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Egypt closes Rafah terminal before deadline due to heavy Israeli shelling
Date: 2014-08-01 16:08:58 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:853617
RAFAH, Egypt, August 1 (MENA) – The Egyptian authorities were forced to close the Rafah crossing on Friday ahead of deadline due to the heavy Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip. Official sources said the closure took place in the afternoon after ....
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Bin Laden family buys quarry of world’s most sought-after marble
Date: 2014-08-01 16:06:54 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:79 - ID:853618
LONDON, Aug 1 (MENA) - The quarry which produced the stone for London's Marble Arch and Michelangelo's masterpiece David has been bought by Osama Bin Laden's family for £35million, the Daily Mail reported on Friday. The Al Qaeda chief, who died ....
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Tunisian party rejects closure of border with Libya
Date: 2014-08-01 16:04:42 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:853602
TUNIS, Aug 1 (MENA) - President of "Al-Aman" Party Lazhar Bali has categorically rejected the closure of the Tunisian-Libyan border regardless of the reasons. In a seminar, he said that those who call for the closure of the border do not ....
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US allocates $ 185m to help feeding hungry Syrians
Date: 2014-08-01 16:01:58 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:853588
CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) – The United States government is providing an additional US $185 million to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to help feed the hungry in the fourth year of Syria’s protracted humanitarian crisis. Of that amount, US$122 ....
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Gaza death toll hits 1,500
Date: 2014-08-01 15:49:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:853587
GAZA CITY, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry said on Friday that the death toll from the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 1,500. Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qadra said more than 8,600 Palestinians have been ....
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Foreign Ministry follows up conditions of nationals on Tunisia-Libya border
Date: 2014-08-01 15:47:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:853585
CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Ministry said it is following up the conditions of nationals on the Tunisia-Libya border. The Foreign Ministry, in coordination with other authorities concerned, is following up the conditions of Egyptians ....
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Egyptian aid to Gaza not delivered due to Israeli shelling
Date: 2014-08-01 15:44:10 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:853565
RAFAH, Egypt, Aug 1 (MENA) – The Egyptian authorities failed to deliver an aid shipment to the Gaza Strip via Rafah Friday due to the Israeli shelling of border areas. Four trucks of food offered by the Armed Forces were planned to enter the ....
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Senior Tunisian security official injured in confrontation with thousands fleeing Libya
Date: 2014-08-01 15:26:03 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:853513
TUNIS, Aug 1 (MENA) - A senior Tunisian security official has been injured by a random bullet when thousands of people fleeing Libya attempted to enter Tunisia, the state agency reported Friday. Security forces thwarted a bid by thousands of ....
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3rd flight carrying Egyptians in Libya arrives in Cairo
Date: 2014-08-01 15:19:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:853515
CAIRO, Aug 1 (MENA) - An EgyptAir flight , the third ferrying Egyptians back home from Libya, arrived in Cairo on Friday. Egyptian workers left Libya because of the ongoing fighting between Libyan militias. An Airbus"340",which was ....
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17 Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes with ISIS militants
Date: 2014-08-01 15:06:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:853544
BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (MENA) - Seventeen Iraqi soldiers were killed and three others wounded Friday in clashes with militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in southern Baghdad. The two-hour clashes left also 23 ISIS militants dead, ....
