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19 parliament committees formed to review previous laws
Date: 2016-01-12 07:30:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4096313
The House of Representatives agreed on Monday to form 19 subcommittees under Speaker Ali Abdel Aal to discuss the decree laws that had been issued in the absence of the parliament. The subcommittees should end their task on Saturday. Earlier ....
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Iraqi, US-led warplanes conduct 90 airstrikes on Daesh sites
Date: 2016-01-12 07:23:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4096281
Iraqi and US-led warplanes conducted 90 airstrikes against Daesh posts in several districts within the last 24 hours, an Iraqi military statement said Monday. The report added that 18 strikes were launched by the Iraqi air force's warplanes and ....
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2 bodies, 3 injured retrieved, 7 missing in Sharqia collapsed building
Date: 2016-01-12 07:22:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4096273
Two bodies of 15-year-old and 7-year-old sisters were recovered from the six-storey building which collapsed in Sharqia's town of Minya El Qamh, the governorate's Security Chief, Major General Hassan Seif, said Monday night. Also, three injured ....
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Tourism rate down by 37.8% in Nov.
Date: 2016-01-11 12:05:01 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:4091549
The number of tourists visiting Egypt declined in November by about 37.8% as the country received nearly 558,600 tourists against 898,200 in the same month last year, an official annual bulletin said. The tourists came mainly from Western Europe, ....
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Parliament secretary: No fire in parliament building, short circuit prompted fire sirens to ring
Date: 2016-01-11 11:11:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4090933
Secretary of the House of Representatives Counselor Ahmed Saad Eldin on Monday denied reports that a fire broke out in the parliament building, noting that such reports are groundless. In statements to MENA, Saad Eldin said a limited short ....
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Relatives of A321 crash victims prepare lawsuit against aircraft owner
Date: 2016-01-11 09:41:42 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:4090137
Some 100 relatives of the A321 passenger jet crash victims have prepared a class-action lawsuit to the New York Court against the US leasing company International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), from which the Russian Kogalymavia airline rented ....
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Interior Minister honors some police troops
Date: 2016-01-11 09:29:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4090021
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar Monday honored troops that foiled a terrorist attack on a hotel in the Red Sea city of Hurghada on Friday. The troops were able to arrest the attackers. The minister also honored Col. Yasser Hassan Asr of ....
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Iraq anti-terror troops free district in eastern Ramadi
Date: 2016-01-11 08:17:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4089441
Iraqi anti-terror troops have liberated the district of Bo'elwan in eastern Ramadi city in Anbar province after shelling Daesh positions, according to a security source. The joint operations command media pointed out that the military operations ....
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Russia repeatedly warned NATO against interference in Libya, Iraq
Date: 2016-01-11 08:15:03 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:4089405
Russia’s attempts to convince NATO against military involvement in Libya and Iraq had nothing to do with the alleged anti-Western rhetoric and were voiced only as a warning from possible mistakes, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an ....
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N. Korea expands loudspeaker broadcasts to counter South
Date: 2016-01-11 08:13:59 GMT - south korea - International - SN:4 - ID:4089397
SEOUL, Jan 11 (MENA) - North Korea has expanded its own loudspeaker broadcasts along the inter-Korean border as a counteraction to South Korea's retaliatory broadcasts critical of the communist nation, Yonhap news agency reported quoting sources as ....