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Two ministers in Erdogan-led government resign
Date: 2013-12-25 09:29:09 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:16 - ID:460446
Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan and Interior Minister Muammer Güler in the government led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan tendered their resignation on Wednesday. The Turkish police has earlier arrested the two ministers' sons for involvement in ....
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Catholic Church in Egypt celebrates Xmas
Date: 2013-12-25 08:43:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:460342
The Catholic Church in Egypt celebrated the Christmas on Tuesday. Anba Ibrahim Isaac, the Patriarch of the Catholic Church, led the Christmas mass in the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary in Nasr City. The mass was attended by Amr Moussa, the ....
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Port Said cancels national day celebrations over Mansoura blast
Date: 2013-12-25 08:41:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:460338
The canal Governorate of Port Said cancelled Tuesday the celebrations of its national day planned for Thursday following the murder of 14 people and injury of more than one hundred in a terrorist attack in the Nile delta city of Mansoura. The ....
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Security Council doubles UN peacekeeping force amid spreading conflict
Date: 2013-12-25 08:40:54 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:460335
The Security Council authorized Tuesday almost doubling the United Nations peacekeeping force in strife-torn South Sudan to nearly 14,000 in the face of a rapidly deteriorating security and humanitarian crisis, the UN News Center reported. Recent ....
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Security forces contain limited clashes bet. residents, MB members in Alex.
Date: 2013-12-25 08:39:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:460331
Security forces in Alexandria on Tuesday contained limited clashes between residents of Sedi Gaber district and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members who protested outside the house of Yasser Borhami, the deputy chairman of the Salafi Call. The ....
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No bomb found near Alex. security directorate – official
Date: 2013-12-25 08:37:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:460329
Head of Investigation Department in Alexandria Maj. General Naser al-Abd denied Tuesday reports claiming that a bomb was found near the directorate premises. Security forces stepped up their presence around the security directorate, al-Abd said, ....
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Egypt is in heart of all Copts all over world:Pope Tawadros
Date: 2013-12-25 08:36:58 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:460327
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese said on Tuesday that "Egypt is always in the heart of Copts all over the world." The pope's remarks were made at the end of his one-week visit to Germany. During the visit, ....
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Branding 'MB' terrorist group depends on judicial actions – official
Date: 2013-12-25 08:02:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:460273
Hani Salah, spokesman for Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi, asserted Tuesday that declaring the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) a "terrorist organization" must be passed through the judicial authority. Speaking to Al-Hayat satellite channel, Salah ....
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Hisham Qandil arrested while fleeing en mountain route to Sudan
Date: 2013-12-25 08:00:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:460270
Former prime minister Hisham Qandil was arrested on Tuesday upon a court ruling issued against him, a statement by the Interior Ministry said. The arrest took place while Qandil was fleeing en mountain route to Sudan, the statement added. ....
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Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claims responsibility for Mansoura terrorist attack
Date: 2013-12-25 07:59:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:460266
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a terrorist organization, claimed responsibility for the deadly attack that targeted Dakahliya Security Department in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. At least 14 people were killed and ....