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Egyptian foreign relations council to meet India FM
Date: 2015-08-19 17:58:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:3188633
Officials of the Egyptian council for foreign relations will meet on Tuesday with Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj who will start a visit to Egypt on Monday upon an invitation from Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. The meeting will be held ....
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Azhar imam hails Egyptian-Algerian ties
Date: 2015-08-19 12:44:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:3186277
Al Azhar Grand Imam Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb hailed the close ties binding Egypt and Algeria. The remark was made during his meeting with Algerian Awqaf Minister Mohammed Eissa and his adviser Mohamed Mshnan. The Algerian minister, meanwhile, hailed ....
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Israel demolishes residential building in occupied Jerusalem
Date: 2015-08-19 11:52:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:3185569
Israeli forces destroyed on Wednesday a residential building in the occupied Jerusalem under the pretext that it was unlicensed. Jerusalem sources said Israeli forces backed by bulldozers besieged the three-story building. During a storming ....
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Cabinet discusses political, economic, security files
Date: 2015-08-19 11:09:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:3185225
The cabinet convened Wednesday under Premier Ibrahim Mahlab to discuss a host of political, economic and security files. The talks also tackled security conditions and needed measures for confronting terror in view of preparations for ....
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Foreign Ministry: Egypt's decision about anti-terror law should be respected
Date: 2015-08-19 11:08:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:3185209
The Foreign Ministry has said that Egypt's decision about the new anti-terror law should be respected. Egypt has never commented on anti-terror laws passed in other countries and expects respect for its independent decisions, Foreign Ministry ....
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Shaker to turn himself in 'when time is right': lawyer
Date: 2015-08-19 09:06:08 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:3184173
Pop singer-turned-militant fugitive Fadl Shaker is still hiding in the southern Palestinian camp of Ain al Hilweh and will turn himself in whenever he deems the time is right, his lawyer told The Daily Star. "He will hand himself over to ....
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50 arrested in N. Sinai security campaign
Date: 2015-08-19 07:59:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:3183661
Fifty fugitives and wanted persons have been arrested in North Sinai over the past 24 hours. Another 108 suspects have also been captured as part of security campaigns around entrances to and exits of North Sinai. About 555 traffic tickets ....
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Natpack fire contained
Date: 2015-08-19 07:58:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3183649
Fire fighters contained a fire that broke out in the National Company For Packaging Industries (Natpack) in the industrial zone of Obour City in Qaliobiya governorate. No casualties were reported. The cause of the fire and the size of the ....
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South Sudan: US threatens sanctions over rejection of pact
Date: 2015-08-19 07:54:33 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3183625
The White House chastised President Salva Kiir of South Sudan for refusing to sign a peace agreement to halt that nation’s civil war, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The US threatened to pursue sanctions against “those who undermine the ....
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8 wounded in road accident in N. Sinai
Date: 2015-08-19 07:43:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:3183589
At least eight people, including two soldiers, have been injured in a car crash on the international coast road in North Sinai. A microbus overturned Tuesday night, wounding eight passengers. The injured were moved to hospital and an ....