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Blair sought £30m UAE deal
Date: 2015-03-08 08:40:56 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:2112753
Tony Blair proposed a £30m contract to advise the United Arab Emirates (UAE) while working as the Middle East peace envoy, according to a confidential document on the deal obtained by The Sunday Times. The 25-page document provides an insight ....
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Nepal's only international airport reopens
Date: 2015-03-08 08:23:32 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:7 - ID:2112633
Nepal's only international airport has reopened four days after a Turkish Airlines jet skidded and blocked the single runway, FOX News reported on Sunday. Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said Sunday the first planes took off just before ....
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Israel allows 550 trucks into GS via Karam Abu Salem crossing
Date: 2015-03-08 08:22:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2112629
Israeli occupation forces allowed on Sunday 550 trucks loaded with goods into the Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem crossing. The trucks carry goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors along with aid supplies and transportation, Raed ....
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Death toll from Mahala bomb blast rises to 3 - health ministry official
Date: 2015-03-08 08:17:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2112593
The death toll from the Mahala bomb blast, which took place Friday, rose to three, said Health Ministry Undersecretary in Gharbiya Mohamed Sharshar on Sunday. A bomb went off Friday in front of the branch of Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the ....
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S.Korea chiefs of rival parties visit attacked US envoy
Date: 2015-03-08 08:14:34 GMT - south korea - International - SN:4 - ID:2112569
The leaders of rival parties in South Korea on Sunday emphasized a sustained Seoul-Washington alliance as they visited the hospitalized US envoy who is recovering from wounds he suffered last week from a knife attack, Yonhap News reported. Kim ....
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Yemeni defense minister flees Sanaa
Date: 2015-03-08 08:08:54 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2112549
The fate of Yemeni Defense Minister Mahmoud al Subaihi is still unknown with some reports saying he fled the capital to join Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in Aden. Some other reports said the minister has escaped a siege imposed on his ....
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Sisi receives Hariri, African ambassadors in Cairo today
Date: 2015-03-08 08:07:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2112537
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi receives Sunday Head of Lebanon's Future Current and former Lebanese premier Saad Hariri at the presidential palace. The president will also receive African ambassadors accredited to Egypt,said presidential ....
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Illegal crossing to be removed from railways - PM
Date: 2015-03-07 15:58:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:2110049
Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held Saturday a meeting that tackles the illegal crossings in the railways. The meeting was attended by the local development, transportation and interior ministers as well as the officials ....
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Shoukry meets representatives of US Congress
Date: 2015-03-07 15:57:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:2110037
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Saturday with a delegation representing the US Congress. The delegation grouped Chairwoman of the US House Committee that Oversees Foreign Aid Congresswoman Kay Granger. The meeting took up ....
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Egypt defense min. meets with US congressmen delegation
Date: 2015-03-07 15:56:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:2110025
Egyptian Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi on Saturday met with a US congressmen delegation, under Rodney Frelinghuysen, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee in the US House of Representatives. During the meeting, means of promoting joint ....