Egypt
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70 terrorists killed, 118 arrested in N.Sinai last week - army
Date: 2015-03-08 09:19:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2113089
The Armed Forces announced Sunday that 70 terrorists were killed and 118 others arrested during a security campaign carried out in North Sinai over the past week. Military Spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Samir said the campaign was launched ....
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Death toll from Mahala bomb blast rises to 3 - health ministry official
Date: 2015-03-08 08:17:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2112593
The death toll from the Mahala bomb blast, which took place Friday, rose to three, said Health Ministry Undersecretary in Gharbiya Mohamed Sharshar on Sunday. A bomb went off Friday in front of the branch of Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the ....
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Sisi receives Hariri, African ambassadors in Cairo today
Date: 2015-03-08 08:07:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2112537
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi receives Sunday Head of Lebanon's Future Current and former Lebanese premier Saad Hariri at the presidential palace. The president will also receive African ambassadors accredited to Egypt,said presidential ....
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Illegal crossing to be removed from railways - PM
Date: 2015-03-07 15:58:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:2110049
Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held Saturday a meeting that tackles the illegal crossings in the railways. The meeting was attended by the local development, transportation and interior ministers as well as the officials ....
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Shoukry meets representatives of US Congress
Date: 2015-03-07 15:57:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:2110037
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Saturday with a delegation representing the US Congress. The delegation grouped Chairwoman of the US House Committee that Oversees Foreign Aid Congresswoman Kay Granger. The meeting took up ....
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Egypt defense min. meets with US congressmen delegation
Date: 2015-03-07 15:56:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:2110025
Egyptian Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi on Saturday met with a US congressmen delegation, under Rodney Frelinghuysen, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee in the US House of Representatives. During the meeting, means of promoting joint ....
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Bomb defused in Cairo
Date: 2015-03-07 15:55:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:2110013
Security forces managed Saturday to defuse a makeshift bomb which was planted near a power transformer in Cairo's district of Maadi. Efforts are underway to arrest the culprits, a security official told MENA. Sappers are now combing the area ....
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Joint vision by Syrian factions must to end crisis: Shoukry
Date: 2015-03-07 15:54:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:2110001
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Saturday stressed the importance of developing a joint vision by the Syrian political factions to end the current crisis in the Arab country. Shoukry made the remarks after a meeting with a delegation of ....
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Chief prosecutor refers 8 suspects of terrorist Jond Allah terrorist group to military prosecution
Date: 2015-03-07 15:54:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:2109997
Prosecutor General Counselor Hisham Barakat on Saturday ordered referring eight suspects of the terrorist Jond Allah terrorist group to military prosecution. They are facing charges of targeting members of the Armed Forces and police and ....
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Re-trial of 8 defendants adjourned over targeting Suez Canal
Date: 2015-03-07 13:33:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:2108949
The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned Saturday the re-trial of eight defendants over targeting Suez Canal to April 18. The defendants, among 18 others, were sentenced to death in absentia in previous trial sessions, as they were convicted of forming ....