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Egypt works on restoring all its stolen antiquities, says minister
Date: 2015-04-01 10:05:55 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2290049
Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Al Damati said Egypt's policies are currently focusing on restoring all antiquities which have been smuggled from the country over the past period. In statements to MENA on the fringe of his three-day visit to ....
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Menufiya investigators continue search for killers of policeman in front of his house
Date: 2015-04-01 09:45:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2289781
Menufiya investigators are intensifying their efforts to hunt down the attackers of a policeman at dawn Wednesday in front of his house in Shebin El Kom district of Meit Khagan. Menufiya Security Director Momtaz Fahmy said the attackers knocked ....
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Turkish prosecutor dies after hostage siege
Date: 2015-04-01 09:03:38 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:9 - ID:2289473
A prosecutor involved in a controversial case died Tuesday after he was shot during a hostage siege in an Istanbul courthouse, the CNN reported. Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz died in the hospital from injuries he suffered during the attack, Prime ....
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Enough progress made in Iran nuclear talks to extend talks to Wednesday - US
Date: 2015-04-01 08:56:38 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:2289409
Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers will pass the negotiators' self-imposed Tuesday night deadline to produce the outline of an agreement and will be extended by at least a day, the United States said. State Department spokeswoman ....
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Lavrov: Nuclear deal with Iran ‘reached on all key aspects’
Date: 2015-04-01 08:31:05 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:2289213
Iran and six major world powers have managed to reach a preliminary agreement on ‘all the key aspects’ of a deal over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program, Russia’s foreign minister said as quoted by Sputnik news agency. Experts from Iran and ....
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Erdogan praises security forces' over Istanbul attack handling
Date: 2015-04-01 08:20:15 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:6 - ID:2289125
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised the security forces for their effort to peacefully end the crisis of holding Istanbul's prosecutor as a hostage by leftist group. Erdogan said Tuesday that the crime that took place at an Istanbul ....
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Pope Tawadros II meets Alexandria governor
Date: 2015-04-01 08:02:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2289001
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese met on Tuesday with Alexandria Governor Hany el Messeiry. The meeting took up plans adopted by the governor to carry out development projects in Alexandria. The Pope ....
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Egypt stocks gain EGP6bn in first quarter
Date: 2015-04-01 06:56:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2288529
Egypt’s stock market indices showed mixed performance while equities gained around EGP 6.2 billion ($810.2 million) in capitalization during the first quarter of 2015. The benchmark index EGX30 rose 2.3% or 208.2 points to close the quarter at ....
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Obama confers with US team on Iran nuclear talks
Date: 2015-04-01 06:52:24 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:2288509
US President Barack Obama conferred with key national security advisers about nuclear talks with Iran. "The president convened a secure video teleconference with members of his national security team," said National Security Council spokeswoman ....
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Sisi to Obama: Lifting arms ban helps address shared challenges
Date: 2015-04-01 06:36:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2288441
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi told U.S. President Barack Obama lifting the executive holds on US military aid further helps address the shared challenges to the U.S. and Egypt, consistent with the longstanding strategic partnership between the two ....