Africa
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Iranian Azim Aghajani convicted over Nigeria arms
Date: 2013-05-13 19:44:52 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:120 - ID:107086
Nigeria-Iran-Court Iranian Azim Aghajani convicted over Nigeria arms ABUJA, May 13 (MENA) - An Iranian man convicted of smuggling arms into Nigeria has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Lagos court, BBC News reported ....
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OIC urges Islamic world to be generous with Mali
Date: 2013-05-13 16:26:45 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:86 - ID:106569
OIC-Mali OIC urges Islamic world to be generous with Mali JEDDAH, May 13 (MENA) – Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu urged member states to "generously ....
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Kenyan patients escape from Nairobi's Mathari hospital
Date: 2013-05-13 11:49:46 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:34 - ID:106128
Kenya-EscapeKenyan patients escape from Nairobi's Mathari hospital NAIROBI, May 13 (MENA) - Forty mentally ill patients have escaped from the Mathari Mental Hospital in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after overpowering guards, the BBC ....
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Egyptian embassy wraps up media training session of 70 Mauritanians
Date: 2013-05-13 11:09:21 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:27 - ID:106027
Mauritania-Egypt-TrainingEgyptian embassy wraps up media training session of 70 Mauritanians NOUAKCHOTT, May 13 (MENA) - The Egyptian embassy here wrapped up on Monday a week-long media training session of 70 Mauritanian ....
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Nigeria to set up 10 oil refineries at dlrs 51.8 bln - minister
Date: 2013-05-13 10:22:00 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:17 - ID:105911
Nigeria-PetroleumNigeria to set up 10 oil refineries at dlrs 51.8 bln - minister ABUJA, May 13 (MENA) - Nigeria signed several memorandums of understanding with several national and foreign agencies to establish 10 new oil refineries at ....
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Opposition leader Buhari warns of anarchy if 2015 elections rigged
Date: 2013-05-12 12:40:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:34 - ID:104513
Nigeria-Elections-WarningOpposition leader Buhari warns of anarchy if 2015 elections rigged ABUJA, May 12 (MENA) - Opposition leader General Muhammadu Buhari warned of anarchy in Nigeria if the 2015 presidential elections were ....
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Egyptian medical convoy arrives in Addis Ababa
Date: 2013-05-11 11:03:07 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:23 - ID:103105
Ethiopia-EgyptEgyptian medical convoy arrives in Addis Ababa ADDIS ABABA, May 11 (MENA) - A medical convoy dispatched by the Coptic church in Egypt in coordination with the Egyptian Embassy to Ethiopia and the Orthodox church here ....
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AU calls for urgent summit between Sudan, South Sudan leaders on Abyei
Date: 2013-05-10 12:53:26 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:28 - ID:101976
Ethiopia-Sudan-South SudanAU calls for urgent summit between Sudan, South Sudan leaders on Abyei ADDIS ABABA, May 10 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) called for an urgent summit between Sudan and South Sudan to resolve the issue of the ....
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Sudanese Cabinet confirms confidence in the Armed Forces
Date: 2013-05-09 18:16:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:83 - ID:101091
Sudan-Cabinet-MeetingSudanese Cabinet confirms confidence in the Armed Forces KHARTOUM, May 9 (MENA) - The Sudanese Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by President Omer Al-Bashir on Thursday, confirmed its confidence in Sudan's Armed Forces ....
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Direct flight return to Harare strengthen bilateral relations - Ambassador
Date: 2013-05-09 15:17:45 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:58 - ID:100678
Zimbabwe-Egypt-Aviation Direct flight return to Harare strengthen bilateral relations - Ambassador HARARE, May 9 (MENA) – The return of EgyptAir direct flight to Harare, which stopped since 2004, strengthens relations between ....