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Beheira security chief checks on scene of train derailment accident
Date: 2014-06-16 09:10:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:780423
DAMANHOUR, June 16 (MENA) - Beheira security chief Mohamed Tahoun checked on the scene of the train accident in Kafr Al-Dawar that left four people wounded, including the driver of the train. Three carriages were derailed after the speedy train ....
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Abdel Nour: Egypt capable of luring foreign investments, reaching out to int'l markets
Date: 2014-06-16 09:09:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:780330
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Munir Fakhri Abdel Nour said Egypt is capable of luring investments given its Arab and African orientations and in view of its trade relations with several world countries, asserting ....
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Modern grain storage units to be established -- minister
Date: 2014-06-16 09:07:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:780329
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Modern storage units will be established in all provinces to store grains, said the supply minister on Monday. The plan was discussed at a meeting Khaled Hanafy held with David Blumberg, CEO of Blumberg Grain. The ....
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1,055 passengers arrive at Nuweiba port
Date: 2014-06-16 09:05:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:780389
NUWEIBA, June 16 (MENA) - Some 1,055 passengers arrived at Nuweiba port, including 272 pilgrims, over the 24 hours, said director of the Red Sea Ports Authority Hassan Fallah. Some 38 trucks and 13 vehicles arrived at the port, he added. As ....
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US embassy in Baghdad to send some personnel out
Date: 2014-06-16 08:53:15 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:780354
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - With Baghdad threatened by the advance of an al-Qaida-inspired insurgency, the State Department is reinforcing security at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq’s capital — and sending some personnel out of town, The Washington Post ....
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Tayyeb to confer with experts committee on Zakat project
Date: 2014-06-16 08:21:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:780204
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr Ahmed el-Tayyeb is set to meet with a committee of experts to review the final touches of a project to establish the Egyptian House of Zakat and Charity. The project has already been submitted to ....
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Sunni tribal fighters advance to Baghdad -- spokesman
Date: 2014-06-16 08:11:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:780192
BAGHDAD, June 16 (MENA) - Sunni tribal fighters are advancing toward Baghdad after seizing provinces including Salah Eddine and Diayala, said a spokesman on Monday. In the territories they have taken over, only Baqouba is under fighting, Abu ....
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Spain arrests eight in 'ISIS cell'
Date: 2014-06-16 08:04:08 GMT - Spain - World - SN:27 - ID:780247
MADRID, June 16 (MENA) - Spanish police said Monday they have detained eight people on suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in Syria and Iraq, the BBC reported. They suspect the cell of trying to send jihadists to join the militant group ....
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Two soldiers went missing in Benghazi violence -- spokesman
Date: 2014-06-16 08:03:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:780187
TRIPOLI, June 16 (MENA) - Two personnel of the Libyan special forces went missing in clashes that occurred in Benghazi on Sunday, said a spokesman for the special forces on Monday. There were no casualties among the forces in the clashes, said ....
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Egypt renews detention of terrorist who fought in Syria
Date: 2014-06-16 08:03:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:780246
SUEZ, June 16 (MENA) - For the fourth time, the Suez Public Prosecution renewed on Monday the detention of a terrorist who fought in the Syrian civil war over charges of planning terrorist acts inside Egypt, a judicial source said. Wael Ahmed ....