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Sisi to meet Abbas Saturday over Gaza
Date: 2014-08-23 09:47:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:887026
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday to discuss efforts to reach a truce in Gaza. Abbas is expected to hold a news conference following the meeting. Palestinian Ambassador in Cairo Jamal ....
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ISIL leader killed in Diyala
Date: 2014-08-23 09:45:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:887105
The military leader of the militant group of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was killed in Diyala province on Saturday. Police forces killed the terrorist leader, identified as Mosaab al-Sengary along an aide, the Iraqi news ....
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Islamic authority in Austria condemns attack on 2 veiled women
Date: 2014-08-23 09:33:07 GMT - Austria - International - SN:27 - ID:887071
The Islamic Religious Authority in Austria said Saturday that an unidentified person attacked two veiled women who were walking on the street in Vienna. An 84-year-old woman was attacked by a man in his 30s while walking on a street in the ....
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Power transformer fire in Monufia under control
Date: 2014-08-23 09:31:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:887062
Firefighters extinguished a fire that erupted in a power transformer in a Monufia village on Saturday. Three fire engines rushed to the scene to put out the flames that were probably ignited by a short circuit. ....
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India, Pakistan trade gunfire in Kashmir; 4 dead
Date: 2014-08-23 08:52:33 GMT - India - International - SN:23 - ID:886978
India and Pakistan traded gunfire in the disputed Kashmir region early Saturday, killing two villagers on each side and wounding several others, ABC News reported. Dharmendra Pareek, a top official of India's paramilitary force, said Indian ....
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PKK supporters block highway
Date: 2014-08-23 07:53:27 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:22 - ID:886888
Demonstrators affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been blocking a key highway in the eastern province of Muş for two days, burned and destroyed a large number of cars belonging to civilians. The PKK has been blocking the ....
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Libyan Dawn rebels seize control of interior ministry HQ in Tripoli
Date: 2014-08-23 07:43:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:886868
Libya Dawn, a movement led by rebels from Misrata, said it liberated the interior ministry building in Tripoli from government-backed fighters from the Zintan Brigades. The movement said its forces took control of two southern neighborhoods in ....
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Ebola crisis: Speed and extent of outbreak 'unprecedented'
Date: 2014-08-23 07:11:26 GMT - Liberia - Science - SN:20 - ID:886831
The World Health Organization has said the speed and extent of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is "unprecedented", the BBC reported Saturday. The WHO's Dr Keiji Fukuda expressed concern over so-called "shadow zones", areas which cannot be ....
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FM leaves for Arabia for Syria crisis meeting
Date: 2014-08-23 07:09:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:886830
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri will leave on Saturday for Saudi Arabia to attend an Arab ministerial meeting to discuss the developments in Syria. The meeting, including Arab member states of the "Friends of Syria Group", will probe the ....
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Israel strikes 30 targets overnight
Date: 2014-08-23 07:08:58 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:886829
The Israel Air Force struck 30 targets in the Gaza Strip since Friday night, a military spokesperson said on Saturday. Targets included weapons manufacturing sites, arms storage facilities and rocket launching pads, The Jerusalem Post ....
