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Awqaf min. says investment, reconstruction of Sinai national duty of businessmen
Date: 2014-03-21 16:45:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:622804
Egypt's Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has asserted that the reconstruction of Sinai is a national duty of all Egyptian and Arab businessmen. During Friday's sermon that was held in El-Tor city, Gomaa said that investment is a religious and ....
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Fahmy: Egypt does not interfere in Lebanon's internal affairs
Date: 2014-03-21 16:38:56 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:622765
Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, now visiting Beirut, stressed that Egypt does not interfere in Lebanon's internal affairs. "On the contrary, Egypt supports Lebanon and all Lebanese parties," Fahmy said during a joint press conference with ....
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Russia to respond to all imposed sanctions reciprocally - presidential spokesman
Date: 2014-03-21 16:31:52 GMT - Russia - International - SN:36 - ID:622756
Russia will respond with reciprocal measures to any sanctions imposed against it, presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday. "As for sanctions, we will act basing on the principle of reciprocity," the Itar-Tass cited Peskov as ....
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Turkey's Gül at odds with Erdogan over Twitter ban
Date: 2014-03-21 16:09:40 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:35 - ID:622736
Turkish President Abdullah Gül set himself publicly at odds with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday, saying that it was unacceptable to impose complete bans on social media platforms such as Twitter, Turkey's Zaman newspaper reported ....
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Qassam announces death of member on "Jihad mission"
Date: 2014-03-21 15:54:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:622713
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Friday that one of its members was killed while on a "Jihad mission" in Gaza. "Qassam mourns martyr Ibrahim Al-Rafati who was killed in an accidental explosion while on a ....
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Cameron warns of escalating sanctions against Russia
Date: 2014-03-21 15:39:33 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:33 - ID:622693
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that more sanctions will be imposed against Russia if there were an escalation. European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels to discuss their response to the crisis over Crimea. Speaking to ....
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Ahly Benghazi of Libya beat Egypt's Ahly 1-0
Date: 2014-03-21 15:38:06 GMT - Tunisia - Sport - SN:32 - ID:622683
Egypt's giant Al-Ahly have lost to Ahly Benghazi of Libya 1-0 in the first leg of the Round of 16 of the African Champions League. Edward Sadomba scored the goal after 67 minutes of the match. The North African derby was held in Tunisia's ....
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges respect for sovereignty of Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-21 14:46:50 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:31 - ID:622592
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday the Ukrainian crisis could only be resolved through a diplomatic solution that respected the territorial integrity of the splintered ex-Soviet state, The Economic Times reported. "This ....
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Lebanese president calls for national dialogue session on March 31
Date: 2014-03-21 14:44:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:622587
After the formation of a national government, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman called Friday for a national dialogue on March 31 at Baabda Presidential Palace to discuss a national defense strategy. In the meantime, Sleiman received at Baabda ....
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2 girls killed, 4 people wounded in building collapse in Awseem town of Giza
Date: 2014-03-21 14:43:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:622585
Two girls were killed Friday and four people injured after a three-storey residential building collapsed in Awseem town of Giza Governorate. Security forces, civil defense squads and ambulances rushed to the scene of the collapse and could bring ....