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Train movement back to normal in Qena after bomb found on tracks
Date: 2015-02-08 15:22:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:1921357
Train movement from and to Qena resumed operation following a two-hour stoppage after a homemade bomb was found on the rail tracks. Bomb disposal teams rushed to the scene and dismantled the bomb after a security cordon was imposed. They ....
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UN envoy back to Sanaa
Date: 2015-02-08 15:20:13 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:1921329
United Nations special envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar returned to Sanaa from Saudi Arabia to resume contacts with politicians on ways to exit the current crisis. He traveled to Saudi Arabia on Friday but had to return abruptly Saturday evening ....
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Home-made bombs defused in Sharqiya
Date: 2015-02-08 15:16:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:1921293
Security forces in Sharqiya governorate managed to defuse three home-made explosive charges planted by unidentified persons above a railway bridge in Belbeis area, Sharqiya governorate. No casualties were reported. Security sources said the ....
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Egypt stands united against terrorism - minister
Date: 2015-02-08 15:12:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:1921257
Egypt stands united against terrorism and supports President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, who is waging a fierce war to uproot terrorism, affirmed Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi. Terrorism does not differentiate between an army ....
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Abe’s popularity rises after Japan hostage crisis
Date: 2015-02-08 14:19:39 GMT - Japan - International - SN:53 - ID:1920781
Popular support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rose after a tense couple of weeks in which two Japanese hostages were brutally murdered in the Middle East, according to The Wall Street Journal. In a Kyodo News survey, approval for Mr. Abe’s ....
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Health Ministry reveals four new avian flu cases
Date: 2015-02-08 14:16:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:1920769
The Ministry of Health and Population revealed on Sunday four new bird flu cases in the past hours. In a statement, the ministry said the affected persons are a man from Sohag, Upper Egypt, two children from Alexandria and Giza and a woman from ....
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Varied performance at EGX at start of week
Date: 2015-02-08 14:15:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:51 - ID:1920757
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) witnessed varied performance at the close of Sunday's trading amid purchases by Egyptian investors against sale operations by foreign and Arab investors. The market capital lost about 3.1 billion pounds to hit 536.7 ....
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Steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz applies to run for parliamentary polls
Date: 2015-02-08 14:14:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:1920737
Steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz, former organization secretary for the now- disbanded National Democratic Party, applied on Sunday for candidacy in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The application was presented by a lawyer on behalf of Ezz. ....
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Israeli soldiers open fire on Palestinian vehicle near Bethlehem
Date: 2015-02-08 14:12:09 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:1920721
Israeli soldiers opened fire on a Palestinian vehicle that attempted to run over soldiers near Bethlehem in the West Bank on Sunday, The Jerusalem Post reported. The soldiers recognized the vehicle, which came from the direction of the village of ....
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6 Azhar girls get 6-month suspended sentences over riots
Date: 2015-02-08 14:09:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:1920689
A Mansoura misdemeanors court handed down six-month suspended sentences to six female students of Al Azhar University over riot charges. The girls, students at the Islamic Studies Faculty – Mansoura branch, were charged with staging riots and ....
