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Sisi endorses amended to military retirement law
Date: 2017-12-27 09:11:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7161309
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Wednesday endorsed an amendment to some articles of the military retirement, insurance and pension law. Article one of the law has been amended setting the age of retirement for lieutenant generals at 64. ....
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SOHR: 22 killed in shelling on Syria's Idlib
Date: 2017-12-27 09:11:23 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7161247
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has said the number of people killed in Syrian regime shelling of southern Reef Idlib (Idlib countryside) rose to 22. The London-based observatory, according al Hurra news channel, added the ....
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2 Iraqi soldiers killed in Kirkuk blast
Date: 2017-12-27 09:11:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7161202
Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and an officer injured in a blast in Kirkuk. A security source told local media that an explosive charge went off while an army patrol was passing on a local road in southern Kirkuk, leaving two soldiers dead and an ....
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Iran will never stop boosting defense power: Defense minister
Date: 2017-12-27 09:11:04 GMT - Iran - International - SN:3 - ID:7161187
Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the Islamic Republic will boost its military prowess with full strength and without any halt, Press TV reported. Speaking in a meeting with a number of Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday, ....
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Red Cross says medical evacuations of Syria's Eastern Ghouta begin
Date: 2017-12-27 09:10:54 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7161142
Medical evacuations have begun in a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus, the Red Cross, quoted by the BBC, said. In a tweet, it said that "critical" patients were being moved from the Eastern Ghouta area to the capital. Last week, ....
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Civil aviation min., Djiboutian amb. discuss running airline between Cairo, Djibouti
Date: 2017-12-27 09:10:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7161131
Minister of Civil Aviation Sherif Fathi discussed with Djiboutian Ambassador in Cairo Mohamed Douhour Hersi, Chairman of Air Djibouti Abdel Rahman Ali and their accompanying delegation ways of cooperation between Egypt and Djibouti in the field of ....
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Alexandria port receives 1,260 tourists
Date: 2017-12-26 19:03:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:7160826
Alexandria port received on Tuesday a cruise ship carrying 1,260 tourists of different nationalities and a crew of 1,781 members. All measures have been taken to facilitate procedures for tourists, Alexandria Port Spokesman Reda el Ghandour said ....
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Ex-Bibliotheca Alexandrina director Ismail Serageldin acquitted of financial mismanagement charges
Date: 2017-12-26 18:38:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7160825
An Alexandria court on Tuesday acquitted former director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Ismail Serageldin of charges of mismanagement of public money. On August 1, a lower court had slapped former director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Ismail ....
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Putin asks government to work out support measures for capital return to Russia
Date: 2017-12-26 18:24:11 GMT - Russia - International - SN:30 - ID:7160809
Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the government to consider extension of the capital amnesty and other measures supporting funds return to Russia, TASS news agency reported Tuesday. "Considering that external restrictions continue, we see ....
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Japanese amb. inspects work progress in Khufu's 2nd boat project
Date: 2017-12-26 18:04:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:7160772
Japanese Ambassador in Cairo Takehiro Kagawa inspected the work progress in the Khufu Second Boat Project on Tuesday. The project reflects a true partnership between the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and, the Japanese Higashi Nippon ....