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Court defers till April 7 Mubarak retrial over killing of protesters in 2011 uprising
Date: 2016-01-21 09:43:45 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:30 - ID:4158601
CAIRO, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Court of Cassation decided on Thursday to postpone till April 7 the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak over killing of peaceful protesters during January revolution. This is the second and final retrial for ....
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Army deploys rescue teams to recover bodies of sunken fishing boat
Date: 2016-01-20 20:54:57 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:112 - ID:4156505
CAIRO, Jan 20 (MENA) - Minister of Defense Sedky Sobhi issued an order to deploy rescue teams Wednesday to recover the bodies of people of a sunken boat the Rosetta Port. A shipping boat carrying a number of people sank in the inlet port on ....
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19 Daesh militants killed in Iraq security campaign
Date: 2016-01-20 19:05:25 GMT - Iraq - Military - SN:101 - ID:4155757
BAGHDAD, Jan 20 (MENA) - Up to 19 Daesh militants were killed in Baghdad and Anbar provinces in Iraq on Wednesday. In a statement, Baghdad Operations Command said 20 bombs were dismantled and two vehicles destroyed in the military ....
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Egypt, Saudi Arabia to hold joint military exercise
Date: 2016-01-20 16:35:19 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:89 - ID:4155061
CAIRO, Jan 20 (MENA) - Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi met Armed Forces troops who will head for Saudi Arabia to take part in joint training exercises in the presence of a number of Arab and Islamic ....
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Iraqi, US-led warplanes conduct 70 airstrikes on Daesh sites
Date: 2016-01-18 20:54:07 GMT - Iraq - Military - SN:115 - ID:4141725
BAGHDAD, Jan 18 (MENA) - Iraqi and US-led warplanes conducted 70 airstrikes against Daesh posts in several districts within the last 24 hours, an Iraqi military statement said Monday. The report added that 13 strikes were launched by the Iraqi ....
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Egyptian female stripped off nationality over joining army of foreign country
Date: 2016-01-17 13:26:40 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:51 - ID:4132077
CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued a decision on Sunday revoking the Egyptian citizenship of Dina Mohamed al Masry over joining the military service of a foreign country without permit from the Ministry of Defense. The ....
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US completes delivery of 4 light attack aircraft to Afghanistan
Date: 2016-01-15 19:18:00 GMT - Afghanistan - Military - SN:87 - ID:4121929
KABUL, Jan 15 (MENA) - The delivery of the first batch of Light Attack aircraft to the Afghan armed forces formally concluded Friday in the presence of the Afghan defense officials, Khaama Press reported. The first batch includes four aircraft ....
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National defense extends mandate of Armed Forces in Gulf, Bab al Mandab
Date: 2016-01-14 15:27:04 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:99 - ID:4115121
CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) – The National Defense Council, under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, agreed on Thursday to extend the mandate of the Armed Forces in the Gulf and Bab al Mandab for one year. This came at a meeting presided over by the ....
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Egypt, UK military talks focus on partnership, terrorism, regional issues - British embassy
Date: 2016-01-14 13:08:12 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:77 - ID:4113325
CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) - Egypt and the UK are on the frontline in the fight against terrorism, said British Ambassador to Egypt John Casson. "We will not rest until the scourge of Daesh is defeated," he affirmed. The UK stands ....
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Sisi presides over National Defense Council meeting
Date: 2016-01-14 08:33:57 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:20 - ID:4111521
CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi presided over a meeting of the National Defense Council on Thursday. The prime minister, the ministers of defense, foreign affairs, interior and finance, the Armed Forces chief of ....
