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Ireland lifts travel warning on Egypt's tourist cities
Date: 2014-07-19 09:14:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:834723
Ireland has changed its travel advisory on Egypt, allowing nationals to travel to Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor and Aswan. The decision was taken following a meeting of the European Union's directors of consulate departments held Wednesday in ....
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Egypt condemns terror attack in Tunisia
Date: 2014-07-19 09:13:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:834720
Egypt denounced the terrorist attacks on two Tunisian army posts in the Chaambi region, which took place on Wednesday and left dozens of Tunisian soldiers dead and injured, said Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Badr Abdel-Atti. In a ....
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Gaza death toll rises to 316
Date: 2014-07-19 08:26:48 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:834555
The death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 316, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Also, as many as 2,283 were injured in the Israeli attacks on the enclave, Health Ministry spokesman here Ashraf al-Qodra ....
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Iran already has 5,000 troops fighting ISIL in Iraq - sources
Date: 2014-07-19 08:24:45 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:834653
Iran is said to have deployed at least 5,000 troops in neighboring Iraq, according to World Tribune Newspaper. Kurdish sources said Islamic Revolutionary Guard has overseen the growing Iranian military presence in Iraq. The sources said IRGC ....
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Israel may expand Gaza ground operation
Date: 2014-07-19 08:01:13 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:834613
The Israeli army is getting ready to step up its ground operation in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli military source said. Since the start of the operation, the army uncovered 13 underground tunnels, the source said. The Israeli military has begun ....
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Egyptian envoy meets Portuguese official
Date: 2014-07-19 08:00:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:834612
Egypt's Ambassador to Portugal Amr Ramadan met with presidential diplomatic adviser Luisa Bastos to discuss the situation in Egypt and the Middle East. The meeting took up the situation in Palestine, Libya, Iraq and Syria. During the meeting, ....
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Egyptian initiative calls for lifting the Israeli siege on Gaza and opening the crossings- source
Date: 2014-07-19 07:59:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:834609
The Egyptian Initiative for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip states clearly in its third paragraph that the blockade imposed by the Israeli authorities on the Gaza Strip will have to be lifted, a knowledgeable diplomatic source said. The source ....
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Libya: UN mission condemns assassination of former parliament member
Date: 2014-07-19 07:56:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:834603
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemned the assassination of former member of the General National Congress Fariha Barkawi, the UN News Center reported. Barkawi was shot by gunmen in Derna, in eastern Libya, where ....
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Cameron, Obama discuss Malaysia flight disaster
Date: 2014-07-19 07:55:23 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:19 - ID:834600
UK Prime Minister David Cameron discussed with US President Barack Obama over the phone the downing of a Malaysian jetliner in eastern Ukraine. A spokesman for Cameron said "The Prime Minister spoke to President Obama this evening about the MH17 ....
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200 suffer from suffocation after chlorine cylinder leakage
Date: 2014-07-19 07:53:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:834596
Over 200 people suffered from suffocation and poisoning after an explosion and leakage of a chlorine cylinder at a water purification station in a village in Qena, Upper Egypt. They have been rushed to Abutesht Central Hospital to receive ....