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Iraqi troops evacuate 319 civilians in Ramadi
Date: 2016-01-08 12:02:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4073849
Iraqi security forces evacuated on Friday 319 civilians from al Sofia city in eastern Ramadi. Most of the evacuated were children and women. They were held by Daesh terrorist group, a security source said. They were taken to a safe place, ....
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Awqaf min. opens mosque in Behira
Date: 2016-01-08 12:00:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4073829
Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and Behira Governor Mohamed Sultan opened on Friday a mosque in Koum Hamada city in Behira. The Friday sermon was aired on the state-run TV from the newly-opened mosque. Gomaa honored also 10 employees of ....
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Alex. governor greets Copts on Christmas
Date: 2016-01-07 17:19:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4070761
Alexandria Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher visited the Coptic Church in Alexandria Thursday to extend greetings to the Copts on the occasion of Christmas. During a celebration, attended by the Head of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Roshdy Zahran and ....
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MB behind assassination bid against Zagazig University head: Interior Ministry
Date: 2016-01-07 17:12:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4070893
The terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group is responsible for a failed assassination bid against Acting President of Zagazig University last month, said the media official of the Interior Ministry. In December, Abdel Hakeem Nour Eddin was wounded in ....
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Tourism min. follows up Giza hotel attack
Date: 2016-01-07 16:01:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4070665
Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou has been following up closely the developments of an attack at a hotel in Giza's Haram district. The ministry's operations room convened immediately after the incident, which left no tourists or hotel guests ....
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Man shot by police in Paris was wearing a fake explosive belt
Date: 2016-01-07 14:15:54 GMT - France - International - SN:6 - ID:4069921
A knife-wielding man who was shot dead trying to enter a northern Paris police station on Thursday was wearing a fake explosive belt, a police union source said, according to Sputnik News Agency. The shooting took place a day after the first ....
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Foreign Ministry brings Egyptian family stranded in Yemen back home
Date: 2016-01-07 14:07:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4069877
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry helped an Egyptian family stranded in war-torn Taiz, Yemen's third largest city, return home safely. The man, identified as Nady Gerges, was brought home along his wife and son on Wednesday night. Foreign Minister ....
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Environment protection fund to be activated in upcoming period - minister
Date: 2016-01-07 13:26:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4069585
The Environment Ministry will work on activating and supporting the environment protection fund in the upcoming period, announced Minister Khaled Fahmy. In statements to MENA Thursday, Fahmy said that the fund aims to finance environmental ....
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Pope Tawadros: Sisi honest, serious person
Date: 2016-01-07 12:56:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4069269
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese said he admires the seriousness, honesty and dedication of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church told "Al Ahram" daily he looks at the president ....
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Man with knife shot dead at French police station
Date: 2016-01-07 12:40:11 GMT - France - International - SN:2 - ID:4069129
A man has been shot dead by officers outside a police station in Barbes, northern Paris on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, according to the BBC. The man was seen running towards the police station shouting 'Allahu Akbar', before ....
