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Palestine militants fire more rockets at Israel
Date: 2014-08-26 17:21:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:892819
Palestinian al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad's armed wing, said Tuesday it fired a Boraq70 missile at Tel Aviv. The Brigades also said they launched rockets and mortar shells at Israeli cities of Eshkol and Ashdod. The latest attacks came as ....
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Egypt, Mali sign investment memo
Date: 2014-08-26 17:06:20 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:72 - ID:892797
A memorandum of understanding was signed Tuesday between the Egypt's General Authority For Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) and a Malian investment promotion agency. The signing ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. "The memo ....
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Number of casualties in Baghdad bombing up
Date: 2014-08-26 16:59:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:892114
The number of victims of a booby-trapped car bombing in a Shiite neighborhood in central Baghdad hit 11 deaths and 31 wounded. According to the US Fox News network, the car went off earlier on Tuesday with no party claiming responsibility so ....
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Sisi grants counselor Nabil Salib republic medal of first grade
Date: 2014-08-26 16:56:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:71 - ID:892787
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi decorated Tuesday former head of Cairo Court of Appeal Nabil Salib with the republic's medal of first grade. The presidency said the honoring came as tribute to Salib for his good service during his tenure. ....
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Egypt announces Gaza ceasefire effective
Date: 2014-08-26 16:54:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:892785
Egypt announced on Tuesday a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestine was effective as of 7:00 p.m. (CLT). The border crossing between Gaza and Israel will opened to allow humanitarian aid into the besieged strip, according to a statement ....
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Egypt says ceasefire reached between Israel, Palestinians
Date: 2014-08-26 16:53:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:892665
Egypt announced Tuesday that a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians has been reached. The ceasefire will come into effect as of 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. A senior official source said that Egypt invited the Palestinian and Israeli sides ....
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UNHCR: 300 die while trying to cross Mediterranean in past week
Date: 2014-08-26 16:51:44 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:69 - ID:892776
More than 300 people have died while trying to make irregular sea crossings from North Africa to Europe in the past week, bringing the death toll this year from sinking vessels on the Mediterranean to almost 1,900, including some 1,600 since ....
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Assiut governor, University's president develop strategy for province's development
Date: 2014-08-26 16:48:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:892768
Assiut University president Mohamed Abdel-Samie held a meeting on Tuesday with Assiut governor Ibrahim Hammad to discuss the university's role in drawing up a new strategy for achieving development and progress in the province. The meeting was ....
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UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan
Date: 2014-08-26 16:38:58 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:892758
The UN mission in South Sudan says one of its helicopters has crashed, and a UN official said that it appears the aircraft was shot down, ABC News reported. The UN mission said on Twitter that an Mi-18 cargo helicopter crashed Tuesday near ....
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Bomb reported at Gharbiya railway station contain no explosive materials
Date: 2014-08-26 16:10:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:892717
A strange object that resembled a bomb at Zefta railway station in Tanta city, Gharbiya governorate, turned to be hoax, said Security director Osama Bdeir. Security forces and bomb experts rushed to the reported scene and found that the alleged ....