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Sisi winds up his Moscow visit
Date: 2014-08-13 06:52:41 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:871395
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi leaves Sochi on the coast of the Black Sea on Wednesday back home at the end of his official visit to Russia. Sisi held successful talks with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday over boosting economic and ....
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Putin’s popularity soars to 87%
Date: 2014-08-13 06:44:22 GMT - Russia - International - SN:9 - ID:871389
A new survey showed that Russians are more than happy with their president. The poll by the Levada Center reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin currently enjoys an approval rating of 87% — a 4-point jump since a similar survey was ....
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Hariri heads for Arabia for talks over Saudi grant to Lebanese army
Date: 2014-08-13 06:42:45 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:871387
Head of Future Movement Saad el-Hariri left here Wednesday heading for Saudi Arabia. During the visit, Hariri will discuss the grant offered by Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz to support the Lebanese army and security forces. ....
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Liberman: Hamas removal, PA vote and regional pact needed for peace
Date: 2014-08-13 06:34:19 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:871372
Getting rid of Hamas is a necessary condition for any wider diplomatic breakthrough, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman told The Jerusalem Post in an interview on Tuesday. “In order to make a diplomatic process possible, we have to get rid of ....
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Saudi FM: Egypt, KSA spare no effort to halt Israeli aggression on Gaza
Date: 2014-08-13 06:25:21 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:871358
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Tuesday that Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were doing their best to stop the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians. The Saudi minister made the remarks following an extraordinary ....
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Obama calls for calm after black man gunned down
Date: 2014-08-13 06:20:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:871353
US President Barack Obama has appealed for calm in Ferguson, Missouri, after the shooting of a black teenager by police sparked two nights of violence, the BBC reported. He described the death on Saturday of Michael Brown as heartbreaking and ....
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ECOWAS official dies from Ebola in Nigeria
Date: 2014-08-13 06:16:40 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:4 - ID:871349
An ECOWAS official has died from Ebola in Nigeria, the West African regional bloc said in a statement on Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths in the country to three. "The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Commission ....
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Remarks were not an attack, Hillary Clinton tells Obama
Date: 2014-08-13 06:08:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:871337
Hillary Rodham Clinton called President Obama on Tuesday to assure him that comments she made in a recent interview with The Atlantic were not intended “to attack him, his policies or his leadership,” according to a statement released by Clinton’s ....
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Explosion heard in Alex. caused by fall of glass bottle: police chief
Date: 2014-08-13 05:43:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:871312
Alexandria police chief said on Tuesday that an explosion heard in Dekhaila neighborhood was caused by the fall of a glass bottle. A 19 year old man was playing with the bottle he found earlier and it fell on the ground to break and injure his ....
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Cairo street vendors to be relocated in Torgoman park: Governor
Date: 2014-08-13 05:39:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:871309
Cairo Governor Galal el-Saeed said on Tuesday that street vendors would be relocated in Torgoman parking lot in downtown Cairo within 10 days. "The parking lot accommodates 1,750 peddlers who will be moved in two phases," he said. Earlier, ....