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Electricity not affected by tower blast in Sharqiya
Date: 2014-08-12 10:04:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:870088
The electricity services have not been affected by a blast caused by two explosive devices under a high voltage electrical tower in the 10th of Ramadan city, Sharqiya, an official said on Tuesday. Unidentified gunmen planted four explosive ....
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US Secretary of State Kerry says image of 7-year-old boy holding severed head is 'grotesque'
Date: 2014-08-12 10:02:16 GMT - Australia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:870083
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday described a photograph of a Sydney-born 7-year-old boy clutching the severed head of a Syrian soldier as "disturbing" and "grotesque," and called for international cooperation against the terrorist ....
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Kuwaiti FM heads for Arabia to participate in OIC meeting on Palestine
Date: 2014-08-12 09:16:24 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:869974
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah headed for Saudi Arabia Tuesday. He will lead the Kuwaiti delegation to the extraordinary meeting of the executive committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation at the level of ....
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US not to send fighter aircraft to Iraq: Kerry
Date: 2014-08-12 08:36:37 GMT - Australia - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:869879
The US will not send fighter aircraft to Iraq, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday. Kerry urged Prime Minister-Designate Haider al-Ibadi to quickly form a national unity government to stand against ISIL militants. ....
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Hamas welcomes forming int'l investigations committee to probe into war crimes in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-12 08:34:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:869874
Hamas welcomed a decision on forming an international investigations committee to probe into the war crimes done in Gaza. Hamas called on the committee to swiftly starts its work, said Hamas Spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri. William Schabas, a ....
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Interior Ministry calls on HRW to put off delegation visit to Egypt to Sept.
Date: 2014-08-12 07:08:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:869698
The Interior Ministry called on Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization to put off a visit of its delegation to Egypt until September to issue reports on Rabaa and Nahda sits-in, said a statement of the ministry. An HRW delegation tried to enter ....
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Obama lauds new Iraqi prime minister, urges formation of diverse Cabinet
Date: 2014-08-12 06:41:23 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:869654
Iraq’s president nominated a new prime minister Monday to replace powerful incumbent Nouri al-Maliki, and President Obama backed the move quickly as the U.S. tried to quell a power struggle in Baghdad and counter the threat from Sunni ....
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Israel apologizes to Brazil for 'diplomatic dwarf' remark
Date: 2014-08-12 06:39:40 GMT - Israel - International - SN:4 - ID:869653
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin apologized to his Brazilian counterpart for a remark by a foreign ministry spokesperson calling the Latin American powerhouse a "diplomatic dwarf". The comment in July was made by spokesperson Yigal Palmor after ....
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First draft regulating coal use now being revised - minister
Date: 2014-08-12 06:37:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:869649
Egypt's environment minister said on Tuesday that the first draft outlining regulations for a safe use of coal in the high-energy cement industry is now being revised. The first draft includes remarks by the ministries of health, interior, ....
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Sisi heads for Moscow
Date: 2014-08-12 06:21:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:869628
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi left for Moscow at dawn of Tuesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on regional developments and bilateral cooperation. Talks are to cover the situation in Gaza Strip, Libya and Iraq. The Syrian ....
