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2 policemen injured in Bahrain blast
Date: 2014-03-26 07:32:33 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:631111
Two policemen were injured in a blast that took place on a highway in Bahrain, said the Arab Gulf state's interior ministry on Tuesday. Sky News Arabia which aired the news gave no further details. ....
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Egyptian official urges mass death sentence be put ‘in perspective’
Date: 2014-03-26 07:30:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:631105
An Egyptian official urged on Tuesday a death sentence for 528 supporters of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) be put “in perspective.” The people in question were “implicated in acts of sabotage and violent offenses,” Salah Abdel-Sadek, ....
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Egyptian down in Benghazi by gunmen
Date: 2014-03-26 07:28:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:631099
One Egyptian national was shot and stabbed to death by a group of militants in Libya's second largest city of Benghazi, Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Atty said on Tuesday. The slain national, 46, is from the Upper Egyptian city of Beni ....
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590 staffers at Kafr el-Zayat public hospital referred to probe
Date: 2014-03-26 07:26:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:631095
The health ministry's undersecretary in Gharbiya referred 590 staffers of Kafr el-Zayat public hospital to investigation. The decision came after an administrative committee revealed that some of the employees were absent and some others left the ....
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RCI, parliamentary select committee proposed for Malaysian missing plane
Date: 2014-03-26 07:24:33 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:9 - ID:631091
Acting Transport minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said he would propose to the Cabinet, the call by members of parliament for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) and Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate the MH370 tragedy, the ....
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Egyptian diplomat hails ties with Sudan
Date: 2014-03-26 07:20:24 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:631082
Egypt's Consul General in Khartoum Weaam Abdullah Suweilam praised the historical Egyptian–Sudanese relations, noting the current mutual visits. Ways of enhancing and promoting bilateral relations were discussed with the Sudanese officials, the ....
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Committee to discuss Sinai residents' houses, land ownership
Date: 2014-03-26 07:17:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:631076
A committee under Justice Minister Nayer Osman was formed to put regulations to govern Sinai citizens' ownership of houses and agriculture lands, said North Sinai Governor Abdel-Fattah Harhour. The committee will submit a report after finalizing ....
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Egyptian-US ties important for security, economic, regional reasons: Harf
Date: 2014-03-26 07:10:34 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:631068
US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf asserted that what happened on July 3 is a turning point in Egypt. It gave a chance to the Egyptians to make a change in such a difficult time and work towards democratic change, Harf ....
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9 MB members sentenced 2 years in prison for violating protest law in Qalubiya
Date: 2014-03-26 07:04:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:631057
A misdemeanor court in Shobra el-Khima, Qalubiya, sentenced nine members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood to two years in jail for violating a protest law. They staged unlicensed rallies which disrupted the traffic, and sabotaged public ....
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Urgent investigation ordered into claims of sexual attack on British tourist
Date: 2014-03-26 07:01:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:631055
Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ordered Tuesday launching an urgent investigation into claims that a British holidaymaker had been sexually harassed by one of hotel's staff in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The prosecution received a ....