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Chinese president to pay important visit to Egypt soon -- diplomat
Date: 2015-04-04 10:58:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2309557
Commercial affairs counselor at the Chinese embassy in Cairo Han Ping has stressed the importance of an upcoming visit to Egypt by the Chinese president. Xi Jinping's visit to Egypt will help boost economic cooperation between the two countries, ....
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Israel opens fire at Palestinian boats in Gaza
Date: 2015-04-04 10:56:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2309529
Israeli occupation forces opened heavy fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the shores of the Gaza Strip on Saturday. No casualties have been reported, local sources said. ....
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Egypt assistant FM wraps up Paris visit
Date: 2015-04-04 10:54:20 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2309521
Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs and Egyptians Abroad Amr Mowad wrapped up his two-day visit to Paris. During his visit, Mowad attended the annual meeting to discuss the Egyptian-French legal agreement. In statements to MENA ....
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Somali Shabaab group threatens Kenya with more 'bloodbath'
Date: 2015-04-04 10:45:09 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2309417
Somali Al Shabaab militant group threatened Kenya with a "new bloodbath" two days after the massacre the group had committed in a university and left over 148 people dead. In a statement, the group said Kenyans will pay the price for supporting ....
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Sports teams play role to boost relations between countries -- diplomat
Date: 2015-04-04 08:33:49 GMT - Rwanda - Sport - SN:7 - ID:2308321
Egypt is adopting a political approach that gives priority to Africa, the Nile Basin countries in particular, said Egyptian Ambassador here Namira Negm. In statements to MENA on Saturday, Negm urged Egyptian businessmen to invest in Rwanda, a ....
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Makeshift bomb explodes outside school in Giza
Date: 2015-04-04 08:27:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2308417
A homemade bomb went off outside Ahmed Oraby Primary School in Giza Saturday. No word of casualties has been reported, a security source told MENA. Police cordoned off the school and sappers combed the area to make sure there are no any other ....
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Arab chiefs of staff confer on Decisive Storm
Date: 2015-04-04 08:26:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2308413
Chiefs of staff of a number of countries taking part in Operation Decisive Storm against the Houthi group in Yemen have said that troops are in high spirit and insist on completing their mission. The remarks was made at a meeting which took place ....
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Saudi-led coalition continues to airdrop weapons to Yemen's southern resistance
Date: 2015-04-04 08:20:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2308389
A Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis continued to airdrop weapons to Yemeni southern resistance on Saturday. In statements to Aden al-Ghad newspaper on Saturday, a source with the southern resistance in al Buraiqeh district said that ....
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Jordan condemns Kenyan university attack
Date: 2015-04-04 08:17:52 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2308381
Jordan has strongly condemned the deadly attack that took place in Garissa University in Kenya on Thursday and claimed the lives of at least 150 people and injured several others. In a statement Saturday, Jordanian Government spokesman Mohammad ....
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Boko Haram, 'Islam's worst enemy,': Niger president
Date: 2015-04-04 08:13:07 GMT - Niger - International - SN:8 - ID:2308345
Militant group Boko Haram is "the worst enemy of Islam" and will be defeated because West African Muslims reject its violent actions Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said. "There is nothing Islamic about Boko Haram," Issoufou told students ....