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  • Kerry commits US to Libya stabilisation efforts

    Kerry commits US to Libya stabilisation efforts

    Date: 2013-11-25 08:05:08 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:405261

    US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday vowed to work with the international community to try and restore order in Libya following a recent escalation in violence, Al-Arabiya News reported. Kerry was speaking in London following talks with ....

  • Four suspected terrorists killed in North Sinai

    Four suspected terrorists killed in North Sinai

    Date: 2013-11-25 08:03:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:405215

    Four suspected terrorists were killed and 29 Takfiri elements and criminals were arrested in an expanded security operation in the areas of Rafah, Sheikh Zuwaid and Bir al-Abed in North Sinai. A security source said among the arrestees were three ....

  • South Korea downgrades Egypt travel ban

    South Korea downgrades Egypt travel ban

    Date: 2013-11-25 07:59:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:405249

    South Korea has decided to ease its travel warning on Egypt, paving the way for its citizens to travel to Egypt after the security situation improved in the country, Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou said. He said the Korean government has decided ....

  • IAEA welcomes Iran nuclear deal

    IAEA welcomes Iran nuclear deal

    Date: 2013-11-25 07:58:01 GMT - Austria - International - SN:8 - ID:405245

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has welcomed an agreement reached in Geneva on Iran's nuclear program. IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano said that the deal is another important step forward following the agreement reached between ....

  • Netanyahu says int'l community consents Iran continue uranium enrichment

    Netanyahu says int'l community consents Iran continue uranium enrichment

    Date: 2013-11-25 07:54:34 GMT - palestine - International - SN:7 - ID:405239

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed a deal that world powers reached with Iran over its nuclear ambitions. "For years the international community has demanded that Iran cease all uranium enrichment. Now, for the first time, the ....

  • Minimum wages to benefit around 6 million employees -- PM

    Minimum wages to benefit around 6 million employees -- PM

    Date: 2013-11-25 07:53:01 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:405235

    Prime Minister Hazim Beblawi said on Sunday that a newly-approved minimum for wages will benefit around six million employees when it goes into effect by January. In statements to Al-Hayat television, Beblawi said the downgrading of diplomatic ....

  • PM defends new protest law

    PM defends new protest law

    Date: 2013-11-25 07:51:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:405231

    Prime Minister Hazim Beblawi asserted on Sunday that a newly-issued law on protests will not limit freedoms or ban peaceful demonstrations. Instead the law will organize the right to demonstrate, Beblawi told Al-Hayat television. He also ....

  • Huge Ukraine rally over EU agreement delay

    Huge Ukraine rally over EU agreement delay

    Date: 2013-11-25 07:48:22 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:4 - ID:405229

    More than 100,000 people in the Ukrainian capital Kiev are protesting against the government's move to delay an association deal with the EU under pressure from Russia, the BBC reported on Sunday. The protest is said to be the largest since the ....

  • Maryam Rajavi: Sanctions force Iranian regime to take one step back in building a nuclear bomb

    Maryam Rajavi: Sanctions force Iranian regime to take one step back in building a nuclear bomb

    Date: 2013-11-25 07:45:43 GMT - France - International - SN:3 - ID:405223

    Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, said the “forced” retreat by what she called "religious dictatorship" ruling Iran in its nuclear bomb project during the Geneva talks was a direct result of international sanctions and the ....

  • Proposed quota for women in parliament

    Proposed quota for women in parliament "not satisfying": Talawy

    Date: 2013-11-25 07:38:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:405212

    Mervat Al-Talawy, head of Egypt's National Council for Women and a member of the 50-strong constitutional panel, said the proposed quota for women in parliament is not satisfying. "We reject this quote. The state, not women, has a responsibility ....

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