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  • US representative to UN criticizes results of Human Rights Council elections

    Date: 2013-11-12 22:37:44 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:151 - ID:383807

    WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (MENA) - US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power said Tuesday that the UN Human Rights Council Elections resulted in countries that commit significant violations against human rights. ....

  • Two Americans kidnapped by pirates in Nigeria released

    Date: 2013-11-12 22:36:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:150 - ID:383809

    WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (MENA) - Two Americans kidnapped from a U.S.-flagged oil vessel in the south of Nigeria almost three weeks ago have been released, the State Department said Tuesday, according to NBC News. The captain and the chief engineer of ....

  • Kerry worst secretary of state ever – magazine

    Date: 2013-11-12 20:58:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:148 - ID:383722

    WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (MEAN) – The Commentary magazine said Tuesday that US Secretary of State John Kerry is the worst secretary of state has ever been seen in the US. The magazine criticized Kerry's job during the past period and described his ....

  • 2 killed at Russian rocket launch site

    Date: 2013-11-12 20:40:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:146 - ID:383752

    MOSCOW, November 12 (MENA) – Russian defense officials said Tuesday that two people were killed at the Plesetsk space launch facility last week while carrying out routine work cleaning out a propellant tank, Ria Novositi reported. Another ....

  • No change in intelligence relationships between Egypt, US … 4 last Washington

    Date: 2013-11-12 18:08:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:121 - ID:383556

    Tohamy expressed deep concern about instability in two of the country’s Arab neighbors, Libya and Syria. He said there was a “major security vacuum in Libya,” with tribal militias and radical groups holding power. The collapse of central ....

  • Ukraine’s jailed ex-PM accuses president of killing EU hopes ahead of key summit

    Date: 2013-11-12 18:04:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:119 - ID:383482

    MOSCOW, Nov 12 (MENA) - Ukraine’s jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko has accused President Viktor Yanukovych of killing the country’s hopes to sign a landmark integration agreement with the European Union by going after her lawyer, reported the ....

  • No change in intelligence relationships between Egypt, US … 3 Washington

    Date: 2013-11-12 18:02:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:118 - ID:383534

    Tohamy said that terrorist attacks will likely target Egypt’s main sources of foreign income: tourism, the Suez Canal and foreign investment. The military and security services must provide special protection for these sectors, he ....

  • No change in intelligence relationships between Egypt, US … 2 Washingtpn

    Date: 2013-11-12 18:01:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:117 - ID:383529

    Asked about the danger of crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, Tohamy said some cells loosely affiliated with al-Qaeda were, in fact, trying to take root now in the Sinai Peninsula. Tohamy cited a group called the “Beit el-Maqdis Battalion,” as ....

  • No change in intelligence relationships between Egypt, US: Tohamy

    Date: 2013-11-12 17:45:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:112 - ID:383361

    WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (MENA) - Strained US-Egyptian relationship over past months do not seem to have diminished cooperation between the two countries’ intelligence services, said General Mohammed Farid el-Tohamy, the director of Egypt’s General ....

  • Egypt partakes in UNFCCC's conference

    Date: 2013-11-12 17:33:40 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:109 - ID:383447

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - A high-profile Egyptian delegation from the Ministries of Environment and Foreign Affairs is partaking on Tuesday in the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw, ....

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