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UN: Iraq witnesses dramatic deterioration including executions and extrajudicial killings
Date: 2014-06-14 06:44:29 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:776794
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has expressed extreme alarm at the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Iraq, including reports of summary executions and extrajudicial killings. Reports suggest that the number of ....
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Egyptian columnist Fahmy Howeidy allowed to travel abroad
Date: 2014-06-14 06:42:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:776789
Cairo International Airport allowed prominent columnist Fahmy Howeidy to travel to Morocco on Friday, just three weeks after barring him from traveling abroad. Last month Howeidy was not allowed to board a flight to Spain because his name was on ....
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New government plays executive role not political one – PM
Date: 2014-06-14 06:35:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:776781
The new government will carry out its duties as part of the executive authority and will not be having any political role to play, Prime Minister-designate Ibrahim Mahlab said Friday. The premier was quoted as making the remarks in a phone call ....
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No MB rallies in Gharbiya Friday: Governor
Date: 2014-06-13 18:07:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:776523
Gharbiya Security Director Osama Beder denied Friday media reports that anti-army and police rallies were staged by the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group in the province. "The reports were unfounded. No MB rallies were seen today," said ....
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No role for NATO in Iraq -- Rasmussen
Date: 2014-06-13 17:27:22 GMT - Russia - International - SN:34 - ID:776488
NATO does not have a mandate on stabilizing the situation in Iraq, where militants from the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) seized several crucial areas, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. "I don't ....