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Indonesian tourist boat sinking leaves 15 missing, 10 tourists rescued
Date: 2014-08-18 07:40:55 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:7 - ID:879012
At least 10 foreign tourists and five Indonesian crew are missing after a boat sank off the coast of eastern Indonesia, the BBC news reported. Ten people were rescued after the boat foundered off Sumbawa, between Lombok and the Komodo ....
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Iran calls for international pressure on Israel
Date: 2014-08-18 07:20:09 GMT - palestine - International - SN:6 - ID:878972
Iran on Sunday urged international community, particularly humanitarian organizations, to put Israel under pressure to lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip, IRNA news agency reported. "All the people around the world are concerned about the ....
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Evacuation of Egyptians on Tunisian-Libyan border to be completed Monday
Date: 2014-08-18 07:17:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:878966
The evacuation of Egyptians stranded on the Tunisian-Libya border will be completed on Monday, a well-placed diplomat said Sunday. The last two flights in the process will be operated on Monday with 500 Egyptians on board. Libya’s ....
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Suspect of raping English tourist held for 15 days
Date: 2014-08-18 07:15:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:878963
The Luxor prosecution has ordered a suspect accused of raping an English tourist to be held for 15 days pending investigations. The suspect admitted he forcibly raped the tourist in farm in Luxor and stole her mobile and an amount of EGP 150. ....
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2 dead, 2 hurt in US freight train collision
Date: 2014-08-18 07:09:30 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:878954
Two Union Pacific train crew members were killed and two others were injured when two freight trains collided head-on in northeast Arkansas early Sunday, ABC News quoted Arkansas State Police as saying. Authorities asked about 500 people within ....
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Kurds retake key Iraq dam
Date: 2014-08-18 07:02:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:878934
Iraqi Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes retook the country's largest dam from militants on Sunday, the BBC news reported. The recapture of Mosul dam marks the biggest major prize clawed back from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ....
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3 injured Palestinians arrive in Egypt for treatment
Date: 2014-08-18 06:56:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:878918
Three Palestinian injured in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip arrived Sunday in Egypt via Rafah border crossing to receive treatment at Egyptian hospitals, undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in North Sinai Tareq Khater said. The Egypt-Gaza ....
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El Wafd party leader meets Dutch amb. on Egypt political developments
Date: 2014-08-17 15:51:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:878457
El Wafd Party leader el-Sayed el-Badawi has met with the Netherlands' ambassador in Cairo Gerard Steeghs. The two sides discussed the latest political developments in Egypt and the upcoming parliamentary elections. In a statement issued by the ....
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Al-Azhar imam calls on Egyptians to support New Suez Canal project
Date: 2014-08-17 15:11:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:878409
Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmad el-Tayeb has called on the Egyptians to support the Suez Canal Project. During a visit to the project on Sunday, Tayeb said the New Suez Canal was a challenge to the Egyptians that would show the strength, steadfastness ....
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Trial of Morsi, MB leaders over spying, terrorism charged postponed to Sept 14
Date: 2014-08-17 15:08:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:878404
Cairo Criminal Court decided Sunday to postpone until September 14 the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 35 defendants of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders on charges of spying. The postponement decision also includes suspending a gag ....
