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Obama calls Abu Dhabi CP
Date: 2015-12-19 07:11:38 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3955753
US President Barack Obama has spoken by phone with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The US president expressed his appreciation for the United Arab Emirates’ commitment to an expanded role in international efforts ....
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Yemeni VP telephones Saudi defense minsiter
Date: 2015-12-19 07:10:00 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3955741
Yemeni Vice President Khaled Bahah telephoned Saudi Defense Minister Prince Mohamed bin Salman on Friday night to discuss the latest developments in Yemen after the Houthi and Saleh militias breached the truce. By violating the truce, those ....
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Obama signs into law tougher sanctions on Hezbollah -- WH
Date: 2015-12-19 07:09:00 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:3955729
US President Barack Obama signed into law on Friday afternoon legislation designed to tighten sanctions against the Iran-backed Lebanon-based Hezbollah organization, The Times of Israel said. The legislation, formally titled the Hezbollah ....
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Egypt to represent Palestinian cause after becoming UNSC member -- Erekat
Date: 2015-12-18 12:39:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3952613
Assuming its non-permanent membership at the UN Security Council in the beginning of 2016, Egypt will make a point of highlighting calls by the Palestinian Central Council (PCC) to reconsider political, economic and security relations with ....
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Syrian deputy FM denies coordination between Damascus, Washington
Date: 2015-12-18 12:13:25 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3952365
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad denied on Friday any coordination between Damascus and Washington. The US continues to interfere in Syria's domestic affairs, Sputnik news agency quoted Mekdad as saying. He stressed that the US-led ....
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Egypt bourse loses EGP 54m in week
Date: 2015-12-18 12:09:32 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:3952341
The Egyptian Exchange closed this week with limited losses amounting to EGP 54 million with main indexes going up by the end of the week's tradings. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 went up by 0.48 percent to reach 6,670 ....
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Sisi: Egypt resolved to overcome bureaucratic obstacles for new investments
Date: 2015-12-17 18:23:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:3949605
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed that Egypt was more resolved to remove all the bureaucratic obstacles and red tape to ease the launching new investments. Sisi's remarks came during his inauguration of a fertilizer factory in Fayyoum on ....
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Azhar imam warns of Sunni-Shiite strife
Date: 2015-12-17 16:48:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3949089
Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb warned of plots aiming to undermine Arab countries by sowing sedition between Muslim Sunnis and Shiites. The plots were seen in some Arab countries, destroying them completely and displacing their people, ....
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Sisi calls on factories to abide by environment standards
Date: 2015-12-17 16:34:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:3949021
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi highlighted the importance of compliance with the requirements of environment while establishing factories. In statements before the inauguration of a fertilizers factory in Fayyoum governorate, Sisi said he was ....
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US Congressman: Sisi saved Egypt, Mideast from terror
Date: 2015-12-17 09:04:35 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:3944461
US Congress member Dana Rohrabacher said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has saved not just Egypt, but the entire Middle East region from radical terror. During a hearing session of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa ....