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Bourse indexes up last week
Date: 2014-07-04 13:13:51 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:811377
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes recorded an upward trend last week. The benchmark EGX 30 jumped up 2.03 percent to reach 8,258 points. The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) soared 2.88 percent, reaching ....
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Sisi delegates Boghdadi to offer condolences to Maj. Gen. Mehana's family
Date: 2014-07-04 12:02:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:811216
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi Friday delegated Brigadier General Ashraf el-Boghdadi to extend condolences to the family of Major General Esmat Mehana who died Wednesday. ....
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BBC reveals secret UK plans to train Syrian rebels
Date: 2014-07-04 12:00:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:811211
The UK drew up plans to train and equip a 100,000-strong Syrian rebel army to defeat President Bashar al-Assad, BBC Newsnight has revealed. The secret initiative, put forward two years ago, was the brainchild of the then most senior UK military ....
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Troops seal off squares in Cairo, Giza to face possible MB rallies
Date: 2014-07-04 11:59:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:811209
Army and police forces closed on Friday vital squares in Cairo and Giza to traffic. Tahrir and Rabaa squares in Cairo and Nahda square in Giza have been sealed off by troops as part of efforts to face any possible rallies by the terrorist Muslim ....
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ISIL leader likely killed in air raid in Anbar
Date: 2014-07-04 11:56:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:811203
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIL), was likely killed in an Iraqi air raid on Al-Qaem city in western Anbar, the anti-terrorism authority here said Friday citing almost confirmed information. Many ISIL ....
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Israel to build new settlement in Hebron
Date: 2014-07-04 11:52:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:811192
Israel decided Friday to establish a new settlement in Hebron in retaliation for the killing of three Israeli teens earlier in the month. Israel Radio said that two other outposts will be built in Gush Etzion in the West Bank. ....
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Turkish truck drivers back home after 23 days in captivity
Date: 2014-07-04 10:14:29 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:6 - ID:811046
All 32 Turkish truck drivers held hostage by militants of the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq returned home on Friday following their release after three weeks in captivity, Turkish media reported. Islamic militants have ....
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UK PM: Scottish 'silent majority' should make voices heard
Date: 2014-07-04 10:05:53 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:5 - ID:811035
In his speech in Perth City of Scotland on Thursday, United Kingdom's Prime Minister David Cameron urged the "silent majority" who support Scotland staying in the UK to speak up, the BBC reported. During the speech, ahead of the 18 September ....
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Israel imposes restrictions on Al-Aqsa entrance
Date: 2014-07-04 09:16:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:810973
The Israeli police tightened security measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday in the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The Israeli forces restricted entrance to the mosque to holders of special permits and women of all ages. The ....
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Abbas greets Egypt on 1st revolt anniversary
Date: 2014-07-04 09:09:14 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:810957
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas greeted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the first anniversary of the 30 June Revolution. The Palestinian people celebrate with Egyptians this watershed event in the history of Egypt, Abbas was quoted ....