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Drug dealer killed in shoot-out with security forces
Date: 2019-05-10 15:30:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7936326
An extremely dangerous criminal was killed in a gunfight with security forces in the desert hinterland of Suez on the Cairo-Suez highway, the Interior Ministry said Friday. Two firearms, ammunition, a mobile phone and a night-vision goggle were ....
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US airstrike in Somali mountains nets 13 dead terrorists, no civilians killed - AFRICOM
Date: 2019-05-09 19:59:26 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:7935541
A US airstrike targeting a mountain outpost of Daesh terror group (banned in Russia) killed 13 terrorists with no civilian deaths, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a press release on Thursday. "At this time, it is assessed the airstrike on ....
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Suicide bombing in Baghdad leaves several people killed, injured
Date: 2019-05-09 19:52:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7935533
Baghdad Operations Command announced on Thursday that a number of citizens were killed and injured in a suicide bombing in al Jamila district in eastern Baghdad. In a statement released by Al Sumaria News, the Baghdad Command said a number of ....
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Sisi reiterates Egypt’s support for fighting terrorism in Libya
Date: 2019-05-09 19:36:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7935520
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reiterated on Thursday Egypt’s support for Libyan efforts to fight terrorism and extremist militias with the aim of restoring peace and stability to the war-torn country. This came during a meeting with the ....
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Govt gives deadline to owners of red-brick buildings to paint them
Date: 2019-05-09 19:06:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7935495
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli instructed on Thursday all governors to give a deadline to all owners of red-brick buildings to paint them with a unified color. Egypt’s red brick buildings convey an uncivilized image of the country, he said at ....
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Sisi reiterates importance of making digital services affordable to citizens
Date: 2019-05-09 16:38:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7935369
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reiterated on Thursday the importance of making the digital services easily available at a suitable cost for the institutions and citizens. This came on Thursday during Sisi's meeting with Prime Minister Moustafa ....
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Former interior min. fined EGP 500 in public funds embezzlement case
Date: 2019-05-09 15:30:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7935283
The Giza Criminal Court on Thursday fined former interior minister Habib el Adly along with eight former leading Ministry of Interior officials EGP 500 for siphoning off public funds. Another defendant was obligated to return EGP 62.120 million ....
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Saudi Arabia releases 1,400 Ethiopian prisoners
Date: 2019-05-09 15:24:10 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7935271
The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has disclosed that it has secured the release of 1,400 Ethiopian nationals who were imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, according to media reports. In a press statement released on Wednesday, MoFA said the ....
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Moody's: Egypt's economy showed high shock-absorption capacity in 2018
Date: 2019-05-09 15:12:37 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:1 - ID:7935258
Moody's Investors Service has said Egypt's economy demonstrated a high shock-absorption capacity during the second half of 2018. In its report released on Thursday, the credit rating agency ascribed improvement in the country's economy to the ....
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Cabinet uses tablet instead of paper files during meetings
Date: 2019-05-08 19:58:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7934237
The Cabinet held its weekly meeting here on Wednesday with each minister using a tablet that includes the meeting's agenda instead of paper files in a step that aims to run government meetings and discussions between the premier and the ....