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Seven dead as riots continue in Argentine
Date: 2013-12-11 08:12:50 GMT - Argentina - International - SN:14 - ID:433951
Outbreaks of looting have spread across Argentina as mobs take advantage of strikes by police demanding pay raises to match inflation, Fox news reported. Videos show people shattering glass doors and hauling out everything from mattresses and ....
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Israeli soldier suspected of issuing entry permits for Palestinians arrested
Date: 2013-12-11 08:10:49 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:433946
Israeli police arrested an army soldier suspected of issuing permits to Palestinians to enter Israel in return for huge sums of money and drugs, Radio Israel reported. A Palestinian of Qalqilia residents was also arrested for suspicion of ....
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36 wounded in Tuesday clashes, no deaths reported - Health Ministry
Date: 2013-12-11 08:09:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:433943
Thirty six people were wounded in Tuesday clashes between security men and pro-Morsi supporters in Cairo, Giza and Fayyoum but no deaths have been reported so far, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Twenty nine of the wounded checked out of ....
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MB female members protest in Alexandria
Date: 2013-12-11 08:07:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:433940
Female members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) staged Tuesday evening a protest outside Montazah district building, east of Alexandria. The participants chanted anti-police and -army slogans. They set off fireworks outside the district ....
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Moussa says new constitution offers unprecedented guarantees for democracy, individual freedoms, gender equality
Date: 2013-12-11 07:58:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:433917
Egypt's best-known diplomat said Tuesday that a constitution drafted by a 50-member panel he chaired offered unprecedented guarantees for democracy, individual freedoms and gender equality, the ABC news reported. Amr Moussa, longtime Arab League ....
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Azhar Uni. calls police to secure premises
Date: 2013-12-11 07:56:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:433913
Al-Azhar University has decided to demand police to secure the university premises. In a statement following an urgent meeting Tuesday, the university board said it is in permanent session to follow up the situation in the aftermath of deadly ....
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Environment minister partakes in UNESCO workshop
Date: 2013-12-11 07:53:08 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:433902
Environment Minister Laila Iskandar participated on Tuesday in a workshop held at UNESCO premises in Paris under the rubric "Women's work in the field of engineering." In a keynote speech during the workshop, Iskandar underlined the necessity for ....
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Losses of French travel agencies continue because of Arab Spring
Date: 2013-12-11 07:50:38 GMT - France - Economy - SN:7 - ID:433896
French travel agencies have said their losses have been persistent since the outbreak of Arab Spring's three years ago. Agencies such as Thomas Cook, Marmara, Pierre et Vacances and others reported losses in customers hit around 10 percent, and ....
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Preparatory meeting for Syrian peace conference in Geneva: France
Date: 2013-12-11 07:45:14 GMT - France - International - SN:6 - ID:433887
A preparatory meeting for Syrian peace conference, Geneva 2, will be held in Geneva on December 20, France's Foreign Ministry spokesman Roman Nadal has said. The meeting will group the five UN Security Council permanent members, together with ....
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3 ministers to be honored in Radio & TV Mondial
Date: 2013-12-11 07:43:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:433883
Three Arab ministers will be honored during the second session of Radio and Television mondial, slated to be held on December 22-25. Ministers are Nabil el-Arabi, Arab League chief and former Egyptian foreign minister, Hisham Zazou, Minister of ....