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Industry ministry to provide qualified workers to Suez Canal project
Date: 2014-08-19 14:57:01 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:54 - ID:881524
Industry and Trade Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour said that his ministry is keen on providing qualified workers to fulfill the needs of the New Suez Canal project. Coordination is underway between the Industrial Training Council and the ....
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Iraqi forces launch security campaign to retake Tikrit
Date: 2014-08-19 14:55:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:881208
Police and army forces on Tuesday launched a wide security campaign to expel militants of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), known as "Daash," from Tikrit, the Iraqi news agency reported. "Security forces backed by Iraqi helicopters ....
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Renovated churches to open early December -- Minister
Date: 2014-08-19 14:50:33 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:55 - ID:881532
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damati announced Tuesday that the renovated Abi Serga and Abi Sephen in Old Cairo district will be inaugurated early December. Damati inspected the religious complex in Old Cairo earlier today. He was ....
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Sappers defuse primitive bomb in Giza
Date: 2014-08-19 14:44:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:881518
Sappers have managed to defuse a primitive explosive chage, which was planted in Faisal traffic unit in the province of Giza. The device has no explosive substances, said Magdi Shalakani, head of the General Administration of Civil ....
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Mahlab inspects Suez Canal project
Date: 2014-08-19 14:40:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:881509
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab visited on Tuesday the digging site of the new Suez Canal development project. The premier was accompanied by chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish. The visit is aimed at inspecting work at this ....
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Iraqi Yazidi representatives protest in Geneva, calling on UN to confront ISIL
Date: 2014-08-19 14:38:51 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:881507
Dozens of Iraqi Yazidi representatives gathered in front of the United Nations HQ in Geneva on Tuesday to urge the UN’s top human rights body to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the plight of their imperiled communities. Breen Tahseen, an Iraqi ....
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Indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks resume in Cairo
Date: 2014-08-19 14:34:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:881494
Indirect talks between Israel and Palestinians resumed in Cairo on Tuesday. Egyptian intelligence chief Mohamed Farid el-Tohami is brokering the talks meant to reach a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The Palestinian delegation had agreed to an ....
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Mufti adviser warns against spread of extremism in Egypt
Date: 2014-08-19 14:28:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:881487
Adviser to the Mufti of the republic Ibrahim Negm warned against the spread of extremism in the region, especially in Egypt. "Some terrorist groups are trying to infiltrate into the Egyptian community, by spreading their destructive thoughts," he ....
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EGX gains EGP 3.1bn, main index up 0.85 %
Date: 2014-08-19 14:24:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:48 - ID:881477
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) gained 3.1 billion pounds at the end of trading Tuesday on the back of intensive purchase operations by foreign investment funds and Egyptians optimistic about the announcement of the consortium that will implement the ....
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US aircraft carry out 35 strikes against ISIL in three days: Pentagon
Date: 2014-08-19 14:14:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:47 - ID:881459
US Defense Department said the US military aircraft have carried out 35 air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) over the past three days, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said. He noted that the US planes ....
