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Egyptian tourism min. to visit Russia once Moscow resumes flights to Egypt
Date: 2017-03-09 09:52:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:6661421
Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed said he will visit Russia once Moscow decides to resume flights to Egypt. In an interview with the Russian news agency Sputnik, Rashed said Egypt respects the Russian decision. Once Russia decides to resume ....
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Sisi approves Japanese loan to fund Borg el Arab airport expansion
Date: 2017-03-09 09:50:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6661405
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree approving a Japanese loan offered to the Egyptian government to fund the expansion of Borg El Arab International Airport. The 18.2-billion-yen loan, offered by the Japan International Cooperation ....
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Sisi delegates defense min. to lay wreath at Armed Forces martyrs memorial
Date: 2017-03-09 09:25:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6661061
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated Thursday Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi to lay down a wreath of flowers at the Armed Forces martyrs memorial in Cairo's Nasr City. The action falls within the framework of Egypt's celebration of the Veteran ....
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US Marines deploy artillery battery to Syria
Date: 2017-03-09 09:05:06 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6660877
The United States has sent a Marine Corps artillery battery into Syria to help defeat Daesh in Raqa, the capital of their supposed caliphate, a US official said as quoted by CNN. The official said troops from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit ....
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712 tourists visit Saint Catherine, Dahab over past 24 hours
Date: 2017-03-09 08:15:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6660417
As many as 712 tourists of different nationalities visited South Sinai cities of Saint Catherine and Dahab over the past 24 hours. Of all, 229 tourists from the US, Germany, India and Indonesia visited Saint Catherine city, said head of Saint ....
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Daesh leader Abu bakr Baghdadi flees Mosul
Date: 2017-03-09 07:55:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6660237
Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reportedly alive but flushed from his stronghold in the Iraqi city of Mosul, a Pentagon official said. The Iraqi native is said to have abandoned his diehard fanatics who have been battling Iraqi forces for ....
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30 people killed across Syria Wednesday - Local committees
Date: 2017-03-09 07:52:53 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6660213
About 30 people were killed in shelling and clashes across Syria over the past 24 hours, the Syrian local coordination committees said on Thursday. The opposition committees said the death toll included five children and five women, according to ....
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UNSC condemns North Korea missile launches
Date: 2017-03-08 07:36:02 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:6652845
The United Nations Security Council has condemned North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches and expressed concern over the country's increasingly destabilizing behavior and defiance of the 15-member body, al-Hurra TV reported. Pyongyang ....
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Blast hits military hospital in Kabul
Date: 2017-03-08 07:34:25 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:1 - ID:6652833
The sound of an explosion was heard in Kabul city early Wednesday after a group of insurgents launched an attack on the main military hospital, Khaama Press news agency reported. The incident took place in the vicinity of Wazir Mohammad Akbar ....
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Lieberman to visit US to meet Trump administration officials
Date: 2017-03-07 09:58:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6647317
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman boarded a flight to the United States on Monday night for a meeting with officials in the Donald Trump administration. The defense chief is scheduled to meet with US Vice President Mike Pence, his ....