House of Commons Wednesday

    Date: 2015-02-11 07:44:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1939401

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet a delegation of the British House of Commons later Wednesday, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef said. ....

  • 3,332 candidates present papers to run for parlt election withing 2 days

    3,332 candidates present papers to run for parlt election withing 2 days

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:47:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:1938045

    As many as 3,332 candidates presented their papers to run for the coming parliamentary elections within two days, Chairman of the Supreme Election Committee Ayman Abbas announced. On Sunday, 2,109 candidates presented their papers while 1,223 ....

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