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Syria's Assad calls for parliamentary elections in April
Date: 2016-02-23 06:09:31 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4370973
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued on Monday a decree setting April 13 as a date for electing members of the People’s Assembly for the second legislative term. The decision came hours following the US and Russia's agreement on a temporary ....
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Policeman kills another following 'quarrel' in Port Said
Date: 2016-02-23 06:04:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4370929
A police corporal has been arrested after shooting another policeman in Port Said, said the Interior Ministry in a statement. The shooting followed a quarrel between the policemen in Al Zohor police station, said the statement. The corporal ....
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Israeli forces storm WB, arrest Palestinians
Date: 2016-02-22 11:46:07 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4366097
Israeli forces arrested many Palestinians on Monday in several raids in occupied West Bank cities. A 19-year-old Palestinian was arrested after occupation forces stormed his home in the southern city of Bethlehem. After arresting five ....
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Families of Gaza prisoners visit relatives in Ramon prison
Date: 2016-02-22 10:38:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4365361
Israeli authorities allowed on Monday scores of families of Gaza prisoners to visit their relatives in Ramon prison. Eighty six members of the families, including 25 children, headed for Erez crossing to visit 43 prisoners, Spokesperson of ....
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4,000 tourists, Egyptians watch sun illumination on Abu Simbel temple
Date: 2016-02-22 09:41:13 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:8 - ID:4364857
More than 4,000 tourists and Egyptians watched the illumination of sun rays on the inner statues of Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan on Monday, a rare phenomenon that occurs twice a year. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Damaty, Culture MInister Helmi ....
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Clinton says Palestinians deserve state of their own
Date: 2016-02-22 09:39:16 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:4364829
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton reaffirmed her call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Sunday and added it is in Israel’s best interest to provide greater support for the aspirations of the ....
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Civilian killed, 7 injured in Arish blast
Date: 2016-02-22 07:25:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4363674
A student was killed and seven other civilians were injured when a bomb went off in Arish, North Sinai, late on Sunday. Security sources said the bomb was planned to target security forces. Eight passers-by were injured and rushed to Arish ....
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Int'l cooperation minister leaves for New York
Date: 2016-02-22 07:23:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4363658
International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr left here on Monday for New York to take part in a ministerial meeting held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of establishing UN Development Program (UNDP). The minister's participation comes in her ....
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Interior minister meets dead driver's father
Date: 2016-02-22 07:22:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4363654
Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar met Sunday evening with the father of the driver who was killed by a policeman last week. The minister, who was returning from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh, expressed his regret over the incident, ....
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Kerry meets with Abbas, urges end to violence
Date: 2016-02-22 07:21:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:4363650
US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman to discuss the unabating violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem. "The Secretary continued to urge for calm and a decrease in violence, incitement and ....
