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Al Azhar condemns truck-ramming attack in Sweden
Date: 2017-04-08 06:36:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6757949
Al Azhar has condemned a truck-ramming attack in the Swedish capital of Stockholm that killed and wounded a number of people. In a statement on Friday, Al Azhar stressed its long-standing stance rejecting all criminal and terrorist acts that ....
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Merkel: UN failure to condemn chemical attack is "scandal"
Date: 2017-04-06 18:12:13 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6756459
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that the failure of the UN Security Council to condemn the recent chemical attack in Syria was a "scandal". At a news conference broadcast by Sky News Arabia, Merkel said "it was a barbaric attack ....
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Assistant FM stresses importance of strategic ties between Egypt, EU
Date: 2017-04-06 15:21:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6756208
Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Ihab Nasr stressed the importance of the strategic relations between Egypt and the European Union (EU), affirming the need to enhance it to serve the best interests of the two sides. During a ....
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Germany investigating 20 Turks on suspicion of spying
Date: 2017-04-06 14:49:14 GMT - Germany - International - SN:2 - ID:6756132
German authorities are investigating 20 Turkish citizens on suspicion of conducting espionage in Germany, a newspaper reported . Die Welt said it received information in an official government response to a question about the issue filed by Sevim ....
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Kremlin: Trump’s statements on alleged Syria gas attack not to affect Russia-US relations
Date: 2017-04-06 14:25:50 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:6756083
Statements by US President Donald Trump on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria’s Idlib province will not affect relations between Moscow and Washington significantly, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "The ....
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Gov't committed to meeting needs of basic commodities -- PM
Date: 2017-04-05 10:57:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6753772
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail met Supply Minister Ali Meslhy and Agriculture Minister Abdel Monem el Bana on Wednesday on market needs of basic goods. The meeting touched on measures taken to properly and regularly import additional quantities of ....
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Agriculture min. confers with Romanian, Cypriot ambs. on agricultural cooperation
Date: 2017-04-05 10:33:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6753711
Agriculture Minister Abdel Men'em el Banna met Wednesday with Romanian Ambassador in Cairo Mihai Ștefan Stuparu to discuss means of boosting agricultural cooperation between the two countries. Banna told Stuparu Egypt has one of the biggest ....
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Arab League chief condemns air raids over Idlib city in Syria
Date: 2017-04-05 09:13:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6753457
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned on Wednesday air raids over Idlib city where dozens of people were killed in a suspected chemical attack on Tuesday. In a press release, Abul Gheit said targeting civilians by such ....
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IMF official says Egypt economic reforms to boost GDP
Date: 2017-04-05 09:00:53 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6753435
Christoph Rosenberg, an Advisor in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Communications Department, believes economic reforms implemented in Egypt aim at boosting the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Those reforms are also meant to ....
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Egypt's mufti to hold important talks in Bangkok with Thai PM, senior officials
Date: 2017-04-04 08:14:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6751639
Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawky Allam will hold important talks with the Thai premier, foreign minister and a cluster of other senior officials in Bangkok. Allam left for Bangkok late Monday on an official visit at an invitation from the Thai ....