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UAE says Bahraini radars detected flights intercepted by Qatari fighter jets
Date: 2018-01-16 07:43:21 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7193290
The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, said Monday Qatar's military aircraft intercepted two civilian UAE planes carrying a total of 277 passengers while preparing to land in Manama International Airport, the UAE's official news agency ....
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Pope Francis arrives in Chile
Date: 2018-01-16 07:37:55 GMT - Chile - International - SN:6 - ID:7193281
Pope Francis arrived in the Chilean capital Monday evening to start a week-long swing through Chile and Peru in which he is expected to highlight the plight of indigenous peoples, the destruction of the Amazon rain forest and the precarious status ....
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Pope Francis thanks Azhar Imam; urges more inter-faith efforts
Date: 2018-01-16 06:55:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7193198
Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb on Monday received a cable from Pope Francis, thanking him for a Christmas greeting message sent on December 25. In his cable, the Pope prayed God to bless every sincere step meant to promote peaceful coexistence, ....
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Mossad most likely behind Sidon blast, says Lebanese official
Date: 2018-01-16 06:55:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7193187
Mayor of Sidon Mohamed al Saudi said Monday that the Israeli Mossad is most likely behind a car bomb explosion that occurred on Sunday in the city in southern Lebanon. The blast was an attempt on the life of the car's owner Mohamed Hemdan, ....
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Israel extends remand of Palestinian girl who hit soldiers
Date: 2018-01-16 06:54:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7193183
An Israeli military court has extended the detention of a Palestinian teen filmed last month slapping soldiers. Ahed Tamimi was filmed in December outside her family home, pushing, kicking and slapping the soldiers, who fended off the blows ....
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Sisi approves amendments to new urban communities law
Date: 2018-01-16 06:53:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7193180
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi approved Monday amendments to some provisions of the new urban communities law. The first article of the law permits the cabinet to approve the establishment of new urban communities in already built cities and ....
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PLO central council suspends Oslo agrement with Israel
Date: 2018-01-16 06:39:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7193212
The Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Central Council Monday has decided that the transitional period stipulated in the agreements signed in Oslo, Cairo and Washington, with its obligations no longer stand. The Central Council called, in ....
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Aeroflot to resume Moscow-Cairo flights Feb. 3
Date: 2018-01-15 18:20:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:7192914
Russia's Aeroflot Airlines set February 3 to resume its flights from Moscow to Cairo. Cairo Airport has received an official letter to that effect, said sources at the airport's operator. The airlines will operate two flights weekly from ....
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Sisi inspects production lines of iron, steel factory in Sadat city
Date: 2018-01-15 16:37:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:7192762
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inspected production lines of the iron and steel factory of Beshay Steel group in Sadat city in Menoufia governorate on Monday. Sisi listened to a detailed explanation by the supervising engineers and Chairman of ....
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Sisi calls on media for avoiding inappropriate language against brotherly states
Date: 2018-01-15 16:21:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7192710
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi called on the media and social media users not to use inappropriate language, particularly with the brotherly countries. These remarks were made during Sisi's inauguration of a number of developmental projects in ....