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Biden phones Iraqi parl't speaker
Date: 2014-08-26 14:55:06 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:892514
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden phoned on Tuesday Iraqi parliament speaker Salim al-Jabouri Salim al-Jabour to discuss the latest political and security developments in Iraq. According to a White House statement, the two sides stressed the ....
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US begins surveillance flights over Syria
Date: 2014-08-26 14:54:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:56 - ID:892572
The US has started flying surveillance drones over Syria after President Obama authorized the missions, two senior Defense officials told Fox News, in a move that could pave the way for eventual airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in the ....
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Libyan chief of staff says Sisi promised to help army
Date: 2014-08-26 14:49:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:892565
Libyan chief of staff Abdel-Razeq al-Nazouri said Tuesday that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi promised support for the Libyan army. "We were promised training and technical advice," Nazouri told a press conference with Foreign Minister Sameh ....
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Heikal chosen new EMPC chairman
Date: 2014-08-26 14:46:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:892429
Osama Heikal has been chosen as new chairman of the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC). EMPC board members unanimously chose Heikal in a meeting Tuesday, Egyptian TV chief Magdi Lashin told MENA. He hoped Heikal would act to upgrade the ....
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Sisi meets Malian PM
Date: 2014-08-26 14:44:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:892555
President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi met Tuesday with visiting Malian Prime Minister Moussa Mara. Mara conveyed a message from Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to Sisi on boosting cooperation between the two countries, especially in the fields ....
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Army seizes 465 shotguns, destroys 5 tunnels
Date: 2014-08-26 14:35:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:892543
As many as 465 shotguns were found and seized in a warehouse during a raid by the border guards in the western military area. They also seized two cars carrying some 850,000 Tramadol tablets and 31,250 cartons of smuggled cigarettes. In Sinai, ....
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Re-trial of Nazif, Adli in "license plates" case adjourned until Sept. 28
Date: 2014-08-26 14:34:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:892539
Cairo Criminal Court decided Tuesday to adjourn until September 28 the retrial of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif and former interior minister Habib el-Adli in the license plates case. The court delayed the re-trial to hear the defense ....
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Amr Moussa says ISIS "dangerous phenomenon"
Date: 2014-08-26 14:30:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:892524
Chairman of the panel of 50 that amended Egypt's constitution Amr Moussa lashed out at the Islamic State group Tuesday, calling it "a dangerous negative phenomenon". Like any other organization, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ....
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Daughter of MB leader released on bail
Date: 2014-08-26 14:27:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:892518
The daughter of a Muslim Brotherhood leader has been released on bail pending a probe into charges of joining an anti-army and police movement. Fatma Hassan el-Brens was visiting her father at Borg el-Arab Prison when she got arrested with a ....
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Unidentified gunmen kill Libyan security element
Date: 2014-08-26 14:07:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:892497
Unidentified gunmen killed on Tuesday a Libyan security element after opening fire at him in Sidi Hussein city in Benghazi. The body was moved to hospital. The authorities were notified to launch a probe. ....
