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Political activist Alaa Abdel Fatah sentenced to 15 years in jail over riots charges
Date: 2014-06-11 09:04:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:772094
CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court sentenced on Wednesday prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and 24 others to 15 years in absentia over riots and violence charges. They face charges of staging protests without obtaining a prior ....
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300 trucks enter Gaza via Karm Abu-Salem
Date: 2014-06-11 08:44:06 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:771864
GAZA, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli authorities opened on Wednesday Karm Abu-Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing, southeast of the Gaza Strip, to let in 300 trucks loaded with aid to Gazans, who have been under a suffocating siege since June of 2007. The ....
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Rivlin victory could spell the end for Netanyahu
Date: 2014-06-11 08:31:33 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:771934
GAZA CITY, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's worst nightmare became reality on Tuesday when his hated faction rival Reuven (Rubi) Rivlin was elected to be Israel's 10th president, Ynet reported Wednesday. Netanyahu ....
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WB expects 1.9% growth in Middle East, North Africa in 2014
Date: 2014-06-11 08:30:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:25 - ID:771970
CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Growth in the developing countries of the Middle East and North Africa region is projected to pick up gradually to 1.9 percent in 2014 and 3.6 percent and 3.5 percent in 2015 and 2016, respectively, helped by a rebound in oil ....
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Putin, Merkel discuss Ukraine gas debt in phone call
Date: 2014-06-11 08:09:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:771921
MOSCOW, June 11 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel the progress of talks on Ukraine's natural gas supplies debt to Russia. "Putin stressed that despite the emerged ....
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UN 'will mediate in China-Vietnam row'
Date: 2014-06-11 08:08:52 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:23 - ID:771919
NEW YORK, June 11 (MENA) - The United Nations says it is willing to mediate in the territorial row between China and Vietnam, BBC reported. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric called for both sides to resolve the dispute peacefully and legally. In ....
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Toyota recalls another 650,000 vehicles for airbag flaws
Date: 2014-06-11 08:08:19 GMT - Japan - World - SN:22 - ID:771971
TOKYO, June 11 (MENA) - Toyota Motor Corp is recalling about 650,000 vehicles in Japan because of potentially defective airbags, expanding a costly recall it announced in 2013 because the supplier, Takata Corp, had not fully identified the ....
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Egyptian bourse remains among Morgan Stanley's emerging markets index
Date: 2014-06-11 08:07:39 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:21 - ID:771928
CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Morgan Stanley kept Egypt's Stock Exchange among its comprehensive emerging markets index in light of the improvement of the economic situation in Egypt and foreign cash reserves. In a statement, the foundation said there ....
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Brazil 'ready' for football World Cup, says Rousseff
Date: 2014-06-11 08:06:41 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:20 - ID:771935
BRASILIA, June 11 (MENA) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says her country is ready, on and off the pitch, for the football World Cup which starts on Thursday, the BBC reported Wednesday. In a TV address, she said "the pessimists" had been ....
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Libyan policeman killed by gunmen in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-11 07:58:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:771867
TRIPOLI, June 11 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead a member of criminal investigations police in Benghazi on Wednesday, a medical source said. Osama el-Bar Assi, 37, was shot in the chest and abdomen, Fadia Barghathi, media official at ....
