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Bashir is ruling party's sole candidate in coming presidential race -- presidential aide
Date: 2013-12-29 09:29:11 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:467363
The ruling National Congress Party has chosen incumbent President Omar al-Bashir as its sole candidate in the coming presidential race, presidential aide Ibrahim Ghandour said. Bashir will be the only candidate fielded by the party, he said, as ....
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174 suspected MB schools to be examined - minister
Date: 2013-12-29 09:27:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:467361
The Education Ministry will examine 174 schools suspected of being owned by members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, which was lately listed by the Egyptian government as a terrorist group, Minister Mahmoud Abul Nasr said on Sunday. In ....
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New public transport project under PPP system to be launched in Qalubiya next month
Date: 2013-12-29 09:26:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:467358
A new public transport project will by launched in Qalubiya next month in cooperation between the private and public sectors to facilitate movement across the governorate, Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher said Sunday. He urged all businessmen and ....
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Thousands of police deploy in Bangladesh's capital ahead of mass opposition rally
Date: 2013-12-29 09:24:38 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:22 - ID:467354
Thousands of police officials have fanned out across Bangladesh's capital ahead of a mass opposition rally calling on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel next month's elections, Fox News reported. Hasina's rival, former Prime Minister Khaleda ....
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50-man panel members, theatrical shows to get the public posted on Egypt's new charter
Date: 2013-12-29 09:23:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:467351
A number of members of the 50-man constitution panel will take part in a series of symposiums and meetings to be organized by the West and Middle Delta Region in five governortes; Beheira, Menufiya, Marsa Matrouh, Alexandria and Gharbiya, to get the ....
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Al Azhar students converge on campus on 2nd day of exam
Date: 2013-12-29 09:17:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:467336
Amid tight security, Al Azhar students converged on their university on Sunday on the second day of their mid-year exams that began yesterday amid clashes and violence that left one dead and around 100 arrested, university sources said. The ....
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Treatment at state expense down by 7.2 percent in October - CAPMAS
Date: 2013-12-29 09:13:26 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:18 - ID:467319
The cost of treatment at state expense at home declined by 7.2 percent in October of 2013 compared with the month before, said the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Sunday. At an annual rate, the cost of treatment ....
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Housing ministry mulls allocating more houses for families of martyrs
Date: 2013-12-29 09:12:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:467315
Housing Minister Ibrahim Mehleb and the head of the National Council for Care of the Martyrs’ Families and Injured of the Revolution, Mohamed Shafie, have discussed means of securing houses for families of the martyrs and those injured in the ....
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Iran, Russia negotiating construction of new N-plants
Date: 2013-12-29 09:10:58 GMT - Iran - International - SN:16 - ID:467307
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic and Russia are discussing the construction of new nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Iran, the Iranian Press TV reported Sunday. Salehi has said that ....
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Kerry heads to Middle East for talks
Date: 2013-12-29 09:09:34 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:467124
US Secretary of State John Kerry will return to Israel and the Palestinian territories for peace talks next week, Voice of America quoted a senior US government official as saying on Saturday. The US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, ....