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Separatist leader calls Ukraine cease-fire "fake," no reports of major combat
Date: 2014-06-21 14:29:33 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:61 - ID:790087
KIEV, June 21 (MENA) - Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's embattled east have dismissed a unilateral cease-fire ordered by President Petro Poroshenko as fake, while nine Ukrainian service members were wounded in clashes overnight. Otherwise, ....
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Azhar tunnel construction safe: technical committee
Date: 2014-06-21 14:17:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:790039
CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - Al-Azhar Tunnel was proved to be safe by a high profile technical committee. In its report, the committee asserted that the tunnel construction is safe and meets the Egyptian and British safety standards. The committee ....
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Counselor Gamal Nada elected State Council head
Date: 2014-06-21 14:16:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:790026
CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - The general assembly of the State Council counselors elected with an overwhelming majority Counselor Gamal Nada as head of the council on Saturday. Nada got 99.8 percent of the votes with a turnout of 92.6 percent of the ....
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Iran says ISIL threat to whole world
Date: 2014-06-21 14:10:37 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:790025
TEHRAN, June 21 (MENA) - Iran’s foreign minister has warned that terrorists of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) pose a threat to the whole world, Press TV reported on Saturday. Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in an ....
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Civil defense contains fire in restaurant in Fayyoum
Date: 2014-06-21 14:10:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:790042
FAYYOUM, Egypt, June 21 (MENA) - Civil defense forces on Saturday contained a fire that broke out in a restaurant in the water wheels (el-Sawaqi) tourist area in Fayyoum. Assistant Interior Minister for Fayyoum Security Major General Hassan Abu ....
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Conference of Arab Journalists Union kicks off in Palestine
Date: 2014-06-21 14:09:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:790005
RAMALLAH, June 21 (MENA) - The conference of the Arab Journalists Union kicked off on Saturday in Palestine's city of Ramallah under the supervision of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. In his speech during the inauguration of the conference, ....
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Irrigation min expects breakthrough in Ethiopia dam crisis
Date: 2014-06-21 14:09:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:789981
CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazy has said a breakthrough in the Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam crisis is expected to be achieved very soon. "Egypt does not oppose the aspirations of the Ethiopian people." The minister ....
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Sisi receives phone call from Australian PM
Date: 2014-06-21 14:08:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:790004
CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Saturday a phone call from Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott who greeted him on assuming the president's post. In his phone call, the Australian premier said his country is ....
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US concerts on 'fueling sectarianism' in Iraq- Iran's deputy FM
Date: 2014-06-21 14:08:20 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:789897
TEHRAN, June 21 (MENA) – The United States is concentrating its efforts on "fuelling sectarianism" in Iraq instead of fighting terrorism there, Fars News cited Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian as saying on Saturday. US ....
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Plans to increase crop area to 23 mil. feddans by 2030
Date: 2014-06-21 13:52:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:789928
CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - Agriculture Minister Adel el-Beltagi has said the ministry seeks to increase the crop area from 15 million feddans to reach about 23 million feddans in 2030. Vast capabilities of biotechnology will be utilized to double ....
