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Azhar imam: Islam rejects hideous crimes committed against women
Date: 2016-03-29 16:22:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:4613781
Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb said on Tuesday that Islam rejects all types of slavery and does not approve girls’ abduction and other hideous crimes committed against women. This came during meeting with visiting Special Representative of UN ....
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AL calls for immediate action for Fallujah relief
Date: 2016-03-29 15:19:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4613321
The Arab League (AL) General Secretariat said that it is closely following up the developments of the tragic situation in Iraq, especially in Fallujah and Anbar where residents suffer from shortage of food and medical supplies. The AL has been in ....
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Cypriot president congratulates police, foreign ministry on ending Egyptian plane's hijacking
Date: 2016-03-29 15:02:06 GMT - Cyprus - International - SN:9 - ID:4612897
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday congratulated the country's police and foreign ministry for their efforts to end the hijacking of an Egyptian plane at the Cypriot Larnaca airport. "Congratulations to the Cyprus Police and the ....
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Plane hijack crisis ends well - PM
Date: 2016-03-29 13:51:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4612209
The plane hijack crisis has ended safely and the government is following up the developments closely, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said. The plane’s Egyptian passengers will be brought back home from Cyprus as soon as possible, the prime minister ....
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38 ships transit Suez Canal
Date: 2016-03-29 12:18:18 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:4611501
Thirty-eight ships transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, with a total cargo of 2.500 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 22 vessels carrying 1.4 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 16 ships carrying 1.1 million tons, ....
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All hostages of hijacked plane freed, hijacker arrested
Date: 2016-03-29 12:16:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4611477
All hostages of hijacked Egyptian plane were released and the hijacker was arrested, EgyptAir said in a statement Tuesday. Earlier, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry announced that the hijacked Egyptian plane situation is over and its hijacker has ....
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Immigration min. confers with parents of Egyptian students detained in Sudan
Date: 2016-03-29 11:34:56 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4610893
Immigration Minister Nabila Makram met on Tuesday with a number of parents of the Egyptian students, currently detained in Sudan over charges of collective cheating in the secondary stage exams. During the meeting, Makram asserted Egypt's ....
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UN chief says youth employment necessary to face terror
Date: 2016-03-29 11:33:20 GMT - Tunisia - International - SN:4 - ID:4610869
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asserted the importance of providing job opportunities for youth to combat terrorism. Jobless young men are more subject to being affected by the inciting discourse given by terror groups, the UN chief ....
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Identity of EgyptAir hijacker revealed
Date: 2016-03-29 08:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4609041
Egyptian security agencies have managed to reveal the identity of the hijacker of the EgyptAir passenger plane, well-placed sources said on Tuesday. The Egyptian man, Ibrahim Samaha, was sitting on seat no. 38k, according to the sources. ....
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EgyptAir plane hijacked, forced to land in Cyprus
Date: 2016-03-29 08:36:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4608845
An EgyptAir Airbus A320, carrying 56 passengers, seven crew members and a security guard on board, was hijacked on Tuesday and forced to land in Cyprus. A well-placed source at Egypt's flag carrier airline said in a statement that flight MS181 ....
