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US defense minister arrives in Pakistan
Date: 2013-12-09 09:40:43 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:25 - ID:430337
The US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has arrived in Pakistan on Monday for talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the BBC reported. It is the first visit by a US defense secretary to Islamabad in four years. The Pentagon said the ....
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NCHR chief to take part in Mandela's funeral
Date: 2013-12-09 09:29:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:430299
Head of the National Council for Human Rights Mohammad Faeq will take part in the funeral of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa. Faeq left early Monday to South African from Tunis where he attended a human rights ....
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Thug used by MB to terrorize Alex citizens busted
Date: 2013-12-09 09:27:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:430308
Security bodies arrested a dangerous thug who was being hired by the Muslim Brotherhood elements to intimidate citizens in Alexandria during protests, Alexandria Security Chief Amin Ezzeddin said Monday. Acting upon a prosecution order, the ....
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Al-Quds Guards authority warns of Israeli scheme to Judaize holy city
Date: 2013-12-09 09:17:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:430283
Khaled Husseini, deputy head of Al Quds Guards Authority, warned on Monday the of the systematic Israeli scheme to Judaize the holy city by paralyzing the Palestinian economy to force the residents to leave and replace them by Jews. "We are now ....
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Experts from eastern Nile Basin states resume talks
Date: 2013-12-09 09:08:26 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:430272
Experts from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia resumed talks on Monday to discuss disputes about the lineup of an international committee that should be studying effects of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the two downstream countries. Trilateral talks ....
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Fahmy conveys message from Mansour to Guinean president
Date: 2013-12-09 09:06:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:430268
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy had talks with Guinean President Alpha Condé late Sunday in the Guinean capital of Conakry. Fahmy is in Guinea leading Egypt's delegation to the 40th Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) foreign ministers meeting ....
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New translation of Quran in Russia
Date: 2013-12-09 09:00:42 GMT - Russia - International - SN:19 - ID:430250
The Council of Muftis of Russia has proposed to release a new Russian translation of the Quran two months after one of the most widely read translations of the holy book was banned, The Moscow Times reported. Rushan Abbyasov, the deputy head of ....
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Russian diplomats return to Libya
Date: 2013-12-09 08:57:11 GMT - Russia - International - SN:18 - ID:430242
A number of Russian diplomats who left Libya in October returned to Libya late on Sunday after getting security assurances from Libyan authorities. The workers of the Russian Embassy and their families were evacuated from Libya on October 3 after ....
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27 people arrested in Singapore over sparking riots
Date: 2013-12-09 08:55:29 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:17 - ID:430238
Police in Singapore have arrested 27 South Asian suspects after hundreds of people took part in a riot sparked by the death of an Indian national, the BBC reported. Trouble started after the 33-year-old man was knocked down by a private bus in a ....
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Russian diplomats charged with fraud to leave US
Date: 2013-12-09 08:52:46 GMT - Russia - International - SN:16 - ID:430232
Eleven Russian diplomats in the United States who were charged with medical care fraud will shortly leave the country, a Russian newspaper reported Monday. US prosecutors alleged last week that dozens of Russian diplomats and their spouses had ....
