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Egyptian adventurer arrives in Tokyo carrying message of peace
Date: 2014-08-06 11:52:08 GMT - Japan - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:861096
TOKYO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Egyptian adventurer Sherif Lotfy arrived here on a bicycle carrying a message of peace from the Egyptian people to the Japanese people. Lotfy covered a space of around 14,000 km from the foot of the Pyramids in Egypt's Giza ....
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Nigerian nurse dies of Ebola as five other cases confirmed
Date: 2014-08-06 11:51:18 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:76 - ID:861148
ABUJA, Aug 6 (MENA) - A Nigerian nurse has become the second person to die of the Ebola virus in Africa’s most populous nation, Bloomberg quoted Nigerian Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu as saying Wednesday. The nurse had helped treat Liberian ....
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UN warns Islamic State about crimes against humanity
Date: 2014-08-06 11:50:55 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:861154
NEW YORK, Aug 6 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council has warned the Islamic State extremist group that it could be held accountable for crimes against humanity for its persecution of minorities in Iraq, Voice of America reported ....
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Campaign needed to enhance Egypt's image: Mufti adviser
Date: 2014-08-06 11:50:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:860949
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Adviser to Egypt's Mufti Ibrahim Negm has called for an international campaign that aims at improving Egypt's image abroad. "We need more efforts to improve Egypt's image and clarify the true facts about it, especially in ....
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PG orders press gag for probe into Daba and Borg el-Arab attacks
Date: 2014-08-06 11:50:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:861114
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Prosecutor General Counselor Hisham Barakat on Wednesday ordered a press gag for investigations in the two attacks against Dabaa and Borg el-Arab police checkpoint. The decision was taken to maintain the secrecy of the ....
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Finland lifts travel ban to Sharm El-Sheikh
Date: 2014-08-06 11:41:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:861127
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Egypt's Tourism Ministry said on Friday that Finland has lifted a travel ban to the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. The decision included other Egyptian cities, such as Hurghada, Luxor, Aswan, Cairo and ....
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Gaza ceasefire: a first step towards tackling more intractable problems - Black
Date: 2014-08-06 11:32:31 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:860647
LONDON, Aug 6 (MENA) - It would be wrong to say that agreeing a ceasefire to end a month of fighting in the Gaza Strip is the easy bit. It is not, and the 72-hour truce could break down. Tackling the medium-term issues about Gaza, let alone the ....
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Militants redeploy in outskirts of Arsal
Date: 2014-08-06 11:31:35 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:860953
BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Militants have redeployed in the outskirts of Arsal town in Lebanon and are attempting to attack Lebanese military bases in Marj Hassan and Wadi al-Araneb. The Lebanese army foiled an attack on its bases in Ain al-Shaab ....
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Davutoglu, Barzani discuss ISIS threat in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-06 11:30:36 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:860952
ANKARA, Aug 6 (MENA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani have discussed in a telephone conversation the political and security consequences of an attack on the Sinjar region and clashes ....
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Head of Egyptian Intelligence meets with Palestinian delegates
Date: 2014-08-06 11:30:27 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:861089
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Head of the Egyptian Intelligence Service Mohamed Farid el-Tohamy on Wednesday met for the second time with the Palestinian delegation now visiting Cairo for talks on the volatile Gaza situation and efforts exerted for a ....
