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Mahlab performs last Friday prayers in Ramadan at Azhar Mosque

Date: 2014-07-25 16:07:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:845175

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab performed the last Friday prayers in Ramadan at Al-Azhar Mosque. Praying along side Mahlab were Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, the Minister of Awqaf, Khaled Abdel-Aziz, the Minister of Youth, Nabil e-Arabi, the Minister of ....

UAE president condoles with Bouteflika over plane victims

Date: 2014-07-25 16:07:09 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:845174

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Fridy received a cable of condolences from UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nuhayyan over the death of passengers of an Aglerian plane that crashed yesterday. Bouteflika also received cables from ....

Arabi, Ban, Kerry meet in Egypt on Gaza

Date: 2014-07-25 11:32:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:844684

A three-way meeting including UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi and US Secretary of State John Kerry is currently held at Fairmont Hotel in Heliopolis. The meeting aims at discussing the latest ....

Ban, Kerry discuss efforts to reach ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-25 08:09:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:844408

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry held a meeting Thursday in Cairo to discuss reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The talks covered results of the shuttle trips made by the UN Chief and Kerry in the region ....

Hamas, Jihad call for uprising in face of Israelis

Date: 2014-07-25 07:44:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:844369

Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements called on the Palestinians in the West Bank to rise in face of the occupation forces. In a statement on Friday, Jihad said that an uprising of the Palestinians in the West Bank would come in solidarity with the ....

UN peace coordinator arrives in Cairo

Date: 2014-07-25 07:43:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:844365

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry arrived here Friday coming from Jordan in his second visit to Egypt within five days. Serry will meet with Egyptian officials to follow up the deteriorated situation in the ....

MENA, interior ministry spokesman exchange shields

Date: 2014-07-24 12:12:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:843242

Middle East News Agency Chief Editor Alaa Haidar and Interior Ministry spokesman Hany Abdel Latif exchanged shields Thursday following an interview at the agency's headquarters in downtown Cairo. Abdel Latif said MENA had played an important ....

Hammond: Britain determined to exert every effort to end Middle East conflict

Date: 2014-07-24 11:43:45 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:17 - ID:843185

Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Thursday that his country is determined to exert every possible effort to end the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Hammond, who is now visiting Israel, said that efforts are underway to cease ....

Egypt keen on cooperating with foreign NGOs as long as they respect regulations - official

Date: 2014-07-24 11:05:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:843094

Egypt is keen to cooperate with all foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the country to boost economic development as long as they respect Egyptian regulations, said Assistant Foreign Minister Hisham Badr. Egypt highly ....

AL chief, UAE FM discuss situation in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-24 10:52:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:843069

Arab League (AL) chief Nabil El Araby received a phone call Thursday from UAE's Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed. They discussed ways to end the two-week Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. Zayed reiterated his country's support for the ....