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  • Awqaf min. says investment, reconstruction of Sinai national duty of businessmen

    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 ....

  • Fahmy: Egypt does not interfere in Lebanon's internal affairs

    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 ....

  • Russia to respond to all imposed sanctions reciprocally - presidential spokesman

    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 ....

  • Turkey's Gül at odds with Erdogan over Twitter ban

    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 ....

  • Qassam announces death of member on

    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 ....

  • Cameron warns of escalating sanctions against Russia

    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 ....

  • Ahly Benghazi of Libya beat Egypt's Ahly 1-0

    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 ....

  • UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges respect for sovereignty of Ukraine

    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 ....

  • Lebanese president calls for national dialogue session on March 31

    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 ....

  • 2 girls killed, 4 people wounded in building collapse in Awseem town of Giza

    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 ....

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