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February 7, 2018

Tunisia sends muezzins to music school

Men who recite the call to prayer in Tunisia will receive musical training at the Rachidi Institute of Tunisian Music in an effort to improve the style and sound...

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February 7, 2018

Egypt-Sudan intelligence meeting to be held in Cairo

Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour and the Director of Security and Intelligence Mohammed Atta will travel to Cairo today for a two-day official visit. Ghandour and Atta are scheduled...

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February 7, 2018

Sochi Congress exposes limit of Russia’s influence

By most accounts, the Congress of Syrian National Dialogue held in the Russian resort of Sochi was less than a resounding success. Billed as the Russian equivalent to the...

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February 7, 2018

Sawiris: Now is the best time to invest in Egypt

Return on investment in Egypt is higher than in any other country in the world, Egyptian telecommunications giant, Naguib Sawiris, has said. In a video spread on social networking...

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February 7, 2018

British court acquits campaigners against arms trade

A British court today threw out charges against campaigners protesting against a London arms fair. In the fourth in a series of trials at Stratford Magistrates Court involving demonstrations...

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February 7, 2018

Report: Political instability may slow progress of Saudi mega-city

Saudi Arabia is said to be betting its future on mega projects like Neom but the hype around the city touted as “a new kind of tomorrow in the...

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February 7, 2018

Iraq army moves to secure planned oil route to Iran

Iraqi forces launched a security operation along a planned oil transit route to Iran today, saying it was clearing and “destroying sleeper cells” in the mountainous border area where...

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February 7, 2018

Court petition seeks to compel Israel army to investigate deaths of Palestinian civilians

The Israeli High Court of Justice is to consider a petition filed by human rights NGO Yesh Din, which argues that the Israeli military’s approach to investigating the deaths...

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February 7, 2018

Egypt upholds death sentences in Sinai violence case

Egypt’s highest military appeals court has upheld the death sentence against two civilian defendants on charges of murder and committing acts of violence in the country’s North Sinai province...

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February 7, 2018

Somalia’s truck bomber gets death penalty, two walk free

A military court in Somalia yesterday handed the death penalty to one of five suspects in the Mogadishu truck bomb attacks which killed more than 500 people last year,...

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