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Attempt to smuggle SR 1 million to Egypt foiled
Date: 2015-06-02 17:59:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:2717753
An attempt to smuggle one million Saudi Riyals into Egypt was foiled on Tuesday at Cairo international airport. Customs officers suspected a 43-year-old Egyptian passenger, coming from Riyadh, with heavy-wight juice boxes in his ....
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France supports Tunisia in democratic transition- amb.
Date: 2015-06-02 17:57:48 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:2717729
French Ambassador to Tunisia Francois Gouyette underscored his country's support to Tunisia in its transitional democratic period and establishing an institutional and law state. During a recent visit by Tunisia's President Beji Caid El-Sebsi to ....
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Hammond calls for intensifing work with Iraqis to defeat Daesh
Date: 2015-06-02 17:55:26 GMT - France - International - SN:58 - ID:2717709
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Tuesday said the Iraqis needed support in terms of logistics, air cover and training, but insisted that offering ground troops was not an option, the BBC reported. Britain already has more than 100 personnel ....
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Egyptian GDRs in London show mixed performance
Date: 2015-06-02 17:12:37 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:57 - ID:2717449
The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) traded on London Stock Exchange showed mixed performance at the close of Tuesday's trading. The GDRs of Commercial International Bank (CIB) and of EFG Hermes went down by 0.86 percent to 7.06 U.S. ....
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Egypt, US discuss boosting military cooperation
Date: 2015-06-02 17:11:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:2717433
Egyptian Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazi held Tuesday talks with visiting US Naval Forces Central Command Commander and US 5th Fleet John Miller talks on boosting military cooperation. Attended by Egyptian top brass and a US delegation accompanied ....
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Trial of Ansar al Sharia militants postponed
Date: 2015-06-02 17:10:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:2717421
The Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday postponed until Wednesday the trial of 23 defendants of the so-called 'Ansar al Sharia Brigades'. The defendants face charges of murdering an 12 policemen, attempted murder of nine others, possessing firearms ....
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Hamas critical of performance of consensus govt
Date: 2015-06-02 16:56:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:2717209
A year after its formation, the Palestinian national consensus government has drastically failed to secure the minimum needs of the Palestinian people, the spokesman for Hamas has said. The government performance has been week and disappointing, ....
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Iran’s nuclear stockpile grows, complicating negotiations
Date: 2015-06-02 16:52:51 GMT - USA - International - SN:54 - ID:2717301
With only one month left before a deadline to complete a nuclear deal with Iran, international inspectors have reported that Tehran’s stockpile of nuclear fuel increased about 20 percent over the last 18 months of negotiations, partially ....
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US-led coalition holds talks in Paris to tackle 'foreign dominated' Daesh
Date: 2015-06-02 16:41:04 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:2717193
US-led coalition members carrying out air raids against Daesh held crunch talks in Paris Tuesday as Iraq's leader pleaded for more support against what he said was now a foreign-dominated group, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday. Iraqi Prime ....
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Orange to pump new investments in Egypt
Date: 2015-06-02 16:28:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:2717077
The board chairman of France's Orange Communications said Tuesday that his company intends to pump new investments in Egypt and provide new communications services. Orange Communications is looking forward to cooperating with Telecom Egypt with ....