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  • Clashes erupt in Rif Dimashq

    Clashes erupt in Rif Dimashq

    Date: 2013-12-27 10:07:43 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:464090

    Violent clashes erupted on Friday between Syrian government forces and armed rebels in Rif Dimashq, the Syrian Revolution Coordinators Union said. Several mortar shells have landed near Al-Qosor neighborhood in the capital with no casualties ....

  • Advisor to Lebanon's Hariri killed in Beirut blast: TV

    Advisor to Lebanon's Hariri killed in Beirut blast: TV

    Date: 2013-12-27 09:38:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:464038

    A huge explosion in central Beirut has killed an adviser to former prime minister Saad Hariri and former Lebanese Finance Minister Mohammed Shattah, Lebanese Future TV reported on Friday, quoting a Red cross source as saying. The source said at ....

  • Israel stages airstrikes on Gaza

    Israel stages airstrikes on Gaza

    Date: 2013-12-27 09:32:50 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:464011

    The Israeli air force struck the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rockets fired hours earlier into southern Israel. The air attacks targeted a training facility and other places within Gaza, injuring one person, the “Voice of Israel” radio ....

  • Car bomb in Qena 'baseless'- security chief

    Car bomb in Qena 'baseless'- security chief

    Date: 2013-12-27 08:13:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:463845

    Qena security chief Mohamed Kamal has dismissed news reports saying the directorate received tip-off about a booby-trapped car close to Orthodox Diocese. "Such news is baseless," Kamal told MENA on Thursday. The security chief urged news outlets ....

  • Electricity station operating with natural gas inaugurated

    Electricity station operating with natural gas inaugurated

    Date: 2013-12-26 15:55:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:29 - ID:463192

    Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail announced the beginning of a project to convert a diesel-fueled electricity generating station to use natural gas with investments of 230 million pounds. The event was attended by Red Sea Governor Ahmed ....

  • Foreign Ministry settles labor problem of five Egyptians in Saudi Arabia

    Foreign Ministry settles labor problem of five Egyptians in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2013-12-26 15:51:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:463182

    Egypt's Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs, Ambassador Ali El-Asheri said on Thursday that the Egyptian Consulate in Riyadh followed up the labor problems of the five Egyptians in the Saudi province of Hail. A delegation from the ....

  • River Congo project mulled for it would save 50 bln cubic meters of water for Egypt annually : minister

    River Congo project mulled for it would save 50 bln cubic meters of water for Egypt annually : minister

    Date: 2013-12-26 15:48:46 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:27 - ID:463176

    Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Mohamed Abd el-Mottaleb said that the project of linking the River Nile with Congo River is still under serious examination, stressing that Egypt wants to cooperate with the Nile basin countries in different ....

  • MB asset-managing panel to hold press conf. next week

    MB asset-managing panel to hold press conf. next week

    Date: 2013-12-26 15:46:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:463168

    A committee assigned with running the assets and property of the Muslim Brotherhood group will hold a press conference early next week in light of a Cabinet decision designating the group as a terror organization. The committee was formed by ....

  • Developing supervision over industrial activities to raise quality of products - minister

    Developing supervision over industrial activities to raise quality of products - minister

    Date: 2013-12-26 15:13:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:25 - ID:463100

    Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour said that his ministry is keen on developing supervision over industrial activities to raise the quality of products. The minister's remark came during a ceremony organized by the Industrial ....

  • Terror attacks will not affect Egypt's development - minister

    Terror attacks will not affect Egypt's development - minister

    Date: 2013-12-26 15:07:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:463091

    Youth Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz underlined that the terror attacks witnessed in Egypt recently will not affect the development and prosperity of Egypt. The country's youth will dazzle the whole world via participating in the referendum on the ....

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