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Quartet boycotts Qatar due to its support for terror: Egypt's UN delegate
Date: 2017-09-15 12:29:03 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6992210
Egypt's permanent delegate to the UN Amr Ramadan has refuted allegations by Qatar's delegation to the Human Rights Council that the oil-rich country is under siege by the Arab anti-terror quartet. The quartet has cut ties, in some aspects of ....
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3 Daesh militants killed, wounded in Iraq's Salahuddin province
Date: 2017-09-15 12:18:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6992171
Three Daesh militants were killed and wounded in an explosion in southern Salahuddin governorate of Iraq on Friday, an Iraqi local source said. A vehicle carrying elements affiliated to Daesh terrorist group exploded mysteriously in southern ....
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London Underground blast is terror incident
Date: 2017-09-15 12:16:58 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:6992160
An "improvised explosive device" was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday's rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said hundreds of detectives, working with MI5, are investigating the ....
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UK police evacuates Parsons Green station
Date: 2017-09-15 11:15:33 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:6992123
London firefighters are leading passengers off a train along elevated subway tracks near where a reported explosion sent commuters fleeing in panic, according to media reports. Video from the scene showed people picking their way along the ....
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Arab League condemns twin attacks in Iraq's Dhiqar
Date: 2017-09-15 11:14:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6992119
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned the twin attacks that hit Dhiqar governorate in Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 60 and injuring 90 others. Abul Gheit renewed his support for and solidarity with Iraq and its ....
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SCA: Attempt to rob Egypt's Coptic Museum foiled
Date: 2017-09-14 17:48:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:16 - ID:6991347
Security bodies have thwarted an attempt to steal artifacts from Egypt’s Coptic Museum in the Old Cairo area of Mar Gerges, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Mostafa Amin said on Thursday. The incident occurred when a ....
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Turkish Airlines plane evacuated after bomb threat at Cologne Bonn airport
Date: 2017-09-14 17:48:17 GMT - Germany - International - SN:15 - ID:6991350
A Turkish Airlines plane was evacuated at Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany after a bomb threat. The plane had already begun to taxi on the tarmac when it was forced to make an emergency stop, The Independent reported. "From the telephone call, ....
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Prehistoric Egyptian antiquities showcased at int'l conference in Vienna
Date: 2017-09-14 17:47:52 GMT - Austria - Culture - SN:14 - ID:6991353
Director of the Egyptian Museum Sabah Abdel Razek has reviewed some antiquities, dating back to prehistoric times, that will continue to be showcased at the museum. Addressing the Origins 6 international conference on Predynastic and Early ....
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Death toll of twin terrorist attacks in Iraq reaches 60 people
Date: 2017-09-14 17:47:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6991355
The Iraqi authorities announced Thursday that the death toll of twin terrorist attacks reached 60 people, while 80 others were wounded, Saudi-funded Al Arabiya TV news channel reported. The twin attacks which took place in Nasiriyah in southern ....
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Egypt successfully organized financial inclusion int'l conf.: AFI's top official
Date: 2017-09-14 14:47:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:6991070
Egypt has successfully organized the international conference on financial inclusion, being the largest one of its kind with more than 90 countries participating, Executive Director of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Alfred Hannig said on ....