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UK to re-open Iran embassy: Hague
Date: 2014-06-17 10:44:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:44 - ID:782553
LONDON, June 17 (MENA) - Foreign Secretary William Hague has said he intends to re-open Britain's Embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, the BBC reported. Hague said the "circumstances were right" following an improvement in bilateral relations ....
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Court sets Thursday for trial of Hisham Geneina on charges of insulting judge
Date: 2014-06-17 10:41:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:782549
CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - The Cairo Appeal Court set Thursday to start the trial of the Central Auditing Agency head, Hisham Geneina, and two journalists, on charges of libeling the Judges' Club members and its head Ahmed el-Zend. Geneina, along ....
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Ukraine's Poroshenko stops military cooperation with Russia
Date: 2014-06-17 10:11:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:782514
MOSCOW, June 17 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has banned military cooperation with Russia in a move which experts said would affect 79 Ukrainian and 859 Russian defense firms, Itar Tass reported Tuesday. Parliament-appointed First ....
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Conducting U.S. airstrikes in Iraq would be complicated, former military officers say
Date: 2014-06-17 10:11:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:41 - ID:782418
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) - The Defense Department has enough forces in the Persian Gulf to conduct airstrikes that would probably prevent Sunni insurgents from marching into Baghdad, but other missions would be far more complex and risk drawing ....
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S.Korea, Uzbekistan agree to seek new gas, solar power projects
Date: 2014-06-17 10:10:35 GMT - Uzbekistan - World - SN:40 - ID:782407
TASHKENT, June 17 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov agreed Tuesday to push for new joint projects in gas development and solar power, Yonhap reported Wednesday. Both countries seek to deepen and ....
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Minister says solar power use top priority
Date: 2014-06-17 10:10:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:782408
CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) – Minister of Local and Administrative Development – Adel Labib said his ministry will focus on implementing social justice in Egyptian villages. "That requires taking measures to end decentralization to help eliminate ....
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Fire caused by house cylindar gas contained in Qalubiya
Date: 2014-06-17 10:03:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:782415
BANHA, June 17 (MENA) - Qalubiya Civil Defense Forces on Tuesday contained a fire that broke out in a house in Al-Shaqra village caused by a gas leakage from a cooking cylinder, leaving the house owner with burns on various parts of his body. ....
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Israeli army arrests 41 Palestinians in overnight West Bank raids
Date: 2014-06-17 09:56:17 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:782406
RAMALLAH, June 17 (MENA) – Israeli forces arrested 41 Palestinians overnight Monday in the West Bank, Haaretz reported Tuesday. The crackdown came on the backdrop of the abduction of three settlers on Thursday. The security operation involved ....
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Sudan Consensus coalition supports Sisi
Date: 2014-06-17 09:55:50 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:782412
KHARTOUM, June 17 (MENA) - Sudanese National Consensus Forces coalition asserted Tuesday its support for the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, wishing Egypt development and stability. A delegation representing the coalition paid a visit on ....
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1,964 passengers arrive at Safaga port
Date: 2014-06-17 09:53:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:782405
HURGHADA, Egypt, June 17 (MENA) - Some 1,964 Egyptian passengers working in the Gulf countries arrived at Safaga Port on Tuesday, Port Director Ashraf Mazrouaa said. They were all coming from the Saudi port of Yanbu, he said. He added that ....
