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SIS chief resigns
Date: 2013-12-18 11:17:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:448370
President of the State Information Service (SIS) Ambassador Amgad Abdel-Ghaffar said Wednesday he tendered his resignation to the president on Tuesday. "I have apologized to the president for not being able to continue in my post as head of the ....
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Sacked South Sudan vice president denies standing behind coup attempt
Date: 2013-12-18 11:16:03 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:448004
Sacked South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar denied Wednesday standing behind the failed coup attempt that took place in South Sudan on Monday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. President Salva Kiir accused Machar of leading the coup attempt ....
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US sending $25M in new typhoon aid to Philippines
Date: 2013-12-18 11:15:01 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:41 - ID:448359
The United States is providing nearly $25 million in additional humanitarian aid to help the Philippines deal with the enormous devastation and deaths wrought by Typhoon Haiyan last month, ABC reported quoting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said ....
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Cabinet meets over referendum preparations
Date: 2013-12-18 11:09:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:448342
The cabinet under Hazem el-Beblawy held on Wednesday a meeting to discuss preparations for the referendum on the Constitution, to take place on January 14 and 15. The ministers will tackle efforts to boost small-sized projects in the different ....
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Presidential Spokesman: Egypt seeks promoting relations with Russia
Date: 2013-12-18 11:07:46 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:448337
Presidential Spokesman Ambassador Ihab Badawy on Wednesday said that Egypt seeks promoting relations with Russia. In statements to the Russian Novosti News Agency, he added that Moscow has contributed to building the High Dam. It also supported ....
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Fayyoum governor visits two policemen wounded in dispersal of MB protest
Date: 2013-12-18 11:05:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:448329
Fayyoum Governor Hazem Attiatalla visited on Wednesday the two officers who were wounded in the breakup of a protest of Muslim Brotherhood supporters on Friday. The rally was staged in defiance of the new protest law that asks protest organizers ....
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MB member in custody or 15 days over violence involvement in Suez
Date: 2013-12-18 10:59:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:447855
The Suez public prosecution decided to remand a member of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in custody for 15 days over charges of involvement in acts of violence in the governorate. The defendant was arrested upon an order by the prosecution. He ....
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Policeman killed, six Shia pilgrims injured in suicide attack
Date: 2013-12-18 10:59:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:448307
An Iraqi policeman was killed and six Shiite Muslims on pilgrimage in a suicide attack in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a security source said on Wednesday. A suicide bomber set off his explosive belt among a group of pilgrims who were ....
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Armed Forces urge more attention to fighters - official
Date: 2013-12-18 10:56:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:448296
The General Command of the Armed Forces has issued directives to pay more attention to fighters, said Director of the Army Recruitment Department Ali Ghali on Wednesday. Ghali gave the remarks while accepting a new batch of recruits. "Those ....
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Lebanon's legislative session postponed again over lack of quorum
Date: 2013-12-18 10:54:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:448289
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri postponed a controversial parliamentary session for the 8th time to January 28 over lack of quorum. There are 45 draft laws listed on the agenda, including one on extending the term of top security ....
