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  • Two Palestinians succumb to wounds sustained during Israeli aggression on Gaza

    Two Palestinians succumb to wounds sustained during Israeli aggression on Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-30 07:39:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:897642

    Two Palestinians died Friday due to deadly wounds sustained during the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Mohamed Khalil, 23, died as he was under medical care in Gaza, sources said. Old lady Wedad Abu Zied, 64, died at an Egyptian ....

  • Putin, Hollande discuss ways to assist political settlement in Ukraine

    Putin, Hollande discuss ways to assist political settlement in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-08-30 07:32:43 GMT - Russia - International - SN:18 - ID:897629

    Russia's and France's presidents Vladimir Putin and Francois Hollande discussed Friday ways to assist peaceful settlement in Ukraine in a phone conversation in the run-up to the European Council meeting due Saturday, RIA Novosti quoted a Kremlin ....

  • 57% West Africans have no access to electricity – AfDB

    57% West Africans have no access to electricity – AfDB

    Date: 2014-08-30 07:30:56 GMT - Nigeria - Economy - SN:17 - ID:897627

    The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said more than 57 percent of the people in West Africa are without access to electricity, Nigerian local media reported. The bank stated in its "West Africa Monitor Quarterly" for the second quarter of 2014 ....

  • 6,000 tourist rooms to be established to accommodate 2m tourists -- Red Sea governor

    6,000 tourist rooms to be established to accommodate 2m tourists -- Red Sea governor

    Date: 2014-08-30 07:25:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:897613

    Red Sea Governor Ahmed Abdullah said on Friday that 6,000 tourist rooms will be established to accommodate two million additional tourists during the coming year. This came during his meeting with Serag El Din Saad, Head of the Executive Office ....

  • Three mortar shells land in security camp in North Sinai injuring nobody

    Three mortar shells land in security camp in North Sinai injuring nobody

    Date: 2014-08-30 07:24:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:897609

    Three mortar shells landed Friday in Sheikh Zuweid Security Camp, injuring nobody, a security source said. The shells were fired by unknown terrorists who fled the place before security forces move for hunt, the source said. The attack made ....

  • UN Security Council urges Yemen's Houthis to end hostilities

    UN Security Council urges Yemen's Houthis to end hostilities

    Date: 2014-08-30 07:23:59 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:897606

    The UN Security Council called on Yemen's Houthis to end hostilities against the government and warned foreign countries not to interfere by encouraging instability in the impoverished Arab state. "The Security Council expresses grave concern ....

  • Three policemen remanded in custody over humiliating body in Khanka morgue

    Three policemen remanded in custody over humiliating body in Khanka morgue

    Date: 2014-08-30 07:22:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:897599

    A Qalyubia prosecution ordered Friday to remand three policemen in custody for 15 days pending investigation over charges of humiliating a body in the morgue of Khanka city of Qalyubia province. The prosecution also decided to summon two morgue ....

  • Antiquities minisrty says addressed foreign ministry to find out all info. on Egyptian coffin in Britain

    Antiquities minisrty says addressed foreign ministry to find out all info. on Egyptian coffin in Britain

    Date: 2014-08-30 06:56:02 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:11 - ID:897549

    Head of the Recovered Antiquities Department Ali Ahmed asserted that he contacted the foreign cultural relations department of the Foreign Ministry to address Egyptian embassy in London over reports saying that a 3,000-year-old cobweb-covered ....

  • Alexandria railway bomb call out to be hoax

    Alexandria railway bomb call out to be hoax

    Date: 2014-08-30 06:53:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:897548

    The Security forces in Alexandria received a false report about two bombs planted near the railway in the coastal province. Sappers rushed to the place and examined the rail tracks but found it was a hoax, Alexandria Security Chief Major General ....

  • Russia concerned about US decision to make reconnaissance flights over Syria — FM

    Russia concerned about US decision to make reconnaissance flights over Syria — FM

    Date: 2014-08-30 06:52:23 GMT - Russia - International - SN:9 - ID:897543

    Russia is concerned about the US decision to authorize reconnaissance flights over Syria, ITAR-TASS quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Friday. The ministry urged Washington to act in accordance with international law. It “clearly ....

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