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U.S. signals willingness to expand military cooperation with Nigeria
Date: 2015-05-30 07:47:18 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:2692477
As Nigeria swore in Muhammadu Buhari as the new president on Friday, the Obama administration signaled that it was prepared to expand military cooperation in the fight against Boko Haram, the New York Times reported. Secretary of State John ....
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13 killed in road accident on Beni Suef highway
Date: 2015-05-30 07:45:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2692461
Thirteen people were killed late Friday when a police vehicle collided with a truck on Beni Suef-Minya highway. Eleven policemen were among the fatalities, said a security official. ....
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US in touch with Qatar about Taliban detainee agreement - White House
Date: 2015-05-30 07:42:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:2692433
US officials have been in touch with leaders in Qatar about five Taliban detainees transferred there from the Guantanamo Bay prison and steps needed to protect the American people, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said, according to Fox ....
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Hadi to participate in OIC ministerial conf.
Date: 2015-05-29 20:02:45 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2691705
Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi will participate in an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) extraordinary ministerial conference on Yemen scheduled to be held here in June, Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin said on Friday. The ....
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Security, traffic campaigns launched nationwide
Date: 2015-05-29 19:59:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2691689
Security forces launched several campaigns nationwide to arrest outlaws and fugitives. A total of 27,295 convicted in criminal cases have been arrested. Also, 106 firearms and 200 cold steels were seized while six gangs were arrested. As ....
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Sepp Blatter re-elected as FIFA president for fifth term after Prince Ali withdrawal
Date: 2015-05-29 19:54:59 GMT - Switzerland - Sport - SN:21 - ID:2691657
Sepp Blatter has been officially re-elected as FIFA’s president for a fifth term by the world governing body’s 209 member associations, The Guardian reported Friday. Blatter, 79, saw off the challenge of Jordan’s Prince Ali bin al-Hussein at ....
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Rafah crossing closes after opened for three days
Date: 2015-05-29 19:52:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2691641
Rafah border crossing closed on Friday after it exceptionally opened for three days to allow the stranded and humanitarian cases and aid supplies into the Gaza Strip. As many as 1,413 stranded Palestinians crossed the terminal into the Gaza Strip ....
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Azhar imam condemns Saudi Shiite mosque blast
Date: 2015-05-29 19:51:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2691633
Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb on Friday condemned a suicide attack outside a Shiite mosque in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, during Friday prayers. "Bloodshed is forbidden and houses of worship should be distanced from conflicts," Tayyeb ....
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Journalist Hamdan Tawfiq dies at age of 58
Date: 2015-05-29 13:37:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2689989
Journalist Hamdan Tawfiq died on Friday at the age of 58. The veteran reporter, who served as a correspondent for the Middle East News Agency (MENA) in Yemen, Ramallah and Tunisia, joined the state-run news agency in 1981, where he worked at ....
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Saudi security forces thwart suicide attack against mosque in Dammam
Date: 2015-05-29 13:24:45 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2689937
An alleged suicide attack that targeted a mosque in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia, was foiled by Saudi security forces. The attack was meant to take place during Friday prayers inside the mosque, according to a Saudi Interior Ministry official ....
