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S. Korea mulling withdrawal of diplomatic staff from Libya
Date: 2014-08-04 08:46:04 GMT - south korea - International - SN:32 - ID:857132
South Korea is carefully considering withdrawing its ambassador and other diplomatic staff from Libya due to the worsening security situation in the violence-ravaged country, government officials said Monday as quoted by Yonhap. Seoul last week ....
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More bodies recovered in massive Nepal landslide
Date: 2014-08-04 08:45:03 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:31 - ID:857130
Rescuers recovered nine more bodies Monday from a massive weekend landslide in northern Nepal, raising the official death toll in the disaster to 19, but say there is no chance of finding alive any of the more than 150 people believed still buried ....
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Bangladesh official says ferry has capsized
Date: 2014-08-04 08:43:12 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:30 - ID:857124
A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized Monday in central Bangladesh, ABC News quoted a government official as saying. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority Chairman Samsuddoha Khondaker said M.V. Pinak was crossing the River ....
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Israel police attack Muslim worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque
Date: 2014-08-04 08:42:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:857115
A large force of Israeli police stormed the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque on Monday through Al Magharba gate and fired stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets at worshipers inside, wounding a number of them. Witnesses said police attacked the ....
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Egypt UNESCO amb: Int'l delegation in Cairo to restore Museum of Islamic Art
Date: 2014-08-04 08:38:38 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:27 - ID:857108
Egypt's Ambassador to UNESCO Mohamed Sameh Amr said Monday a delegation of the International Council of Museums arrived in Cairo to meet with Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damati. The meeting will focus on plans to restore the Museum of Islamic ....
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Alexandria to have solar cells plant
Date: 2014-08-04 08:36:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:857105
Alexandria Governor Tareq Mahdi laid down on Monday the foundation stone for establishing a factory specialized in producing solar energy cells. The factory will be set up at Moharam Bek technical school, Mahdi said in statements. The project ....
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Egypt amb. in Ramallah calls situation in Gaza "humanitarian catastrophe"
Date: 2014-08-04 08:35:48 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:857081
The Egyptian ambassador in Ramallah has described the situation in Gaza as "a humanitarian catastrophe". On July 14, when Egypt launched the ceasefire initiative the death toll in Gaza did not exceed 200. Now, the Palestinian Health Ministry ....
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China earthquake: Troops join search in Yunnan province
Date: 2014-08-04 08:34:05 GMT - China - International - SN:11 - ID:857040
China has sent 2,500 soldiers to the southwest province of Yunnan after an earthquake killed hundreds of people, the BBC reported. At least 381 people died and more than 1,800 were injured when the magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck on ....
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Fire at Malawi power transformer under control
Date: 2014-08-04 08:32:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:857097
Civil defense teams were able to control the fire that erupted at a Malawi power transformer in southern Minya on Monday. The fire, caused by electrical overloads, is the second in the governorate in less than two weeks. Fire fighters managed ....
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2 arrested in connection with wounding policeman during MB march
Date: 2014-08-04 08:31:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:857094
Giza police have arrested two persons accused of firing cartouche at a policeman during a march by the Muslim Brotherhood group. Youssef M. Kh., 16, and Yasser M. Kh., 26 were arrested on charges of attacking a policeman with a third ....
