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England boss Hodgson sends scout to check on Forster amid doubts over Hart
Date: 2013-11-06 18:43:43 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:131 - ID:373796
LONDON, Nov 6 (MENA) - Celtic keeper Fraser Forster can stake his claim for the England No 1 jersey by impressing against Ajax tonight as England boss Roy Hodgson has sent a scout to check on the 25-year-old stopper in the Champions League ....
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Trial of 9 Morsi's supporters in Minya postponed to Thursday
Date: 2013-11-06 18:34:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:130 - ID:373791
MINYA, Egypt, Nov 6 (MENA) – A court of first instance in Minya decided to postpone the trial of nine defendants over charges of storming a police station in the southern governorate until Thursday due to the absence of the defendants. The ....
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Planning, housing ministers discuss development projects
Date: 2013-11-06 18:32:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:129 - ID:373868
CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - Planning Minister Ashraf Arabi met on Wednesday with Housing Minister Ibrahim Mehleb. They discussed plans to boost the economy and investment as well as projects to develop the Sinai Peninsula for the 2013-2014 ....
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Egyptian, Ethiopian ministers meet in Addis Ababa
Date: 2013-11-06 18:31:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:128 - ID:373839
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 6 (MENA) – Social Solidarity Minister Ahmed al-Boraie and Egyptian Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Idris met with Ethiopian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Abdul-Fetah Hassen. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the ....
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Moscow ready to host negotiations between Syrian regime, opposition: diplomat
Date: 2013-11-06 18:30:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:127 - ID:373865
MOSCOW, Nov 6 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Wednesday that his country is ready to host negotiations between the Syrian regime and the opposition with international participation. Bogdanov stated that he met a ....
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Yasser Arafat 'may have been poisoned with polonium'
Date: 2013-11-06 18:28:36 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:373939
LONDON, Nov 6 (MENA) - Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with radioactive polonium, the BBC quoted a Swiss forensic report as saying. Arafat's official medical records say he died in 2004 from a stroke resulting from a ....
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Nigeria president seeks state of emergency extension
Date: 2013-11-06 18:27:20 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:125 - ID:373795
ABUJA, Nov 6 (MENA) – Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan asked lawmakers on Wednesday to extend a state of emergency declared in the northeast in May for an additional six months, saying the Islamist insurgency had not yet been contained, Star ....
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Sniper kills soldier in North Sinai
Date: 2013-11-06 18:25:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:124 - ID:373933
EL-ARISH, Nov 6 (MENA) – A sniper shot dead a soldier in the town of Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, security sources said on Wednesday. They added the solider was shot in the head while standing on duty in the town near border with the Gaza Strip. ....
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Egypt contracts to purchase 60,000 tons of Wheat from Romania
Date: 2013-11-06 18:24:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:123 - ID:373932
CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade has signed a contract to purchase 60,000 tons of wheat from Romania. The supply of wheat will start as of the beginning of December for 10 days, said Mahmoud Diab, the ministry's ....
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Govt slams Erdogan's remarks as flagrant interference in Egypt's affairs
Date: 2013-11-06 18:24:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:122 - ID:373840
CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) – The cabinet has denounced Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's statements as a "flagrant interference" in Egypt's domestic affairs and ran counter to the choices of the Egyptian people. The cabinet asserted its keenness on ....