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Famed actress Lauren Bacall dies at 89
Date: 2014-08-13 09:14:36 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:33 - ID:871590
NEW YORK, Aug 13 (MENA) - Actress Lauren Bacall, the husky-voiced Hollywood icon, died Tuesday. She was 89, CNN reported. Robbert de Klerk, co-managing partner of the Humphrey Bogart Estate, said Bacall died in New York. She was anointed a legend ....
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Albiceleste appointment for Martino
Date: 2014-08-13 09:08:03 GMT - Switzerland - Miscellaneous - SN:30 - ID:871593
ZURICH, Aug 13 (MENA) - Former Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino has been named the new Argentina coach by the Argentinian Football Association, FIFA said on Wednesday. A statement on the AFA website said Martino, 51, will be formally introduced ....
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Three Israelis killed in Switzerland crash
Date: 2014-08-11 17:20:37 GMT - Switzerland - Miscellaneous - SN:125 - ID:869261
GENEVA, Aug 11 (MENA) - Three Israeli tourists died on Monday when the van they were traveling in crashed with a train in central Switzerland, the Jerusalem Post reported. Five other people, also Israeli tourists, were seriously injured in the ....
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Iskander praises efforts to upgrade slums
Date: 2014-08-11 10:29:45 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:59 - ID:868184
CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Minister of shanty towns Laila Iskandar has praised unified efforts to upgrade shanty towns across Egypt. An agreement has been reached with the Housing Ministry and Cairo Governorate to start upgrading the areas of Maspero ....
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1,000 Egyptians arrive at Safaga Port
Date: 2014-08-11 09:18:05 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:41 - ID:868128
HURGHADA, Aug 11 (MENA) - As many as 1,000 Egyptians working in Gulf States arrived at Safaga Port Monday to spend their vacations. A ferryboat arrived from Dabaa with 300 Egyptians on board, said Safaga Port director Mahmoud ....
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Lebanese pop diva Elissa performs in Hurghada next week
Date: 2014-08-10 12:49:46 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:65 - ID:866978
CAIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) – Lebanese popular singer Elissa will play at a concert in Hurgahda, the Red Sea, next week to promote tourism in Egypt. The concert is sponsored by the Red Sea governorate, the Tourism Ministry and Tourist Authority with the ....
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WHO warns of Ebola outbreak
Date: 2014-08-08 09:38:52 GMT - Switzerland - Miscellaneous - SN:38 - ID:864095
GENEVA, Aug 8 (MENA) - The World Health Organization on Friday warned of the outbreak of Ebola, declaring the Ebola outbreak in west Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its ....
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Russians mock Obama with racist birthday message
Date: 2014-08-08 08:14:58 GMT - USA - Miscellaneous - SN:26 - ID:863927
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - In further evidence of the faltering of Russian-American relations, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was lit up for a brief period with birthday wishes for President Obama — that came with racist slants, The Washington Times ....
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WHO: Ebola an international emergency
Date: 2014-08-08 07:32:27 GMT - Switzerland - Miscellaneous - SN:20 - ID:863890
GENEVA, Aug 8 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of Ebola in West Africa an international health emergency, the BBC reported on Friday. WHO officials said the possible consequences were "particularly serious" ....
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Environmentalists working to control oil slick
Date: 2014-08-07 10:12:22 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:51 - ID:862522
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Environmentalists are in a flurry to control an oil slick that was caused by a broken oil pipeline in the Red Sea in the area situated between Abou Redis and Ra'as Jarrah in Sinai. The spill which is five kilometers from ....
