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Arab League anti-piracy meeting kicks off
Date: 2015-05-06 13:25:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:2531569
An Arab League meeting on combating sea piracy and organized crime kicked off here on Wednesday. The two-day meetings, attended by representatives of Arab ministers of justice and interior, will review a protocol on combating sea piracy as part ....
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Chinese FM, EU official probe promoting joint coop.
Date: 2015-05-06 13:22:54 GMT - China - International - SN:46 - ID:2531489
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a meeting Wednesday with European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. The get-together took up means of boosting joint cooperation as well as regional and ....
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Iraqi PM invited to World Economic Forum in Jordan
Date: 2015-05-06 13:18:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:2531437
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi received an invitation from Jordan's King Abdullah II for the World Economic Forum on the Middle East to be held in Jordan on May 21-23. Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al Jabouri received a similar invitation. ....
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CBE says net int'l reserves up to $20.525bn at end of April
Date: 2015-05-06 12:59:17 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:44 - ID:2531173
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said Wednesday that the net international reserves increased to 20.525 billion dollars at the end of April compared to 15.290 billion at the end of March. International reserves are used to secure basic ....
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35 wounded as earthquake rocks Iranian city
Date: 2015-05-06 12:54:54 GMT - Iran - International - SN:43 - ID:2531129
At least 35 people have been injured after an earthquake measuring 5.2 points hit the city of Kashmar in Iran’s eastern province of Khorasan Razavi earlier Tuesday. The Seismological Center of Institute of Geophysics at Tehran University said the ....
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Egypt main gate for Saudi products into Africa - diplomat
Date: 2015-05-06 12:48:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:2531077
Saudi Ambassador here Ahmed Abdel Aziz Qattan said Egypt is the main gate for Saudi products into the African markets. Speaking to reporters while opening the Saudi pavilion in Food Africa exhibition, he said Saudi investments in Egypt total ten ....
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Infiltration bid to Libya foiled
Date: 2015-05-06 12:45:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:2531037
Border guards forces foiled an attempt by 67 persons, including five Sudanese, to illegally sneak out of the country into the Libyan territories through rough mountainous and desert routes in Salloum. All of them are now being held in police ....
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Unidentified people policeman's car in Mahallah
Date: 2015-05-06 12:42:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:2530957
Unidentified assailants threw Molotov cocktails on a car owned by a policeman in Mahallah police station. The car was parked outside a traffic checkpoint in el Shoun Square. Firefighters rushed to the scene and managed to control the fire. ....
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Committee urges truth behind missing Tunisian reporters
Date: 2015-05-06 12:14:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2528429
The Libyan National Committee of Human Rights urged Libyan authorities to exert more efforts to find the fate of the Tunisian reporters who went missing in Libya since September. Reports over the fate of the two journalists were conflicting, ....
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65.7% of dredging at New Suez Canal finalized
Date: 2015-05-06 12:11:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:2530673
Up to 166.145 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have been dredged so far as part of the Suez Canal Development Project, said Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Memish Wednesday. This represents 65.7 percent of a total 250 ....