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Obama to shut Guantanamo before he leaves office, says White House chief of staff
Date: 2016-01-11 08:12:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:4089389
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough has vowed that President Obama will close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility before his presidency ends in 11 months. “He feels an obligation to his successor to close that, and that’s why we’re going ....
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Fire inside Azhar University cafeteria controlled
Date: 2016-01-11 08:11:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4089373
Civil defense troops were able to put out a fire that erupted inside a cafeteria at Al Azhar University early Monday. The fire was caused by a short circuit and resulted in the explosion of a gas cylinder inside the cafeteria. No word of ....
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Sherif named deputy speaker of Egyptian parliament
Date: 2016-01-11 08:08:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4089361
MP el Sayyed Mahmoud el Sherif has been elected deputy speaker of parliament for five years. Aly Abdel Aal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said that a runoff vote will be held between MPs Alaa Eddin Abdel Men'em and Seliman Wahdan ....
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2 Iraqi killed, 10 injured in Baghdad; 10 members of al Hashd al Shaabi killed in Tikrit
Date: 2016-01-10 13:26:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4085565
Two Iraqi civilians were killed and seven others injured in two separate blasts in Baghdad while 10 of the People's Mobilization (al Hashd al Shaabi) members were killed in an air shelling in Tikrit. A security source said that a bomb went off ....
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53 ships transit Suez Canal
Date: 2016-01-10 13:24:09 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:4085549
Fifty-three ships transited the Suez Canal in both directions on Sunday, carrying a total cargo of 2.795 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 17 vessels, carrying about 1.023 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 36 ships, ....
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Canada PM condemns pepper spraying of Syrian refugees
Date: 2016-01-10 09:59:10 GMT - Canada - International - SN:8 - ID:4083769
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the pepper spraying of a group of Syrian refugees in Vancouver, which police are treating as a hate crime, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday. Police said the incident happened Friday night when ....
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FM: Egypt's foreign policy to focus on entrenching regional role in 2016
Date: 2016-01-10 09:56:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4083749
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry underlined that Egypt's foreign policy will focus in 2016 on backing stability in the country, entrenching Egypt's regional role and combating terror. Addressing a seminar late Saturday at the Egyptian Association ....
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Clinton’s gamble on Muslims
Date: 2016-01-10 08:43:54 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:4083281
Hillary Clinton is doubling down on slamming Republicans on their anti-Muslim rhetoric at campaign events in both Iowa and New Hampshire, The Hill reported on Sunday. Clinton’s rhetoric in recent days has become more and more pointed, with the ....
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Beheira governor orders evacuation of cracked house from explosion of storage cooler
Date: 2016-01-10 08:42:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4083269
Beheira Governor Mohammad Sultan has ordered the evacuation of a house that was cracked by the explosion of a fruit storage cooler in Mahmoudiya city, said Media Spokesman of Beheira Governorate Wahdan el Sayyed. The governor is following up the ....
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Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2016-01-10 08:40:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4083257
Israeli settlers stormed Sunday into courtyards of Aqsa Mosque under the tight security of occupation forces. Sitters-in confronted the storming operation and settlers fled the scene. Israel still bans females from sitting in the mosque ....
