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19 ISIL militants killed in Salah al-Din -- official
Date: 2014-06-11 23:04:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:773531
BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) – Iraqi security commander in Salah al-Din Province General Aly el-Frajy said Wednesday that nineteen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). They were killed in a security crackdown that destroyed ....
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Saudi Arabia jails 14 people over terrorism charges
Date: 2014-06-11 23:04:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:773499
JEDDAH, June 11 (MENA) - A Riyadh court sentenced 14 people Wednesday to various terms in jail over terrorism charges. The court also ordered to release two people who were arrested among seventy-one others on Riyadh’s al Nakheel lawsuit on ....
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Palestinian teenager killed in Gaza blast
Date: 2014-06-11 23:03:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:152 - ID:773535
GAZA CITY, June 11 (MENA) – A Palestinian teenager was killed in a mysterious explosion in house in the Gaza Strip. A 13-year old boy, named Khalil Al-Ghussain, died of injuries he sustained due to the explosion, said spokesman for health ministry ....
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Azhar univ. president to submit file to PM on University Hospital development
Date: 2014-06-11 23:03:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:151 - ID:773469
CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) – Azhar University President Osama el-Abd ordered Wednesday to combine a file on medical supplies and logistics needed by University el-Zahra'a Hospital. The file will be submitted to Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to take ....
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Icelandic judge elected in International Tribunal for Law of Sea
Date: 2014-06-11 23:02:51 GMT - Iceland - World - SN:150 - ID:773498
REYKJAVIK, June 11 (MENA) - Tomas Heidar, Legal Adviser of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, was elected as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), the ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The move came ....
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Matrouh governor attends celebration of Sisi inauguration
Date: 2014-06-11 20:54:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:149 - ID:773472
MATROUH, June 11 (MENA) – Matrouh Governor Badr Tantawi attended a ceremony held to celebrate the inauguration of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. In a keynote speech during the ceremony, Tantawi called for working hard in the coming period to ....
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Number of tourists jumps after pres. polls – minister
Date: 2014-06-11 20:52:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:148 - ID:773440
CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) – Egypt received increased number of Arab and foreign tourists who stayed here after success of the presidential polls, said Minister of Antiquates Mohamed Ibrahim on Wednesday. The minister expressed happiness for the hike ....
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NGO slams sexual assault in Tahrir
Date: 2014-06-11 20:50:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:147 - ID:773492
ARISH, June 11 (MENA) - The Egyptian Organization for crisis management and human rights in Northern Sinai jas has slammed a sexual harassment incident in Tahrir Square during celebrations of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's inauguration. "The ....
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Obama backs training plan to Syrian opposition -- diplomat
Date: 2014-06-11 20:48:21 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:773436
WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - Dana Shell Smith, President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Qatar, said on Wednesday that the administration supported language in a Senate defense bill that would allow overt military training for the ....
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Rights group hails Sisi's visit to sexual assault victim
Date: 2014-06-11 20:46:57 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:145 - ID:773411
VIENNA, June 11 (MENA) - The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) hailed a visit made by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to a hospital where a victim of a sexual assault is receiving treatment. The body's head Hassan Moussa highlighted ....