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Netanyahu suspends 'apartheid' bus plan for Palestinians
Date: 2015-05-20 10:14:37 GMT - palestine - International - SN:18 - ID:2627025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blocked a controversial plan to ban Palestinian workers from riding the same bus lines as Israelis, hours after it was approved by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, Radio Israel reported. Netanyahu ....
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Higher education minister injured in car accident
Date: 2015-05-20 10:02:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2626861
Higher Education Minister El Sayyed Abdel Khaleq was injured Wednesday in a car accident in New Cairo. A security source told MENA that the minister's car was smashed when it collided with another car on the highway. The minister was rushed to ....
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Israel begins separating Palestinians, Israelis on West Bank buses
Date: 2015-05-20 09:59:27 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2626397
Israel on Tuesday launched a pilot program under directive from Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon to separate Israeli and Palestinian bus travel in the West Bank, Haartez reported Wednesday. Palestinian workers will now have to return from Israel to ....
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Zend sworn in before Sisi as new justice minister
Date: 2015-05-20 09:52:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2626253
Counselor Ahmed el Zend took on Wednesday the constitutional oath before President Abdel Fattah El Sisi as the new justice minister. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended the swearing-in ceremony, said Presidential spokesman Alaa ....
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Alex power pylon detonated
Date: 2015-05-20 09:51:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2626745
A 220 kilovolt power transmission pylon in Alexandria - north of Cairo - was detonated late Tuesday. Board chairman of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), Ahmed Hanafy, said three explosive devices were planted around the base ....
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Tourism ministry new portal about to be finalizeded
Date: 2015-05-20 09:39:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2626585
A new portal of the Tourism Ministry is about to be finished, according to a report referred to Tourism Minister Khaled Rami on the ministry's activities. The report also tackled all the ministry's activities during the first quarter of 2015, ....
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Israel allows 620 trucks into Gaza Strip
Date: 2015-05-20 09:26:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2626441
As many as 620 trucks loaded with construction materials have been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip from Israel via Karem Abu Salem crossing. Palestinians in the area said the shipments, which contain cement, gravel, iron and fuel, are intended ....
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Police, students clash in Istanbul
Date: 2015-05-20 09:12:28 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:11 - ID:2626321
Police forces and faculty of law students clashed Wednesday during a march staged on the University of Istanbul campus. The marchers hurled stones at polices forces, prompting them to fire teargas bombs to disperse the protesters, CNN Turk ....
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Sisi meets with US central command chief
Date: 2015-05-20 09:03:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2626241
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi meets later on Wednesday with General Lloyd Austin of US Central Command, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef. The President will also meet with members of the Egyptian Olive Council. ....
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Israeli troops infiltrate Gaza Strip
Date: 2015-05-20 08:59:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2626177
Israeli troops Wednesday infiltrated into the east of Deir al Balah city in the central Gaza Strip. Local sources said a number of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers stormed the city from the border line and bulldozed the area. The ....