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  • Friends of Yemen conference held in London

    Friends of Yemen conference held in London

    Date: 2014-04-29 12:33:18 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:694313

    Friends of Yemen conference opened here under Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi and Prince Turki Al-Kabeer, the Undersecretary of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting was chaired by UK Foreign Secretary William Hague. ....

  • Zazou urges maintaining tourist promotion campaigns

    Zazou urges maintaining tourist promotion campaigns

    Date: 2014-04-29 12:18:58 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:15 - ID:694269

    Minister of Tourism Hisham Zazou on Tuesday urged maintaining tourist promotion campaigns with a view to attracting more Arab tourists to Egypt along with tapping additional tourist markets. The remark was made at a workshop for activating ....

  • Court postpone to May 7 trial of Badei, others

    Court postpone to May 7 trial of Badei, others

    Date: 2014-04-29 12:15:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:694262

    Shobra el-Kheima criminal court on Tuesday put off to the session of May 7 the trial of leader of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group Mohamed Badei and 48 others over charges of inciting violence and killing. Other defendants include MB ....

  • Arab league chief meets South Sudan's parliamentary delegation

    Arab league chief meets South Sudan's parliamentary delegation

    Date: 2014-04-29 12:11:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:694251

    Arab League chief Nabil El-Arabi discussed with South Sudan's parliamentary delegation ways to boost bilateral cooperation. "We have good relations with the Arab League as we have ambassadors in Cairo and Juba," Jasmine Samuel, who leads the ....

  • Poll: Americans support sanctions, not arms for Ukraine

    Poll: Americans support sanctions, not arms for Ukraine

    Date: 2014-04-29 12:07:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:12 - ID:694241

    Americans support tighter economic sanctions on Moscow, a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll finds, but they oppose by more than 2-1 the idea of sending arms or military supplies to the Ukrainian government to bolster its defenses against Russian ....

  • Sappers defuse bomb in Azhar's Faculty of Agriculture

    Sappers defuse bomb in Azhar's Faculty of Agriculture

    Date: 2014-04-29 12:01:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:694218

    Sappers on Tuesday managed to defuse a makeshift bomb, which was found inside Faculty of Agriculture on Azhar University campus. The sappers are combing the campus and the surrounding area in search for any other bombs, said a well-placed ....

  • Russia reassures US on Ukraine

    Russia reassures US on Ukraine

    Date: 2014-04-29 09:30:41 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:693810

    MOSCOW, April 29 (MENA) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his US counterpart Chuck Hagel held a telephone conversation on Monday discussing the tense situation in Ukraine. Following the talks between Shoigu and Hagel, the Russian ....

  • UK, Iran discuss re-opening embassies

    UK, Iran discuss re-opening embassies

    Date: 2014-04-29 09:26:15 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:9 - ID:693796

    LONDON, April 29 (MENA) - Britain and Iran have taken another step towards the full restoration of ties after a top Foreign Office diplomat flew to Tehran in the highest level official visit between the countries in two-and-a-half years. Sir ....

  • Two women quarantined at airport over MERS infection

    Two women quarantined at airport over MERS infection

    Date: 2014-04-29 08:05:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:693572

    Cairo airport authorities have quarantined two women coming from Saudi Arabia over suspicion that they might have infections of MERS or the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus. The airport quarantine's doctor suspected the two passengers to ....

  • Egypt embassy in US says Egypt judicial system independent, executive powers can not interfere

    Egypt embassy in US says Egypt judicial system independent, executive powers can not interfere

    Date: 2014-04-29 07:39:16 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:693527

    The Egyptian embassy in Washington said the Egyptian judicial system is independent and is a cornerstone of all democratic systems. "The executive authorities can not interfere in the judicial process. If that happened, that would weaken the ....

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