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Strategic Rockets ensure Russia survival as sovereign state: Putin
Date: 2013-11-28 10:41:36 GMT - Russia - International - SN:14 - ID:411388
Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces will receive 22 intercontinental ballistic missiles next year, President Vladimir Putin said. "This year, two missile regiments will be equipped with new mobile systems, and next year, the Strategic Rocket Forces ....
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Scores of settlers break into Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2013-11-28 09:17:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:411221
Scores of Jewish settlers, accompanied by several rabbis, broke into Al Aqsa mosque from Bab Magharba gate under the protection of the Israeli army on Thursday, to mark Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights and religious freedom. The ....
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وزير الإسكان : بدء إنشاء 11332 وحدة سكنية بقنا وأسوان والأقصر والوادى الجديد
Date: 2013-11-28 09:03:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:411194
وقع المهندس إبراهيم محلب، وزير الإسكان والمرافق والمجتمعات العمرانية، بروتوكولات مع محافظات قنا وأسوان والأقصر والوادى الجديد، لبدء إنشاء 11332 وحدة سكنية بالمحافظات الأربع، وذلك ضمن المرحلة الثانية لبرنامج الإسكان الاجتماعى، التى يشرف على تنفيذها ....
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Five students arrested in Nasr City over unlicensed protesting
Date: 2013-11-28 08:52:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:411169
Five students were arrested Thursday over staging a protest in Cairo's eastern neighborhood of Nasr City without having a police permit according to a recently-issued protest law. According to the law, organizers of any protest should be given ....
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Russia opens criminal case against former defense minister
Date: 2013-11-28 08:41:00 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:411147
A criminal case on negligence charges has been opened against former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Novosti reported quoting Russian investigators Thursday. Serdyukov caused 56 million rubles ($1.7 million) worth of damage to the state by ....
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Red Cross speaks about govt guarantees for Dammaj wounded in Yemen
Date: 2013-11-28 08:39:01 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:411139
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it has been given guarantees from the Yemeni government before starting to evacuate people wounded in clashes between Shiite and Sunni Muslim fighters in the Yemeni town of Dammaj. It said the ....
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Iran positive on Geneva 2 Syria talks: Deputy FM
Date: 2013-11-28 08:37:55 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:411137
The Iranian Foreign Ministry says Tehran is optimistic about the upcoming round of international Syria talks in Geneva, stressing Iran’s call for a political solution to the Syrian crisis, Press TV reported. The Islamic Republic of Iran insists ....
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Berri denies playing as mediator between Iran, Saudi Arabia
Date: 2013-11-28 08:37:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:411136
Lebanese Chamber of Deputies Speaker Nabieh Berri denied playing any mediator role between Saudi Arabia and Iran but at the same time he expressed readiness to do any efforts to defuse tension between the two countries as he believes it will ....
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Afghanistan: Reject stoning, flogging, amputation and other Taliban-era punishments
Date: 2013-11-28 08:32:43 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:6 - ID:411124
Afghanistan’s proposed reinstatement of atrocious punishments would mark a dangerous return to legalized state brutality, Amnesty International said today as it urged the authorities to reject such plans. Public stoning to death, amputation of ....
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UN Security Council warns Yemen 'opportunists' against delaying constitution, elections
Date: 2013-11-28 08:11:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:411090
The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday warned partisans of Yemen's former president and other "opportunists" not to boycott the drafting of a constitution or delay preparations for national elections. The Security Council issued a statement ....