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Sisi: Finance of Suez Canal development project will be Egyptian
Date: 2014-08-05 10:15:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:859102
President Abdel Fatah El Sisi said on Tuesday that Egyptian national companies, that will be assigned with the Suez Canal development project will be working under the direct supervision of the Armed Forces. Sisi, in his speech at celebrations ....
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Congress Backs Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense with Iron Dome bill
Date: 2014-08-05 09:49:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:859109
The Congress approved a $225 million package to replenish Israel's missile defenses with its last order of business before a five-week recess, as the Jewish state's cease-fire with Hamas unraveled and Israeli forces pushed deep into Gaza in search ....
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Sisi attends launching ceremony of Suez Canal axis development project
Date: 2014-08-05 09:20:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:859022
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended the ceremony of launching the Suez Canal Axis Development Project at the Suez Canal Authority club, Ismailia province. The ceremony started with the Qura'n recitation, and then a documentary film about the ....
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3 Takfiri elements killed, 6 others injured in North Sinai
Date: 2014-08-05 08:25:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:858874
Three armed Takfiri elements were killed in a security crackdown in North Sinai, Military Spokesman Mohamed Samir said Tuesday. Six wanted elements were also detained in the campaign and a four-wheel drive car and 16 motorbikes used by the ....
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Sisi arrives in Suez Canal Authority club
Date: 2014-08-05 08:20:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:858857
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived Tuesday in Suez Canal Authority club in Ismailia province to attend the ceremony of launching the Suez Canal Axis Development Project. The project will start through three main development centers: the ....
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72-hour Gaza ceasfire begins
Date: 2014-08-05 06:36:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:858697
A 72-hour ceasefire brokered by Egypt has gone into effect in Gaza and Israel at 8 a.m (Gaza local time). Before the truce, Israel launched air strikes on Gaza City and on southern and central parts of the Palestinian territory. Also, a ....
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FM visits Tunisia airport to reassure Egyptians ahead of their return home
Date: 2014-08-05 06:04:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:858664
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri on Monday visited Tunisia's Djerba airport to reassure to Egyptian nationals, who arrived from Libya, ahead of their return to Cairo. Shoukri met with a number of Egyptians, who are due to return home after ....
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UK summons Ethiopian diplomat over detention of British national
Date: 2014-08-05 06:00:45 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:6 - ID:858661
Chargé d’Affaires at the Ethiopian Embassy in the UK Demeke Atnafu was summoned to the Foreign Office on Monday to meet the UK’s Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds. Simmonds expressed deep concern that the Ethiopian authorities had not allowed ....
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Giza orphanage manager in custody for 4 days over children torture
Date: 2014-08-05 05:28:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:858620
Prosecutors on Monday ordered an orphanage manager in Giza to be placed in custody for four days pending investigations into charges of beating and torturing children in his care. Osama Mohamed Othman faces charges of beating, using cruelty and ....
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James Brady, White House press secretary under Reagan, dies
Date: 2014-08-05 05:23:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:858618
James Brady, the former White House press secretary who was badly wounded in the assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan and later became an advocate for gun control, has died. He was 73. His family announced Brady's death in a ....