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Forensic Medicine spokesman relieved of duty
Date: 2015-03-24 12:42:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2232745
Head of the Egyptian Forensic Medicine Authority Mahmoud Ali on Tuesday relieved the authority's spokesman Hisham Abdel Hamid of his duty. The decision was taken following media statements by Abdel Hamid on a number of issues of public ....
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Houthis advance in southern Yemen
Date: 2015-03-24 12:39:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:2232709
Houthi units on Tuesday entered Ad Dalei province, southern Yemen, and fought gun battles with tribesmen and militias loyal to President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi. The pro-Hadi popular committees accused Ad Dalei Governor Qasem Taleb of helping ....
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Mauritania's ousted president faints from fatigue
Date: 2015-03-24 12:25:05 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2232545
Ousted Mauritanian President Muawiya Ould Tayeh, who has been living in Qatar for a decade, fainted as a result of fatigue, a source told MENA on Tuesday. The source said Ould Tayeh, 80, is now being hospitalized in Doha. The source made no ....
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Sisi meets members of Egyptian Ethiopian Business Council
Date: 2015-03-24 12:14:37 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2232437
Currently visiting here, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met Tuesday with members of the Egyptian-Ethiopian Business Council. Talks will focus on efforts exerted by the Egyptian government to encourage and lure investments. The meeting also ....
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Plane crashes in French Alps with 148 people on board
Date: 2015-03-24 12:13:07 GMT - France - International - SN:10 - ID:2232421
A plane has crashed near the village of Digne-Les-Bains in the French Alps, Time reported Tuesday quoting the French Prime Minister. The Germanwings Airbus A320 was flying from Barcelona in Spain to Düsseldorf in Germany. Debris has been found ....
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Security measures tightened in Suez ahead of Arab Summit
Date: 2015-03-24 09:40:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2230805
A security plan has been laid to ensure that the Arab Summit goes smoothly with no disruptions, Suez Security Chief Maj. Gen. Tareq el Gazzar said Tuesday. Security forces were mopping up the areas east and west of the Suez Canal as part of the ....
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Sisi, Ethiopian premier start official session of talks
Date: 2015-03-24 07:55:25 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2229985
Visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Tuesday started an official session of talks on means of pushing ahead bilateral relations in all domains. Talks also tackled the Declaration on ....
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White House insists Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories must end
Date: 2015-03-24 07:42:20 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2229869
The White House issued a call for eventual Palestinian statehood on Monday as it stepped up criticism of the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, for appearing to question a two-state solution to Middle East peace. “An occupation that has ....
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Sisi, his Ethiopian counterpart start talks
Date: 2015-03-24 07:01:58 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2229557
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday held talks with his Ethiopian counterpart Mulatu Teshome on ways to boost bilateral ties in all fields. They discussed the content of the Declaration of Principles on the Renaissance Dam, which ....
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Sisi amends law on investment certificates of Suez Canal development project
Date: 2015-03-24 06:02:17 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2229309
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree-law on the investment certificates of the Suez Canal development project, presidential spokesman ambassador Alaa Yousef said. The amendment crystallizes the legal framework for the work of the Suez ....