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Bourse closes Wednesday with collective gains
Date: 2015-08-26 13:45:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:3230393
Egypt's bourse indices recorded collective gains at the end of Wednesday's trading, amid intensive purchases by institutions and Arab and foreign investment funds. The market capital gained about 100 million pounds to hit over 424.8 billion ....
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Shas party rules out fall of Israeli government shortly
Date: 2015-08-26 12:17:51 GMT - Israel - International - SN:13 - ID:3229421
Israeli ultra-orthodox Shas party leader Aryeh Deri ruled out the fall of the Benjamin Netanyahu government soon although the government has no majority in parliament. Radio Israel quoted Deri as saying that member of the Israeli government are ....
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Israel continues to enforce military cordon on Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2015-08-26 12:16:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:3229397
Israeli forces continued to tighten their presence at Al Aqsa Mosque, banning women for the third day from entering the holy shrine and arresting two others, Palestinian sources said. Scores of women are still protesting at one of the mosque's ....
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Court sentences to 10 years engineer of collapsed Loran building
Date: 2015-08-26 12:15:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:3229377
Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced to ten years in prison the engineer of the apartment building that collapsed in Loran district in 2007. Another engineer was also jailed five years by the court in the case known in the media as the "collapse ....
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Cabinet discusses security, economic files
Date: 2015-08-26 12:10:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:3229333
The cabinet, under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, discussed on Wednesday a number of security and economic files, especially securing roads and measures against terrorism. The cabinet will review a report on security on streets and ways of ....
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Interior minister mourns 2 policemen martyred in Arish
Date: 2015-08-26 10:48:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:3228493
Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar mourned on Wednesday the two policemen who were killed in an armed attack in Arish earlier in the day. Unidentified persons driving a motorcycle opened fire at two policemen on way to their work at Arish ....
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US State Department places Haqqani on global terrorist list
Date: 2015-08-26 10:46:52 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:8 - ID:3228473
The US Department of State added Abdul Aziz Haqqani (Aziz Haqqani) to its global terrorist list. In a press release on Wednesday, the US State Department said it has designated Aziz Haqqani as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) under ....
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Obama apologises to Japan over US spying claims released by WikiLeaks
Date: 2015-08-26 10:45:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:3228429
US President Barack Obama has apologized to Tokyo after WikiLeaks claimed Washington had spied on Japanese politicians, ABC News quoted a government spokesman as saying. "President Obama said he was very sorry ... as the case caused a big debate ....
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2 NATO soldiers killed in attack in southern Afghanistan
Date: 2015-08-26 08:29:04 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:6 - ID:3227133
Two NATO service members were killed Wednesday in southern Afghanistan after coming under fire from men wearing the uniforms of Afghan security forces, ABC news network reported. NATO service members fired back, killing the attackers, the ....
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UN council warns South Sudan over peace deal
Date: 2015-08-26 08:27:36 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3227125
The UN Security Council has warned that it is ready to 'act immediately' if South Sudan's president does not sign a peace deal, the BBC reported. President Salva Kiir is scheduled to sign the power-sharing agreement in Juba on Wednesday, ....