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Sadat says attack on Almain checkpoint not to break Egyptians' will to counter terrorism
Date: 2014-08-06 08:45:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:860786
Head of the Sadat Democratic Party Effat Sadat said Wednesday that the terrorist attack on a police checkpoint in Alamain will not break Egyptians' will to face black terrorism. The unity of the Egyptian people and their insistence to implement ....
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Kerry urges Palestinians, Israelis to benefit from Gaza truce
Date: 2014-08-06 08:45:05 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:860784
US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Israel and the Palestinians to take advantage of the Gaza truce to move towards broader negotiations. Kerry, in statements to the BBC, said the situation could concentrate minds on the need to negotiate ....
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Saudi Arabia backs Lebanon by one billion dollars
Date: 2014-08-06 07:18:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:860635
Saudi Arabia offered one billion dollars to help the Lebanese army preserve security and stability and confront militants. At a press conference at King Abdullah ben Abdel Aziz of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah on Tuesday, former Lebanese Prime Minister ....
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Obama: Next Global Entrepreneurship Summit to take place in Marrakech
Date: 2014-08-06 06:57:01 GMT - Morocco - International - SN:2 - ID:860583
US President Barack Obama announced that the upcoming yearly Global entrepreneurship Summit will be held on November 20-21 in Marrakech. This is the first time an African country hosts the event, The announcement was made during the US-Africa ....
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Mahlab meets World Bank Group president
Date: 2014-08-06 06:38:11 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:860555
Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met on Tuesday with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on the sidelines of the US-African summit in Washington. They discussed ways of boosting cooperation between Egypt and the bank in the field of ....
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Lebanese army agrees to 24-hour cease-fire
Date: 2014-08-05 17:23:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:860199
The Lebanese Army Tuesday evening agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian cease-fire to allow the evacuation of wounded civilians and support ongoing efforts to release kidnapped soldiers held by militants in the Bekaa border town of Arsal. The Army ....
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Rice meets Libyan PM in Washington
Date: 2014-08-05 16:53:39 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:860157
US National Security Adviser Susan Rice met on Tuesday with Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni at the White House, KUNA news agency reported. A statement released from the White House said the two "discussed the need for strong ....
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Five MB members arrested over violence charges in Minya
Date: 2014-08-05 16:41:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:860138
Minya security forces launched a large-scale security campaign to arrest suspects involved in attacking police and public facilities in the wake of the dispersal of Muslim Brotherhood's Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Al-Nahdha sit-in camps. The campaign ....
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Saudi Arabia pledges 80 mn US dollars to Gaza: amb. in Egypt
Date: 2014-08-05 16:40:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:860134
Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed Abdel Aziz Al Qattan said on Tuesday that the kingdom pledged 53 million U.S. dollars in aid to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The aid aims at enabling the organization to buy medications and food supplies to help ....
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Rural areas need more attention: Nour Party
Date: 2014-08-05 16:38:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:860132
Nour Party head Younes Makhioun has called on the Egyptian government to pay more attention to the poor rural areas nationwide. Makhioun said such areas have been neglected for many years and lack the basic services and infrastructure. He ....