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Afghan Taliban announce successor to Mullah Mansour
Date: 2016-05-25 09:22:56 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:6 - ID:4976713
The Afghan Taliban have announced a new leader to replace Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike. In a statement, the Taliban acknowledged Mansour's death for the first time and named his successor as Mawlawi Haibatullah ....
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Yemeni PM urges withdrawal, arms handover ahead of political settlement
Date: 2016-05-25 09:21:54 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4976709
Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr reiterated that there is no political settlement before withdrawal and weapons' handover. In an interview with the Yemeni channel Balqis on Wednesday, the premier said this should be clear for the ....
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Agriculture Ministry: 4.7 million tons of wheat supplied so far
Date: 2016-05-25 09:20:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:4976701
The Agriculture Ministry said the Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit (PBDAC) and the Supply Ministry have received around 4,076,959 million tons of wheat from farmers in all governorates, so far. The bank's grain storage barns ....
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Manpower min. receives ILO study on restructuring restructure Egypt's labour institutions
Date: 2016-05-25 09:18:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4976677
Manpower Minister Ibrahim Saafan received on Wednesday the International Labour Organization (ILO) study on developing and restructuring the Workers Cultural Foundation and the Workers University, which are both affiliated to the Egyptian Trade ....
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GDP expected to hit 3.246 trillion in 2016/2017 budget - ministry
Date: 2016-05-25 07:25:46 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:4976101
The Finance Ministry expected that Egypt's Gross Domestic Product in fiscal 2016/2017 to hit 3.246 trillion pounds against the current 2.772 trillion in fiscal 2015/2016. The 2016/2017 budget seeks to achieve a 5.2 percent growth rate to rise up ....
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US special commercial representative to visit Cairo Wednesday
Date: 2016-05-25 07:24:18 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4976093
Ziad Haider, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs at the US Department of State, will pay a visit to Egypt next Wednesday to promote the 7th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (June 22-24) in Silicon Valley, CA. Haider ....
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Erdoğan calls on Europe to take in more Syrian refugees
Date: 2016-05-24 07:17:14 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4969137
The Turkish president has asked Europe to welcome more of the three million refugees currently living in Turkey, as the main group campaigning to take Britain out of the EU suggested that higher levels of immigration from Turkey could pose a ....
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Netanyahu renews refusal of French peace initiative
Date: 2016-05-24 07:02:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4969077
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed rejection of a French peace initiative to revive the stalled peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. The remarks were made during a meeting with his French counterpart on ....
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Van der Bellen elected Austrian president
Date: 2016-05-24 07:01:14 GMT - Austria - International - SN:3 - ID:4969073
Alexander Van der Bellen has won Austria's presidential election, preventing Norbert Hofer from becoming the EU's first far-right head of state. Van der Bellen, a pro-EU independent backed by the Greens, beat Hofer by just 31,000 votes among the ....
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UN slams attacks in Syria's Tartus, Jableh
Date: 2016-05-24 06:55:56 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4969037
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attacks on civilians in Tartus and Jableh. Ban was also concerned by escalating military activity in and around Damascus and Homs, which is causing a rising number of civilian casualties, his ....
