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  • Egypt's interim president visits Pope Tawadros to greet him on Christmas

    Egypt's interim president visits Pope Tawadros to greet him on Christmas

    Date: 2014-01-05 10:46:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:480259

    Egypt's interim President Adly Manosur visited on Sunday Pope Tawadros II at the Coptic Cathedral in the Cairo district of Abbasiya to greet him on Christmas. This is the first time an Egyptian president personally visits the Church to offer ....

  • Cautious calm prevails Azhar, university dorms

    Cautious calm prevails Azhar, university dorms

    Date: 2014-01-05 10:22:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:480214

    Cautious calm prevailed in Azhar University, and its affiliate dormitories of the boys and girls, amidst limited skirmishes between the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood students and security forces who are securing students while taking their mid-year ....

  • Petroleum minister inspects Polyethylene production project in Suez

    Petroleum minister inspects Polyethylene production project in Suez

    Date: 2014-01-05 10:18:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:32 - ID:480206

    Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail inspected on Sunday a project aiming at producing Polyethylene in the North West Gulf of Suez Special Economic Zone, approximately 40 km south of Suez City. The project is likely to be operational next month at ....

  • 240 trucks were allowed via Karm Abu Salem crossing in Gaza

    240 trucks were allowed via Karm Abu Salem crossing in Gaza

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:50:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:480149

    Israeli occupation forces allowed the entry of 240 trucks laden with commodities into the Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing on Sunday. In a press release, Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in the Gaza Strip ....

  • Security sources deny any explosions in Arish

    Security sources deny any explosions in Arish

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:23:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:480089

    Security sources denied on Sunday that there were any explosions in the North Sinai city of Arish today. The bangs people heard today were sonic booms caused by warplanes hovering over Arish, the sources added. ....

  • Saudi Arabia coordinating with Lebanon over Al Qaeda leader death

    Saudi Arabia coordinating with Lebanon over Al Qaeda leader death

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:11:07 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:480062

    Saudi Arabia assigned a team from its Embassy in Beirut to coordinate with the Lebanese authorities over the death of chief of an al Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group Majed al-Majed. Majed, a Saudi citizen, died in custody after being arrested by ....

  • FM: Majed's death will not derail Iran from Beirut embassy probe

    FM: Majed's death will not derail Iran from Beirut embassy probe

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:03:58 GMT - Iran - International - SN:27 - ID:480052

    Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham underlined that Tehran will continue its probe into the November bombing that targeted the Islamic Republics embassy in Beirut despite the death of al-Qaeda-linked Saudi terrorist Majed al-Majed, ....

  • 2 cannons, large amount of arms seized in security crackdowns

    2 cannons, large amount of arms seized in security crackdowns

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:02:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:480025

    Police seized two cannons, including an anti-aircraft one, and 22 machine guns, 19 shotgun rifles, 24 pistols and 63 locally-made guns during security crackdowns over the past 48 hours. Police also seized nine grenades, 14 explosive devices, ....

  • Turkish PM to visit Iran later this month

    Turkish PM to visit Iran later this month

    Date: 2014-01-05 09:01:09 GMT - Iran - International - SN:26 - ID:480042

    Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Iran later January, Fars news agency reported. The visit is meant to boost bilateral relations, Zarif said in a meeting ....

  • 7 policemen killed, injured in two attacks in Mosul

    7 policemen killed, injured in two attacks in Mosul

    Date: 2014-01-05 08:59:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:480021

    Seven policemen were killed and injured in two separate attacks in Mosul city, central Ninawa governorate, situated some 405 kilometers north of Baghdad, security sources said. Unidentified gunmen attacked on Sunday a police convoy in southern ....

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