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5 Japanese workers dead as pier overturns
Date: 2014-03-31 08:07:51 GMT - Japan - International - SN:16 - ID:640374
Five Japanese construction workers died on Sunday, while two remain missing after a floating pier they were building overturned and they fell into the sea off Okinotori Island, Kyodo News Agency reported. Sixteen workers building the pier at the ....
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Bani Suef police chief denies attempt on his life
Date: 2014-03-31 08:04:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:640366
Bani Suef police chief denied reports claiming he was subjected to an assassination attempt. "Such reports are unfounded," Major-General Ibrahim Hadeeb said. He said two suspected terrorists were arrested over having maps for houses of ....
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Election campaigning period 'too short' -- Sabahi team
Date: 2014-03-31 08:01:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:640357
The official campaign of presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahi criticized as short the period announced by the elections committee for campaigning before the planned presidential polls in May. "A 21-day period set for electioneering is too short ....
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Over one million displaced by South Sudan conflict: UN
Date: 2014-03-31 07:59:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:640352
More than a million people in South Sudan have been forced from their homes during more than three months of fighting, with conditions continuing to worsen, the United Nations has warned on Sunday. “In the 100 days since the start of the ....
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Socialists lose heavily in France local elections - early results
Date: 2014-03-31 07:56:21 GMT - France - International - SN:12 - ID:640348
France's governing Socialists have suffered big losses in municipal elections, early results show, with the opposition UMP claiming victory and the far right celebrating further gains, the BBC reported on Sunday. UMP leader Jean-Francois Cope ....
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Netanyahu slams UN rights council
Date: 2014-03-31 07:47:22 GMT - Israel - International - SN:11 - ID:640338
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday slammed a UN rights body for a string of resolutions condemning Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported. "At the end of last week, the UN Human Rights Council condemned Israel five times, at a time ....
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Retired military colonel gunned down in Ismailia
Date: 2014-03-31 07:42:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:640325
A retired military colonel was shot dead by a masked group of assailants in Ismailia, near a desert highway connecting the Suez Canal city and Cairo, a military source said. The armed group opened fire at Mohamed Abdel-Salam while he was in a car. ....
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Russian ambassador: No plans to invade eastern Ukraine
Date: 2014-03-31 07:39:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:640316
The Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak denied reports claiming that Moscow intends to invade Eastern Ukraine, ABC News reported. Russia still does not plan to invade Eastern Ukraine, the Russian ambassador reiterated to ABC ....
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Egypt, New Zealand discuss setting up joint agricultural venture in Upper Egypt
Date: 2014-03-31 07:37:38 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:640312
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ayman Farid Abu-Hadid met with New Zealand's ambassador to Egypt. They discussed a plan for setting up a joint agricultural venture in the Upper Egypt. They also discussed a possibility for sending ....
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Mahlab meets Monshaat Nasser residents on their complaints
Date: 2014-03-31 07:36:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:640309
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met on Sunday with some residents of Monshaat Nasser slum. Cairo Governor Galal Mostafa attended the meeting. During the meeting, Mostafa briefed the Egyptian premier on the bad condition of the area, which ....
