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Egyptian hijacker remanded in custody for 8 days
Date: 2016-03-30 08:40:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4616333
A 59-year-old man arrested after he hijacked an EgyptAir flight and forced it to land in Larnaca was on Wednesday remanded in custody for eight days, Cyprus Mail reported on Wednesday. Amidst tight security and a courtroom buzzing with foreign ....
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US says it is keen on working with Egypt to render ME free of WMD
Date: 2016-03-30 07:40:12 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4615817
US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller voiced her country's keenness on working with Egypt and other countries to render the Middle East region free of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). In ....
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Egyptian anti-terror elements return back from Cyprus
Date: 2016-03-30 07:22:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4615729
Anti-terror elements of the Egyptian Special Forces and the negotiating team returned back from Cyprus after the release of all passengers and crew of EgyptAir plane that was hijacked on Tuesday morning. President Abdel Fatah El Sisi gave ....
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Sisi appreciates Cypriot cooperation to end plane's hijacking
Date: 2016-03-29 17:07:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:4614061
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday phoned his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades. During the phone call, Sisi expressed sincere thanks and appreciation for the leadership and the Government of Cyprus for providing full support and ....
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Azhar imam: Islam rejects hideous crimes committed against women
Date: 2016-03-29 16:22:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:4613781
Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb said on Tuesday that Islam rejects all types of slavery and does not approve girls’ abduction and other hideous crimes committed against women. This came during meeting with visiting Special Representative of UN ....
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Plane hijack crisis ends well - PM
Date: 2016-03-29 13:51:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4612209
The plane hijack crisis has ended safely and the government is following up the developments closely, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said. The plane’s Egyptian passengers will be brought back home from Cyprus as soon as possible, the prime minister ....
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All hostages of hijacked plane freed, hijacker arrested
Date: 2016-03-29 12:16:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4611477
All hostages of hijacked Egyptian plane were released and the hijacker was arrested, EgyptAir said in a statement Tuesday. Earlier, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry announced that the hijacked Egyptian plane situation is over and its hijacker has ....
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Immigration min. confers with parents of Egyptian students detained in Sudan
Date: 2016-03-29 11:34:56 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4610893
Immigration Minister Nabila Makram met on Tuesday with a number of parents of the Egyptian students, currently detained in Sudan over charges of collective cheating in the secondary stage exams. During the meeting, Makram asserted Egypt's ....
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Identity of EgyptAir hijacker revealed
Date: 2016-03-29 08:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4609041
Egyptian security agencies have managed to reveal the identity of the hijacker of the EgyptAir passenger plane, well-placed sources said on Tuesday. The Egyptian man, Ibrahim Samaha, was sitting on seat no. 38k, according to the sources. ....
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EgyptAir plane hijacked, forced to land in Cyprus
Date: 2016-03-29 08:36:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4608845
An EgyptAir Airbus A320, carrying 56 passengers, seven crew members and a security guard on board, was hijacked on Tuesday and forced to land in Cyprus. A well-placed source at Egypt's flag carrier airline said in a statement that flight MS181 ....
