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Military source denies firing rockets by Houthi militants at Al Anad base
Date: 2016-05-01 07:41:26 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4824645
A military source at Yemen's Al Anad Air Base refuted on Sunday as baseless the news of firing rockets by Houthi militants at the military base in Lahij governorate. In press statements to Aden Alghad newspaper, Spokesman for Al Anad Air Base ....
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Parliamentary delegation heads for Johannesburg to attend African parlaiment meeting
Date: 2016-05-01 07:40:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4824637
A parliamentary delegation, led by MP Hatem Bashat, the chairman of the African Affairs Committee at the House of Representatives, left on Sunday morning for Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend a meeting of the African Union's Pan-African ....
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Public prosecutor orders launching investigation into killing of Egyptians in Libya
Date: 2016-04-30 15:22:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:4821925
Public Prosecutor Councilor Nabil Sadeq issued a decision to launch an investigation into the killing and injuring of a number of Egyptians in the Libyan city of Bani Walid. As many as 21 Egyptians were killed and injured in the Libyan city after ....
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Environment ministry: Preparations underway to receive 60,000 visiters to nature reserves during Spring feasts
Date: 2016-04-30 13:18:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4820905
Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy has ordered taking all necessary measures to open the nature reserves for visitors willing to spend Sham El Nesseim (or spring) vacations. In statements on Saturday, the minister asserted that environment ....
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Sisi greets Pope Tawadros on Easter
Date: 2016-04-30 11:45:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4820025
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi sent on Saturday a cable of greetings to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria on Easter. Sisi also sent a cable of greetings to Egyptian Copts abroad on the occasion. Sisi delegated Chief of Presidential Staff Moustafa ....
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SOHR: 224 civilians killed in Aleppo in 8 days
Date: 2016-04-30 10:36:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4819553
The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Saturday the number of civilians who were killed raised to 224 in the escalated bombing on the city of Aleppo for the 8th day in-a-row, and in the successive massacres carried out ....
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Culture minister denis sacking writers' union chief
Date: 2016-04-30 09:33:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4819097
Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam denied issuing a decision to sack head of the Writers' Union. Speaking to MENA, Namnam said that the Culture Ministry was keen from the beginning not to interfere in the crisis in the Writers' Union. The ....
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Yemeni govt keen on working with UN for sustainable peace -- Hadi
Date: 2016-04-30 09:32:19 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4819081
Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi underscored his government's keenness on continuing work with UN special envoy to the conflict-torn country with a view to attaining sustainable peace, in line with UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution 2216 ....
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Defense minister greets Pope Tawadros on Easter
Date: 2016-04-30 09:30:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4819065
Defence and Military Production Minister Colonel General Sedqi Sobhi sent a cable of greetings to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark's Diocese on the occasion of Easter. In the cable, Sobhi reiterated that Muslims and Copts ....
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Top Daesh leader killed in Afghan Air Force raid in Nangarhar province
Date: 2016-04-30 09:29:25 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:3 - ID:4819061
A top leader of the Daesh terrorist group was killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province, the Khaama Press reported Saturday. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the airstrike was carried out by the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in Achin ....