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Bourse indexes show varied performance last week
Date: 2014-08-22 08:53:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:885740
The Egyptian Exchange closed last week with losses amounting to EGP 2.88 billion and its indexes showed mixed performance. The capital market declined to EGP 519.79 billion. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 retreated ....
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Death toll from S. Sinai bus crash rises to 33
Date: 2014-08-22 06:39:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:885611
Thirty-three passengers have been killed and 41 others injured in Sharm el-Sheikh bus crash, according to the latest toll from the ER department in South Sinai. Twenty-three bodies and human remains were moved to Tor Hospital, said director of ....
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Chuck Hagel touts long-term strategy against ISIS
Date: 2014-08-22 06:35:27 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:885605
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said U.S. military intervention in Iraq will continue for some time because the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria will not be defeated quickly, the Washington Examiner reported Thursday. “We are very clear-eyed about ....
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Security source denies bomb explosion outside Matariya police station
Date: 2014-08-22 06:26:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:885592
A security source at the Interior Ministry denied media reports that an explosive device went off outside Matariya police station in eastern Cairo on Thursday. "A sound device exploded, damaging the glass of a tram which was passing in the area," ....
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Sisi meets Cairo governor, directs to ease citizens' lives
Date: 2014-08-21 20:53:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:885442
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting on Thursday with Cairo Governor Galal el-Saeed, during which they discussed ways of overcoming problems facing the governorate. Sisi directed to coordinate with all authorities concerned to overcome ....
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Nigeria militants 'seize police academy'
Date: 2014-08-21 20:51:52 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:33 - ID:885441
Northern Nigeria's riot police training academy has been overrun by Boko Haram Islamist militants, a witness in Borno state has told the BBC. Shots were heard after the militants arrived in three armoured vehicles and on dozens of motorcycles, he ....
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Davutoglu named as Turkey's new PM
Date: 2014-08-21 20:50:13 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:32 - ID:885437
Turkey's ruling party on Thursday chose Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to be the new prime minister. Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the decision after an executive committee meeting of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) to decide on his ....
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Russia worried by Kiev's use of incendiary bombs, ballistic missiles in east
Date: 2014-08-21 20:49:10 GMT - Russia - International - SN:31 - ID:885436
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told a senior Red Cross official that Moscow was concerned about the use of incendiary weapons and ballistic missiles in the military operation in eastern Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported. Antonov ....
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Bomb targets security patrol in Rafah; no deaths
Date: 2014-08-21 20:47:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:885434
A locally-made bomb went off at a security patrol in Rafah, North Sinai, on Thursday but no human losses were reported. Security forces blocked the area and combed it in search of other explosives and the attackers, a high-level security source ....
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Interior minister holds meeting with security officials
Date: 2014-08-21 20:44:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:885433
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim held a meeting Thursday with a number of ministry officials to review the developments in the country and major security challenges. Security bodies are adamant to eradicate terrorism and achieve stability in the ....
