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Bahrain steps up Ebola measures
Date: 2014-08-07 08:54:26 GMT - Bahrain - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:862388
MANAMA, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Bahraini health minister announced on Thursday the government is stepping up preventative measures to avert an outbreak of the Ebola virus that is spreading in West African nations. Bahraini officials are putting the ....
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Australia honors the victims of Malaysia Airlines tragedy at memorial service in Melbourne
Date: 2014-08-07 08:49:22 GMT - Australia - World - SN:34 - ID:862431
CANBERRA, Aug 7 (MENA) - At least 1,800 people have attended a national memorial service at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne to honor the victims of the MH17 crash, ABC news reported. Flags were flown at half mast across the country, as the ....
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Egypt agrees to host regional office of UN Women
Date: 2014-08-07 08:48:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:862427
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - A presidential decree was issued on Thursday approving Egypt's hosting of the UN regional office of women in the Arab world. On May 2 of 2013, the Egyptian government and the UN Agency for Gender Equality & Women's ....
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10 MB members acquitted in Behira
Date: 2014-08-07 08:35:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:862412
DAMANHOUR, Aug 7 (MENA) - Ten Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members were acquitted Thursday of charges of inciting violence in Behira province. They were accused of possessing Molotov cocktails and staging illegal protests in this coastal town. ....
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Cautious clam prevails around Arsal town
Date: 2014-08-07 08:29:35 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:862382
BEIRUT, Aug 7 (MENA) - A state of cautious calm prevails around the Lebanese northern town of Arsal after the army expelled the militants there to the mountainous areas on the Syrian-Lebanese borders. A 20-car convoy of the Lebanese Red Cross ....
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China earmarks 2.2 bln yuan for quake relief
Date: 2014-08-07 08:22:30 GMT - China - World - SN:30 - ID:862345
BEIJING, Aug 7 (MENA) - The central government earmarked an additional 1.6 billion yuan ($259.64 million) late on Wednesday for quake relief efforts in Yunnan Province, Xinhua reported quoting a statement from the National Committee for Disaster ....
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New Suez Canal project good chance for world logistic hubs - official
Date: 2014-08-07 08:14:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:862336
SUEZ, Aug 7 (MENA) - The head of the Red Sea Port Authority stressed on Thursday that the Suez Canal Corridor project would provide a good chance for setting up world logistic hubs. Hassan Fallah, in press statements, said the project will turn ....
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Scores of ISIL militants killed in Tikrit
Date: 2014-08-07 08:10:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:862283
BAGHDAD, Aug 7 (MENA) - Iraqi police said scores of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) members have been killed and wounded in air strikes in the city of Tikrit. The army shelled many ISIL strongholds in the city, the state-run Iraqi ....
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S. Korea to dispatch navy destroyer to evacuate nationals from Libya
Date: 2014-08-07 08:08:17 GMT - south korea - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:862320
SEOUL, Aug 7 (MENA) -- South Korea will dispatch a 4,500-ton Navy destroyer to Libya on Thursday as the country starts to evacuate South Koreans from the African country amid a worsening security situation there, Yonhap quoted the Korean foreign ....
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3 Libyan security men wounded in firefight with militants
Date: 2014-08-07 08:07:21 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:862285
TRIPOLI, Aug 7 (MENA) - Three Libyan security personnel were wounded Thursday in a firefight with gunmen, who tried to rob a cash transport car. The armed robbery took place on the Ubari-Ghat road, a security source said. The militants could ....
