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Prosecution to challenge acquittal of 155 MB members over Tahrir violence
Date: 2013-12-08 10:59:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:428803
The Public Prosecution decided to challenge the court acquittal of 155 backers of ousted president Mohamed Morsi over charges of rioting and sabotaging public property at Tahrir Square and nearby areas during the October War Victory ....
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Bourse gains EGP 3.4bn in mid-day trading
Date: 2013-12-08 10:35:58 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:19 - ID:428765
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) made profits at the beginning of mid-day trading on Sunday prompted by intensive purchases by Arab and foreign investors. The market capital gained 3.4 billion pounds to reach 411.5 billion pounds .. The EGX 30 main ....
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Mandela's jailer praises the anti-apartheid icon
Date: 2013-12-08 10:33:29 GMT - South Africa - International - SN:18 - ID:428762
Christo Brand, the jailer of the anti-apartheid icon, said he was very sad upon listening the news of Nelson Mandela's death, ABC News reported on Sunday. He was with Nelson Mandela during all those years the anti-apartheid icon was imprisoned on ....
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15 people killed, injured in bomb blast in outdoor market in Baghdad
Date: 2013-12-08 10:16:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:428709
At least 15 people were killed and injured when an explosive charge went off in an outdoor market in southwest Baghdad, a security source said. The source said the bomb, planted on the roadside in Al-Amel district in Baghdad, went off leaving six ....
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Nile tripartite technical committee starts meetings in Khartoum
Date: 2013-12-08 09:34:52 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:428618
The Nile Tripartite Technical Committee, involving experts from Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia, started meetings in the Sudanese capital on Sunday in a bid to reach a reconciliatory agreement on the controversial Renaissance Dam built by Ethiopia. The ....
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SCA approves launching campaign "Egyptians build Grand Egyptian Museum"
Date: 2013-12-08 09:31:05 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:15 - ID:428597
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) board approved a project for launching a popular campaign entitled "Egyptians establish Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)" which first began by Egyptian Egyptologist and senior tour guide Bassam Al-Shammaa. The ....
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IFRC: 5 million people in Philippines lost their livelihoods
Date: 2013-12-08 09:29:00 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:14 - ID:428594
Patrick Fuller from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) societies said that nearly five million people in the Philippines have lost their livelihoods. "They've got no place to go to work. They've got no form of ....
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UN chief says corruption barrier to achieving Millennium goals
Date: 2013-12-08 08:59:12 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:13 - ID:428525
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said corruption is a barrier to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and needs to be taken into account in defining and implementing a robust post-2015 development agenda. In a message on the occasion of ....
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Flora Coquerel crowned Miss France 2014
Date: 2013-12-08 08:55:27 GMT - France - International - SN:12 - ID:428516
Miss Orléanais, Flora Coquerel, has been crowned Miss France 2014. The pageant was held at Zenith in Dijon, Bourgogne. The jury chose Coquerel out of 33 contestants. The jury consisted of Québecois singer Garou (in the chair), Sylvie Vartan, ....
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Salafi party urges halt to MB protests, support for elections
Date: 2013-12-08 08:47:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:428496
The leader of the Salafi party of El-Nour Yunis Makhyoun asserted on Saturday that restoring legitimacy and the democratic process will be achieved by only elections not demonstrations. In statements to the Egyptian state television, Makhyoun ....
