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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 ....
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Counter-terrorism must stay unrelated to political interests - Lavrov
Date: 2015-05-29 13:21:00 GMT - Russia - International - SN:16 - ID:2689885
The international community must resolutely fight terrorism around the globe, regardless of which country or government is attacked, Sputnik quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Friday. The top diplomat said that Russia ....
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Swiss police confirm bomb threat received at FIFA congress in Zurich
Date: 2015-05-29 13:00:57 GMT - Switzerland - Sport - SN:15 - ID:2689701
A bomb threat has been received at the FIFA congress in Zurich, Swiss police have confirmed. Zurich police tweeted a statement saying that the bomb threat was made by telephone, and that the congress room is being searched. No one has been ....
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AL Chief to take part in Sudan's Omar Bashir inauguration
Date: 2015-05-29 12:48:12 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:2689625
Arab League (AL) Chief Nabil el Araby will arrive here on Monday to take part in the inauguration ceremony of Sudan's President Omar al Bashir. Winning the 2015 presidential election, Bashir has extended his nearly three-decade rule for another ....
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PM meets UAE presidential adviser
Date: 2015-05-29 12:13:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2689405
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab received visiting Adviser to the UAE President Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa al Nahyan on Friday. The meeting took up a number of agreements that had been signed during the Egypt Economic Development Conference in March ....
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Buhari sworn in as Nigeria’s president after historic win
Date: 2015-05-29 12:09:04 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:12 - ID:2689393
Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as Nigeria's new head of state on Friday after he became the first opposition candidate to defeat a sitting president in a landmark election earlier this year, France 24 reported. During his swearing-in ceremony, ....
