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Germany frees Al-Jazeera journalist sought by Egypt
AFP, Published on 22/06/2015
» BERLIN - German authorities decided Monday to release Al-Jazeera correspondent Ahmed Mansour, his channel said, two days after detaining him at the request of his native Egypt in a move that sparked outrage from media and rights groups.
WikiLeaks posts Saudi cables
Published on 20/06/2015
» ISTANBUL — WikiLeaks is in the process of putting more than 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents online, in a move that echoes its infamous release of US State Department cables in 2010.
Man City 'raise Sterling bid to pound sterling40 mn'
AFP, Published on 17/06/2015
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Manchester City have made a fresh and much improved offer of pound sterling40 million to Liverpool for want-away England international Raheem Sterling, according to reports in the English press.
Egypt court sentences Morsi to life in jail for spying
AFP, Published on 16/06/2015
» CAIRO - An Egyptian court sentenced ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison on Tuesday on charges of spying for Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and Iran.
Sangakkara in spotlight as Sri Lanka-Pakistan Tests loom
AFP, Published on 15/06/2015
» GALLE (SRI LANKA) - Prolific batsman Kumar Sangakkara has the chance to add more lustre to his glittering Test career when familiar foes Sri Lanka and Pakistan contest their fourth series in two years starting Wednesday, as talk of retirement swirls.
Egypt to inaugurate Suez canal expansion in August
AFP, Published on 14/06/2015
» ISMAILIYA (EGYPT) - Egypt will inaugurate a "new Suez canal" shipping route in August aimed at speeding up traffic along the existing waterway and boosting revenues, officials said Saturday.
Suicide bomber kills 2 at famed Egypt tourist site
Published on 10/06/2015
» LUXOR, EGYPT — A suicide bomber blew himself up on Wednesday at the ancient Egyptian temple of Karnak in Luxor, killing at least two people in the southern city frequented by millions of tourists every year, security officials said.
Morsi sentenced to death
Published on 16/05/2015
» CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced former president Mohammed Morsi and more than 100 others to death for orchestrating a mass prison escape during the 2011 uprising that ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak.
French Mideast policy helped Rafale jet sales: experts
AFP, Published on 04/05/2015
» PARIS - It struggled for years to sell its Rafale jets abroad but French defence group Dassault has finally scored several lucrative deals, thanks in part to anti-US suspicion in the Middle East, experts say.
Indonesia protests beheading of domestic worker in Saudi Arabia
AFP, Published on 15/04/2015
» JAKARTA - Jakarta summoned the Saudi Arabian ambassador Wednesday to protest the beheading of an Indonesian domestic worker and complain that her family and consular staff were not given prior notice of the execution.