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  • Turkish opposition chief plans to visit Iran late in Dec

    Turkish opposition chief plans to visit Iran late in Dec

    Date: 2013-12-11 11:51:43 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:44 - ID:434510

    The Turkish opposition Republican People's Party chief Kamal Klijdar is scheduled to visit Iran and Uzbekistan by the end of December to hold talks with officials there about bilateral relations along with regional and international issues. Party ....

  • Higher education minister honors university girls basketball team after Arab trophy

    Higher education minister honors university girls basketball team after Arab trophy

    Date: 2013-12-11 11:40:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:434491

    Deputy Prime Minister and Higher Education Minister Hossam Essa received on Wednesday university girls basketball team who won the Arab championship, which was held in Jordan, for the third time in a row. Essa honored members of the team for ....

  • Egyptian artifacts seized in Berlin

    Egyptian artifacts seized in Berlin

    Date: 2013-12-11 11:10:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:434412

    Egypt's Embassy in Berlin has detected a number of smuggled artifacts in Germany, said Spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Badr Abdel-Atti. The embassy has contacted the German authorities to discuss and agree on procedures of restoring ....

  • Myanmar frees 44 political prisoners - presidential adviser

    Myanmar frees 44 political prisoners - presidential adviser

    Date: 2013-12-11 11:08:59 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - International - SN:41 - ID:434407

    A presidential adviser in Myanmar said Wednesday Authorities freed 44 political detainees, French RFI reported. "In total 44 political prisoners have been released around the country today," Hla Maung Shwe added. President Thein Sein has ....

  • GCC leaders express supprt for Egypt

    GCC leaders express supprt for Egypt

    Date: 2013-12-11 11:02:35 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:434385

    The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders expressed on Wednesday their support for Egypt's economy and their trust that it will regain its pivotal role in the Arab and Islamic worlds soon. The GCC has full trust in the Egyptian people's choice ....

  • Interior minister meets staff, members of police civilian clubs

    Interior minister meets staff, members of police civilian clubs

    Date: 2013-12-11 10:59:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:434369

    Interior Minister General Mohammad Ibrahim met on Wednesday with civil employees and members of the security directorates' clubs to discuss their demands and proposals. During the meeting, Ibrahim asserted the importance of the current phase and ....

  • Court postpones trial of 30 MB backers over Mukktam violence

    Court postpones trial of 30 MB backers over Mukktam violence

    Date: 2013-12-11 10:57:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:434364

    Cairo Criminal Court decided on Wednesday to postpone till February 11 the trial of 30 Muslim Brotherhood members on charges of using force outside the headquarters of the main office of the MB in Muqattam district on June 30. The postponement ....

  • Egypt's defense minister meets US Central Command chief

    Egypt's defense minister meets US Central Command chief

    Date: 2013-12-11 10:41:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:434330

    Egyptian Defense Minister Colonel General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met on Wednesday with head of the US Central Command General Lloyd Austin. Talks took up the latest regional and international developments and their repercussions on security and ....

  • Beblawy signs agreement on launching broadband service

    Beblawy signs agreement on launching broadband service

    Date: 2013-12-11 10:32:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:434312

    Prime Minister Hazem Al-Beblawy signed on Wednesday an agreement on launching a project for introducing a high-speed internet (broadband) service in all administrative sectors of the country, including the fields of education, health, tourism, ....

  • Supreme election committee denies Al-Ahram reports on voting in any electoral committee

    Supreme election committee denies Al-Ahram reports on voting in any electoral committee

    Date: 2013-12-11 10:30:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:434304

    Chief of the Supreme Elections Committee Counselor Nabil Saleeb denied reports published in the daily "Al-Ahram" newspaper out on Wednesday that voting in the constitution referendum will be in any electoral committee. In statements released ....

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