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Expats union in Austria mourns Fathia al-Assal
Date: 2014-06-16 08:37:11 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:780250
The General Union of Egyptians in Austria expressed its condolences on Wednesday for the Egyptians over the death of Egyptian writer Fathia al-Assal. In a statement, the union said Egypt lost a figure who presented in the decades-long, several ....
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7 MB members released in Beheira
Date: 2014-06-16 08:35:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:780113
A Beheira criminal court released seven members of the Muslim Brotherhood group pending their trial. The MB members were arrested in November over illegal protest and inciting violence. The court turned down an appeal filed by the prosecution ....
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4 rockets launched from Gaza towards Ashkelon - Israeli sources
Date: 2014-06-16 08:35:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:780341
Palestinian resistance fighters launched four rockets toward the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Sunday night. An Iron Dome missile defense battery deployed in the area intercepted two of the rockets, while the other two hit open areas, ....
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Presidency has no accounts on social media - spokesman
Date: 2014-06-16 08:34:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:780339
The Egyptian presidency denied that it has accounts on social media networking websites. The remarks were made in statements by Spokesman for the Presidency Ehab Badawy. ....
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11 people killed, injured in two blasts in Baghdad
Date: 2014-06-16 08:33:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:780337
Three people were killed and eight others were injured in two bomb devices explosions in Baghdad, a security source said. Two explosion devices went off in central and northern Bagdad, leaving 11 people killed and injured. The injured were ....
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Hollande chairs defense council meeting on Syria, Iraq
Date: 2014-06-16 08:32:28 GMT - France - International - SN:15 - ID:780334
French President Francois Hollande will chair a small Defense Council meeting on Syria and Iraq at the Elysee Palace on Thursday. According to Hollande agenda this week, the French president will meet Wednesday with Saudi National Guard Minister ....
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UK, Iraq FMs discuss situation in Iraq in phone call
Date: 2014-06-16 08:28:45 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:780325
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari discussed over phone Sunday the situation in Iraq. Iraq’s leadership should close ranks in a united response to the current brutal aggression by a terrorist group ....
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US intelligence official urges Obama to work with AL to stop violence in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-16 08:22:36 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:780309
Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said Sunday the uprising in Iraq by an Islamic militant group is “as dangerous as it gets,” and that the Obama administration must reunite with Arab nation partners to ....
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Kerry points at Hamas in Israel kidnappings
Date: 2014-06-16 08:17:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:12 - ID:780298
The Obama administration on Sunday joined Israel in implicating the militant group Hamas in connection with the kidnapping of three Israeli settlers and called the move a "despicable terrorist act", Fox News reported. Secretary of State John ....
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Iran to enhance relations with Egypt: envoy
Date: 2014-06-16 08:15:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:780292
Iran will seek to enhance good relations binding between both countries, said outgoing Iran's interest section head in Cairo Mojtaba Amani. Iran is ready to open new prospects with Egypt in all fields, Amani said during a ceremony held at the end ....