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Former Turkish president and coup leader Kenan Evren dies
Date: 2015-05-10 11:47:20 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:23 - ID:2556201
Former Turkish President Kenan Evren died on Saturday at the age of 97, the BBC reported. On 12 September 1980 General Evren launched a coup that overthrew the government. He went on to serve as president until 1989. He was put on trial in his ....
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10 illegal migrants arrested in Benghazi
Date: 2015-05-10 11:41:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2554085
Ten illegal migrants were arrested in Benghazi. The migrants are from African nationalities, the spokesman for the illegal immigration department said in a press statement Sunday. A Libyan border guard official urged on Sunday the European ....
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Thai king leaves Bangkok hospital, returns to seaside palace
Date: 2015-05-10 11:31:27 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:22 - ID:2556077
Thailand's 87-year-old king, the world's longest-reigning monarch, left a Bangkok hospital he checked into last year and returned Sunday to his seaside palace south of the capital. King Bhumibol Adulyadej had been in a Bangkok hospital since last ....
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Sisi back home from Moscow
Date: 2015-05-10 10:52:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2555693
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi returned home on Sunday after a three-day visit to Moscow during which he attended Russia's celebrations of Victory Day. The Egyptian leader held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and invited him to attend ....
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Blair tells Labor: return to the centre ground to win again
Date: 2015-05-10 10:49:11 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:20 - ID:2555661
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that Labor can recover from its disastrous general election defeat only if it reoccupies the center ground of British politics, proudly championing a pro-business agenda and bold new ideas to reform ....
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Judge tasked with Brotherhood case escapes death
Date: 2015-05-10 10:46:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2555633
Counselor Moatez Khafagi, the judge examining the case of Muslim Brotherhood guidance office, among other MB trials, survived an assassination attempt outside his house on Sunday, a security source said. Unidentified men exploded the judge's car ....
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Limited fire at supply ministry premises contained
Date: 2015-05-10 10:44:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2555601
Firefighters contained a fire that broke out on the fifth floor of the Supply and Internal Trade Ministry building in down town Cairo. Ministry Spokesman Mahmoud Diab said a short circuit has likely caused the fire, with no material damage or ....
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Interior min. honors families of 138 police martyrs
Date: 2015-05-10 10:43:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2555573
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghafar honored on Sunday families of 138 police martyrs in a ceremony at the Police Academy in Cairo. The minister handed the families decorations that were granted by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in recognition of ....
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Prosecution inspects site of blast which killed terrorists in Fayyoum
Date: 2015-05-10 10:40:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2555517
A prosecution team on Sunday inspected the site where an explosive charge went off killing two terrorists who were riding a motorbike before they carried out their attack in front of Fayyoum textile factory. Body parts of the terrorists were ....
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Work in Suez Canal tunnels project in Port Said continues: official
Date: 2015-05-10 09:57:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2555069
Chairman of the Arab Contractors company Mohsen Salah said work and initial preparations in the projects of the Suez Canal tunnels in Port Said were in process. Giant dredgers from Germany are to arrive to serve the project. The first dredger ....