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Housing min pays surprise visit to 6 October water station project
Date: 2015-02-19 09:02:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:1998245
Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouli paid a surprise visit to 6 October water station project that will serve all expansions of the new city and central Giza. During his visit, Madbouli asserted the importance of finalizing the project before the ....
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Arab interior ministers council condemns targeting Egyptians in Libya
Date: 2015-02-19 08:07:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:1997745
Secretary General of the Arab Interior Ministers Council Mohamed ben Ali Koman sent on Thursday a cable of condolences to Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim over the victims of the terrorist attack on 21 Egyptians in Libya. He expressed ....
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Pentagon screens 1,200 Syrian rebel fighters to potentially train for fight against Daesh
Date: 2015-02-19 08:03:42 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1997705
The United States has found around 1,200 opposition fighters in Syria that could participate in US military led training programs to fight against ISIS, the Pentagon said Wednesday as quoted by Radio Sawa. The fighters will undergo vetting for ....
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Ukrainian president calls for UN peacekeepers
Date: 2015-02-19 07:52:48 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:7 - ID:1997593
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for UN peacekeepers to be deployed to eastern Ukraine to enforce a ceasefire, according to the BBC. At an emergency security meeting, he said such a force would help guarantee security "in a ....
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Obama meets with his new defense secretary
Date: 2015-02-19 07:41:34 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:1997493
US President Barack Obama met with his newly-appointed Defense Secretary Ashton Carter for talks over violent extremism, the current situation in Ukraine and the conditions of the US army. Obama told reporters that the meeting tackled fighting ....
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Alexandria port authority to offer 2 investment projects during March conf. - chief
Date: 2015-02-19 07:36:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:1997461
The Alexandria Port Authority will offer two investment projects worth 1.5 billion pounds during Egypt's economic conference, slated for March, Chairman of the authority Abdel Qader Darwish said on Wednesday. He added that the projects will ....
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Kerry: Daesh terrorist group targets Middle East
Date: 2015-02-19 07:20:22 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:1997401
US State Secretary John Kerry said on Thursday that Daesh terrorist group is targeting the Middle East. Addressing a ministerial meeting that was held on the sidelines of a summit that was hosted by the White House on terrorism, Kerry added that ....
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Obama: Daesh and al-Qaeda are a threat to the world
Date: 2015-02-19 07:12:25 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:1997357
US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the US is "not at war with Islam - we are at war with the people who have perverted Islam". He was speaking to representatives from 60 nations attending a three-day event on extremism. The world ....
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Pope Tawadros receives UN representative in Cairo
Date: 2015-02-19 07:10:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1997333
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St Mark's Diocese received on Wednesday the UN representative in Cairo Anita Nirody at the Orthodox church in Abbasiya. Nirody offered condolences to Pope Tawadros over the killing of 21 Egyptian ....
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Petroleum min. leaves Jordan after one-day visit
Date: 2015-02-19 07:08:35 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:1997317
Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources Sherif Ismail left Amman Wednesday after a one-day visit, where he met with Jordan's Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour and his counterpart Mohammad Hamid. The meeting tackled boosting cooperation between the ....