Section: Africa&ME
In Egypt: Minister says no evidence yet that bomb brought down Russian plane
"The investigation team does not have yet any evidence or data confirming this hypothesis," Investigators have found no evidence so far that an explosion on board brought down a Russian passenger plane that crashed on Saturday, Egypt’s civil aviation minister said.”The investigation team does not have yet any evidence or...
Pics: Forbes lists movers and shakers
The 73 most powerful people in the world have been named by Forbes – and the list features several business luminaries. ||| New York – Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first sitting US president to slide out of the top two power rankings as published by Forbes, beaten not just by Vladimir Putin but also Angela Merkel.The magazine...
UEFA Champions League: Arsenal suffer heavy defeat in Germany
Chelsea without Mikel Obi secured a slim 2-1 win over Dynamo Kiev The post UEFA Champions League: Arsenal suffer heavy defeat in Germany appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. …read more Source: Premium Times...
Ibn Battuta | encyclopedia article by TheFreeDictionary
ibn Battutaأبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله اللواتي الطنجي بن بطوطة Born February 25, 1304Tangier, Morocco Died 1369 (aged 64–65)Morocco Occupation Islamic scholar, Jurist, Judge, explorer, geographer Religion Islam Ibn Baṭūṭah (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله اللواتي الطنجي بن بطوطة, ʾAbū ʿAbd al-Lāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Lāh l-Lawātī ṭ-Ṭanǧī...
Plane that crashed in South Sudan was in no state to fly: Antonov
The Antonov plane that crashed Wednesday in South Sudan, killing at least 36 people, “was is no state to fly”, Ukraine-based Antonov said …read more Source: The Daily...
Mikel says Chelsea must beat Dynamo Kiev
Mikel has been lauded for his performances in the last three games. The post Mikel says Chelsea must beat Dynamo Kiev appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. …read more Source: Premium Times...
Radamel Falcao: Chelsea striker out for two weeks
Falcao will miss Chelsea’s game against Kiev on Wednesday and Saturday's trip to Stoke in the English Premier League Chelsea striker Radamel Falcao has been ruled out of action for two weeks with a muscular injury.The striker according to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho suffered the muscular injury while in training for their UEFA...
US diplomat says seeing ‘some pullback’ of weapons from eastern Ukraine
A top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that there have been signs that Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine are pulling back some of their weapons …read more Source: The Daily...
Tourism in Egypt suffers after several tragedies
By Mayada Abo El-Nadar Following the Russian plane crash in Sinai earlier this week, fears have been reignited that Egypt’s barely-recovering tourism industry has taken another major blow – especially as the crash comes just two months after Mexican tourists were accidentally targeted and killed by the Egyptian armed forces. Statements by...
Tourism movement to Egypt not affected by Russian plane crash: Tourism Authority head
Egypt’s Tourism Authority formed a crisis group to follow up on the effects of the Russian plane that crashed in Sinai on the tourism flow to Egypt, according to head of the authority Sami Mahmoud. Mahmoud said the Ministry of Tourism did not cancel Egypt’s promotional campaign, noting that it was delayed in six major countries –...
