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Palestinians may turn to UN if Israel doesn't free last prisoners
Date: 2014-03-25 15:11:59 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:630172
Five days before Israel is scheduled to release its fourth batch of security prisoners, Palestinian observers say they expect the Palestinian Authority to turn to the United Nations if Israel fails to adhere to the timetable, Haartez newspaper ....
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14 rights groups express alarm over recent death sentences
Date: 2014-03-25 15:00:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:630038
Up to 14 rights groups on Tuesday expressed their concern over the death sentences that were issued against 529 defendants accused of violence acts in the Upper Egyptian city of Minya after the dispersal of sits-in camps in Rabaa el-Adaweiya and ....
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3 die of seasonal flu in one week , health ministry says
Date: 2014-03-25 14:55:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:630137
Three persons died of seasonal flu and 26 others were infected by the virus over one week, said the Health and Population Ministry on Tuesday. The ministry added in a statement that 359 cases were kept in hospitals over suspicions of being ....
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Minister honors Egypt's youth tennis teams
Date: 2014-03-25 14:38:30 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:38 - ID:630097
Youth and Sports Minister Khalid Abdel Aziz honored on Tuesday Egypt's youth tennis teams. Male and female national teams have made an unprecedented achievement by winning Africa's under-14, 16 and 18 tennis championships held in Morocco and ....
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Court upholds verdict against kid killers
Date: 2014-03-25 14:26:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:630075
The appeals court in this Suez Canal city upheld on Tuesday a juvenile criminal court ruling sentencing the killers of a 5-year-old girl to 15 years in prison. The court rejected a plea for clemency by the mother of the first defendant and a ....
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New factors to attract more investment in oil sector: petroleum Minister
Date: 2014-03-25 14:07:34 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:35 - ID:630016
Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail has announced new factors to attract more investment in the oil sector in Egypt. Nine new agreements will be inked with international companies for petroleum exploration during the coming period, Ismail said in a ....
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Ukraine's parliament accepts resignation of defense minister
Date: 2014-03-25 13:59:30 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:34 - ID:629991
Ukraine's parliament has accepted the resignation of Acting Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh as troops withdraw from Crimea, ABC news reported Tuesday. No further details have been provided. ....
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Mansour, Abbas take Palestinian issue during talks
Date: 2014-03-25 13:52:00 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:629967
Egyptian President Adly Mansour held talks on Tuesday here with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Ambassador Ihab Badawy. In press statements, he added that the meeting came on the sidelines of the 25th ....
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Jordan to lift ban on Egyptian potatoes, palms exports
Date: 2014-03-25 13:34:24 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:31 - ID:629938
Egypt and Jordan agreed to lift the ban and open markets to Egyptian exports of potatoes, in addition to importing fruitful and decorative palm trees from Egypt under the same export terms to EU countries, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a ....
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Study going on regularly at Cairo and Ain Shams universities
Date: 2014-03-25 13:26:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:629906
Study at Cairo University went on regularly on Tuesday amid a state of prevailing calm despite some limited demonstrations staged by a few students belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood in front of the campus's main gate. Security is tightened in ....
