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  • Police thwart attempt to blow up Toukh water pipeline

    Police thwart attempt to blow up Toukh water pipeline

    Date: 2015-02-03 15:55:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:1887577

    Security forces thwarted on Tuesday an attempt to detonate the main water pipeline in Toukh city of Qalyoubia governorate. Acting upon a tip-off, police arrested three people, allegedly linked to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group, while ....

  • Italian president: Combating terrorism from clash of civilizations perspective is wrong

    Italian president: Combating terrorism from clash of civilizations perspective is wrong

    Date: 2015-02-03 15:53:17 GMT - Italy - International - SN:54 - ID:1887681

    New Italian president Sergio Mattarella, warned of the clash of civilizations or religions. In a speech at parliament on Tuesday shortly after he was sworn in, the new president said combating terrorism from the viewpoint of the clash of ....

  • OIC slams Israel for ongoing settlement policy

    OIC slams Israel for ongoing settlement policy

    Date: 2015-02-03 15:46:44 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1887625

    The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has slammed Israel for the ongoing policy of building settlements in the occupied Palestinian lands. The continuation of building settlements is "a war crime," the OIC said in a statement on ....

  • World is suffering from escalating terror threat-- Abul Enein

    World is suffering from escalating terror threat-- Abul Enein

    Date: 2015-02-03 15:35:52 GMT - Monaco - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:1887545

    Honorary president of the Euro-Med Parliament Mohamed Abul Enein on Tuesday said that the world is now suffering from an escalating threat of terrorism. Addressing a conference on fighting terrorism and foreign fighters here, he added that there ....

  • Qurei, US consul general in al Quds confer on latest developments in Palestine

    Qurei, US consul general in al Quds confer on latest developments in Palestine

    Date: 2015-02-03 15:24:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:1887429

    Member of Palestinian Liberation Organization Executive Committee Ahmed Qurei conferred with US Consul General in al Quds Michael Ratney on the latest developments in Palestine. Qurei apprised Ratney of the Israeli practices against the ....

  • 6 more bodies discovered from wreckage of crashed AirAsia jetliner

    6 more bodies discovered from wreckage of crashed AirAsia jetliner

    Date: 2015-02-03 15:18:43 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:49 - ID:1887373

    Indonesian divers have discovered six more bodies from the wreckage of the crashed AirAsia plane, bringing to 90 the total number bodies retrieved from the jetliner, Fox News reported. AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea on Dec. 28 with ....

  • AU summit agrees to Egypt proposition to implement Yamoussoukro Decision

    AU summit agrees to Egypt proposition to implement Yamoussoukro Decision

    Date: 2015-02-03 15:11:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:1887321

    Participants in the 24th African Summit that was recently held in Ethiopia have agreed to a proposition by the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry to start outlining a framework to implement the Yamoussoukro Decision as soon as possible. Issued in ....

  • Jumblatt cables condolences to Sisi

    Jumblatt cables condolences to Sisi

    Date: 2015-02-03 15:05:32 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:1887277

    Leader of Lebanon's Democratic Gathering Walid Jumblatt sent a cable to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Tuesday, condemning the terrorist attack in North Sinai that left scores of officers and soldiers dead. "This new terrorist attack stresses ....

  • Iraqi Cabinet approves draft law on setting up national guard

    Iraqi Cabinet approves draft law on setting up national guard

    Date: 2015-02-03 15:01:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1885177

    The Iraqi Cabinet at a meeting on Tuesday under Prime Minister Hayder Abbadi approved a draft law on setting up the national guard. The draft law sets the rules of forming the force of the national guard from the Iraqi people and tribes. The ....

  • Pentagon nominee considers changing troops pullout plan from Afghanistan

    Pentagon nominee considers changing troops pullout plan from Afghanistan

    Date: 2015-02-03 14:59:04 GMT - USA - International - SN:45 - ID:1887209

    US Defense Secretary nominee Ashton Carter has he would consider changing the current plans for withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year if security conditions worsen, Khaama Press reported. Carter has served as deputy ....

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