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  • 14 killed in sinking of migrants' ship off Italy

    Date: 2014-05-12 19:28:44 GMT - Italy - World - SN:140 - ID:717882

    ROME, May 12 (MENA) - At least 14 people were killed when a ship carrying migrants sank about 100 miles off southern Italy Monday, CNN reported quoting the Italian navy as saying. The Italian military has rescued about 2,000 migrants in the last ....

  • Putin, OSCE chief note importance of establishing dialogue between Kiev, southeastern Ukraine

    Date: 2014-05-12 19:26:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:139 - ID:717878

    MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Swiss President, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairman-in-Office Didier Burkhalter have discussed the Ukrainian issue on the telephone, the Voice of Russia ....

  • US rejects Eastern Ukraine referendum: State Department

    Date: 2014-05-12 19:25:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:138 - ID:717861

    WASHINGTON, May 12 (MENA) – The US State Department asserted Monday that it does not acknowledge the results of the referendum that took place Sunday in south-eastern Ukraine regions. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in press release ....

  • Radicals, army, heavy weapons used in Ukraine to disrupt referendums - Lavrov

    Date: 2014-05-12 17:45:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:125 - ID:717753

    MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - Radicals, army, heavy weapons were used in Ukraine to disrupt referendums, the Voice of Russia quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Monday. "I believe it is extremely necessary to call for a national ....

  • EU expands sanctions on Russia, rejects Eastern Ukraine referendum

    Date: 2014-05-12 17:38:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:123 - ID:717713

    MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - European Union foreign ministers rejected Monday to consider results of the referendum that took place Sunday in south-eastern Ukraine regions. EU's 28 governments said in a statement that they decided to expand sanctions ....

  • French president arrives in Armenia

    Date: 2014-05-12 17:30:37 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:120 - ID:717683

    YEREVAN, May 12 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande arrived in Yerevan on Monday in a two-day visit to Armenia, Interfax news agency reported. The Armenian President Serzh Sargsian has welcomed Hollande in Zvartnots international airport ....

  • Egypt's pharaohs exhibition opens in Budapest

    Date: 2014-05-12 17:07:34 GMT - Hungary - World - SN:114 - ID:717628

    BUDAPEST, May 12 (MENA) – The Egyptian Embassy in Budapest took part Monday at the inauguration of the second phase of Egypt's Pharaohs exhibition organized by Móra Ferenc museum in the Hungarian city of Szeged. This participation comes in the ....

  • Egypt amb. in Paris urges expats to vote in presidential polls

    Date: 2014-05-12 16:28:27 GMT - France - World - SN:108 - ID:717626

    PARIS, May 12 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Paris Mohamad Mostafa Kamal called Monday on Egyptians in France to actively participate in the presidential election, to take place on May 15-18 for expatriates worldwide. The embassy has been working ....

  • Egyptian community assositation in Milano holds symposium to aware expatriates about constitutional rights

    Date: 2014-05-12 16:27:45 GMT - Italy - World - SN:107 - ID:716997

    MILANO, May 12 (MENA) - Association of Egyptian community in Milano held a symposium on Monday to aware Egypt's expatriates about their constitutional rights, after long years of marginalization. The association also urged the Egyptian ....

  • Sisi campaign names two delegates in Paris

    Date: 2014-05-12 15:00:00 GMT - France - World - SN:86 - ID:717318

    PARIS, May 12 (MENA) - Deputy head and secretary of the Egyptian Community in France Gibril Mahfouz and Zaki Nouqriesh were named as delegates to the electoral campaign of presidential candidate Abdel-Fatah el-Sisi. In a joint press conference, ....

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