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Alexandria court to announce on February 24 ruling on "coalition for supporting legitimacy"
Date: 2015-02-17 13:54:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:1985993
An Alexandria court on Tuesday decided to announce on February 24 the ruling in a lawsuit calling to place the so-called "coalition for supporting legitimacy" on the list of terrorist groups. The plaintiff is calling to declare this coalition a ....
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Daesh kidnaps 120 Iraqis
Date: 2015-02-17 13:51:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1985957
Daesh militants have kidnapped 120 people in the Tikrit district of Salahaddin province. Salahaddin Provincial Council said on Tuesday that Daesh militants kidnapped 120 men from Al Abid and Al Mesare tribes from Rubeyda village in east ....
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UN commissioner urges Libyans to oppose extremism after “vile” murder of Egyptian Christians
Date: 2015-02-17 13:44:30 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:1985733
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday said the mass beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians was a “vile crime targeting people on the basis of their religion”. He urged Libyans to unite against extremists ....
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Azhar univ. head to Qatar: Come to your senses or face isolation
Date: 2015-02-17 13:38:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:1985853
President of Al-Azhar University Abdel Haai Azab has criticized Qatar for supporting the "black terrorism". In a statement on Tuesday, the head of Sunni Islam's foremost religious authority called on the Qatari leadership to "come to its senses" ....
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Mauritanian president stresses support to Egypt in war on terror
Date: 2015-02-17 13:32:57 GMT - Mauritania - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:1985789
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stressed his country's support to Egypt in its brave war on terrorism and expressed condolences to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi over the killing of 21 Egyptians by Daesh in Libya. The Mauritanian ....
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Pope leads mass in honor of Daesh massacre martyrs
Date: 2015-02-17 13:22:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:1985097
Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II led a mass on Tuesday to commemorate the 21 Egyptian Copts who were beheaded by Daesh along the seashore of Tripoli, Libya. The mass in their memory was held at St Mark's Coptic Orthodox ....
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PM issues decree setting up new department in Interior Ministry for securing Suez Canal zone
Date: 2015-02-17 13:20:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:1985185
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has issued a decree for setting up a department in the Interior Ministry for securing the Suez Canal zone. According to the decision, the interior minister will be in charge of issuing all decisions regulating the ....
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Sisi calls for lifting arms embargo on Libyan army
Date: 2015-02-17 13:05:03 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:1985533
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has stressed the need to lift an international arms embargo on the Libyan army so that it is able to defend the Libyan people. He was speaking to France's Europe 1 Radio after the Egyptian air force hit Daesh ....
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Indyk: Israel to face UNSC resolution proposed not by Palestinians, but int'l community
Date: 2015-02-17 13:01:16 GMT - Israel - International - SN:45 - ID:1985485
Former US envoy to peace talks hints that US would be part of such a resolution that would “lay out and preserve the principles of a two-state solution in the future," the Jerusalem Post reported. Martin Indyk said he expects this initiative ....
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Afghan army begins anti-Taliban drive, kills 76 militants
Date: 2015-02-17 12:56:50 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:44 - ID:1985433
The Afghan army has launched an offensive in the southern Taliban heartland to try to weaken the insurgents before the start of the new "fighting season", Sky News Arabia reported. Police and troops began targeting militants on Monday in four ....
