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Saudi King relieves CP Muqrin of his duties, names Prince Mohammad bin Nayef as new heir
Date: 2015-04-29 07:58:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2479825
Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saudi issued Wednesday a royal decree to relieve his Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz of his duties, naming Deputy Crown Prince Mohamed bin Nayef bin Abel Aziz as the new heir to the Saudi throne. Prince ....
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Sisi leaves for Cyprus on first leg of European tour
Date: 2015-04-29 07:35:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2479693
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi left here on Wednesday for Nicosia on an official visit to Cyprus on the first leg of a European tour that will take him also to Spain. In Nicosia, Sisi will meet with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades and ....
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Interior minister says constructive criticism welcomed
Date: 2015-04-28 18:57:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:2478221
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar asserted on Tuesday that he welcomes positive and constructive criticism. Abdel Ghaffar made the remarks during a meeting with head of the Syndicate of Journalists Yahia Qalash to discuss ways of boosting ....
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13 terrorist MB members' trial adjourned to August
Date: 2015-04-28 18:51:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:2478189
A Minya criminal court decided on Tuesday to postpone the trial of 13 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group until August. The defendants face charges of cutting roads and joining an outlawed group. They were arrested in ....
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UN: More than 300,000 driven from homes in Yemen's conflict
Date: 2015-04-28 18:50:16 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:2478181
More than 300,000 Yemenis have been driven from their homes by a month of violence in the impoverished Arab nation, double the number only two weeks ago, amid escalating fighting with Shiite rebels and the continued Saudi-led air campaign, a United ....
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Palestinian PM hopes Germany would recognize Palestinian state
Date: 2015-04-28 18:27:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:2476865
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said he hopes Germany will recognize the Palestinian independent state on the 1967 borders with al Quds as its capital. Hamdallah received a German delegation, under Speaker of the Lower Saxony parliament ....
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Hamas contacts with Israel violate Palestinian national action, says DFLP official
Date: 2015-04-28 18:24:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:2478041
Hamas's unilateral contacts with Israel to establish a state in the Gaza Strip are violating the basics of the Palestinian national action, Assistant Secretary General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) Qais Abdel Karim ....
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US-owned ship seized under court order - Iranian source
Date: 2015-04-28 18:15:43 GMT - Iran - International - SN:66 - ID:2478009
An informed source in Iran confirmed earlier reports that the Iranian Navy has seized a US ship in the Persian Gulf, Fars reported on Tuesday. The ship is Marshall Islands-flagged, but is owned by the US," the source added. "The ship is a ....
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Abbas congratulates Sudan president on election win
Date: 2015-04-28 18:13:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:2476741
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated on Tuesday Sudanese President Omar al Bashir on his victory in the elections. In a congratulatory cable, Abbas expressed keenness on bolstering ties with Sudan in all fields. Official results ....
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Former Sharqiya governor gets reduced term for participating in illegal protest
Date: 2015-04-28 18:11:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:2477973
A misdemeanor court in Cairo has reached a final verdict to sentence Hassan el Naggar, a former governor of Sharqiya during the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group, and another defendant, Sayyed Hassan Mohamed, to two years on charges of ....
