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Kosovo president says no land swap to be talked with Serbia
Date: 2019-03-01 22:44:58 GMT - Kosovo - International - SN:9 - ID:7828632
Kosovo's president has strongly rejected any idea of a land swap with Serbia, Fox news reported. Hashim Thaci said Friday in the Albanian capital Tirana that "a land swap (with Serbia) would never occur," adding that not a "centimeter of Kosovo ....
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Jordanian king meets US treasury secretary in London
Date: 2019-03-01 22:44:05 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7828631
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Friday met with US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, who represented the United States at the London Conference Initiative hosted by the British government in cooperation with the Jordanian government to support ....
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Egypt warns travelers to Sudan of new foreign exchange rules
Date: 2019-03-01 22:40:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7828629
The Foreign Ministry on Friday called on Egyptians seeking to travel to Sudan to abide by the Arab country's fresh foreign exchange rules. The new measures ban foreign exchange trade outside official channels. Also, nobody is allowed to have more ....
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Albania's president hails Egypt's regional role, relations
Date: 2019-03-01 18:46:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7828518
Albania's president Ilir Meta said he country depends on Egypt as a pivotal partner to bring about security in the Mediterranean Sea region. Albania also seeks to promote cooperation with Africa through its relations with Cairo, Meta told Nile ....
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Awqaf min. decides to translate Friday sermon into more languages
Date: 2019-03-01 17:26:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7828433
Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa decided to translate the Friday sermon into further foreign languages, the ministry said in a statement Friday. The sermon is already translated to eight languages. In a statement, Gomaa said the ....
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Azhar deplores Israeli measures, arrests in Al Quds
Date: 2019-03-01 16:57:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7828403
Al Azhar condemned on Friday the repressive measures recently taken by Israeli occupation authorities in Al Quds city, including the frequent storming of Al Aqsa Mosque and the arrests that targeted prominent figures in the city. Al Azhar ....
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Hawass: National project to study mummies to be launched next month
Date: 2019-03-01 14:26:03 GMT - Denmark - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7828246
Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass said on Friday that a national Egyptian project to study the royal mummies would be launched next month. Delivering a lecture on the ancient Egyptian civilization at the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Hawass ....
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Peru: Massive 7.3 magnitude quake smashes South America
Date: 2019-03-01 14:01:25 GMT - Peru - International - SN:1 - ID:7828205
A powerful 7.3 magnitude quake hit just 11km from Azangaro, which is located near the Bolivian boarder. So strong was the tremor that it was also felt in Brazil, Bolivia and Chile, the Daily Express reported Friday. The US Geological Survey ....
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Russian Black Sea fleet officer, partner jailed as spies for Ukraine
Date: 2019-02-28 23:09:33 GMT - Russia - International - SN:11 - ID:7827486
An officer of Russia's Black Sea fleet and his partner have been imprisoned on charges of spying for Ukraine, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday. Russia's North Caucasus Regional Military Court sentenced Major Dmitry ....
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Loans provided to bank customers hit EGP 1.802 trillion in December -- CBE
Date: 2019-02-28 23:07:25 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:7827484
Total loans provided to bank customers, excluding the Central Bank of Egypt, increased by EGP 44 billion in December to stand at EGP 1.802 trillion compared to EGP 1.758 trillion in November, according to the latest report released by the CBE on ....