Egypt
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60 terrorists killed in army raids in Egypt's North Sinai
World | Mar 26, 2016, 06:57 AM ISTCairo: As many as 60 terrorists were on Friday killed and 40 others injured in army raids in Egypt's two restive North Sinai cities, army said. Anti-terror forces, backed by military warplanes, attacked terrorists hideouts
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Meet the Muslim who loves Donald Trump
World | Feb 22, 2016, 01:50 PM ISTMyrtle Beach: A 62 year old Egyptian emigrant to America has lent his support to US republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump.Elhamy Ibrahim, who migrated to US in 1981, strongly backs Trump's proposal to ban Muslims
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At least 200 million females estimated to be circumcised: United Nations
World | Feb 05, 2016, 09:48 AM ISTUnited Nations: At least 200 million girls and women in 30 countries are estimated to have undergone female circumcision half of them in Egypt, Ethiopia and Indonesia, the U.N. children's agency said in a report
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No bomb on Berlin-Egypt flight diverted to Hungary
World | Dec 07, 2015, 11:37 PM ISTBudapest: Hungarian police on Monday said that no explosives have been found aboard an Egypt-bound plane that made an unscheduled landing in Hungary because of a bomb threat.Police spokeswoman Viktoria Csiszer-Kovacs told The Associated Press
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Flight from Berlin to Egypt lands in Budapest on bomb threat
World | Dec 07, 2015, 07:31 PM ISTBudapest, Hungary: Hungarian police say a flight from Berlin to the Egyptian beach resort of Hurghada has made an unscheduled landing in Hungary and is being checked for explosives after police received information about a
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Egypt: 16 killed in firebomb attack at small night club
World | Dec 04, 2015, 04:54 PM ISTCairo: A firebomb attack on a small nightclub in Cairo early Friday killed 16 people and wounded three others, authorities said.Police were looking for two young men who carried out the attack in the Agouza
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Russia removes India from list of safe travel destinations
India | Nov 29, 2015, 06:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: India has been removed from the list of safe travel destinations recommended for Russian tourists, Times of India reported citing Russian news agency INTERFAX.According to the Russian information centre in Goa, Russia has
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Russia confirms bomb attack brought down plane in Egypt
World | Nov 18, 2015, 11:25 AM ISTMoscow: President Vladimir Putin vowed vengeance as Moscow on Tuesday confirmed that a bomb attack brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board. Putin pledged to ramp up
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Egypt says to consider Russian findings over plane crash
World | Nov 18, 2015, 08:24 AM ISTCairo: Egypt said on Tuesday that it would consider Russia's latest findings that the Russian airliner crashed over Egypt's Sinai due to a terrorist attack, according to the official MENA news agency.Earlier on Tuesday Moscow
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Terrorists downed Russian plane killing 224: Russia
World | Nov 17, 2015, 04:23 PM ISTMoscow: A homemade explosive device brought down a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, the head of Russia's FSB security service said Tuesday, telling Russian President Vladimir Putin it's now clear the bombing that
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In Egypt, angry talk of Western conspiracy over plane crash
World | Nov 10, 2015, 08:16 PM ISTCairo: Egyptian media have reacted with fury as Britain and the United States increasingly point to a bomb as the cause of the Oct. 31 Russian plane crash in Sinai, with many outlets hammering home
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Black box reveals bomb brought down Russian plane in Egypt
World | Nov 07, 2015, 07:37 AM ISTNew Delhi: Black box of the Metrojet plane that crashed in the Sinai point to a bomb attack, media reported today.Reports suggested that the flight data and voice recorder showed everything was normal until both
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Russia, Egypt dismiss US, UK claims bomb brought down jet
World | Nov 05, 2015, 06:29 PM ISTVeliky Novgorod, Russia: Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed suggestions by Britain and the United States that a bomb was likely to have brought down a Metrojet flight packed with Russian vacationers leaving an Egyptian
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ISIS bomb most likely behind Russian jet crash: US intelligence
World | Nov 05, 2015, 07:02 AM ISTWashington: A US intelligence source has said that a bomb planted by Islamic State terrorists was most likely behind the crash of the Russian passenger aircraft in Egypt.Security services came to the conclusion after looking
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Airline exec says external impact caused Egypt plane crash
World | Nov 02, 2015, 06:17 PM ISTSt.Petersburg, Russia: Only an external impact could have caused a Russian plane to dive into the Egyptian desert, killing all 224 people on board, the airline said Monday, adding to a series of incomplete and
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Russia: Plane that crashed in Egypt broke up high in the air
World | Nov 02, 2015, 10:59 AM ISTSharm El-Sheikh, Egypt: The Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt, killing everyone onboard, broke up at high altitude, Russia's top aviation official said Sunday.The Metrojet plane, bound for St. Petersburg in Russia, crashed 23
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Egypt: Official says doomed Russian plane was in good shape
World | Nov 01, 2015, 09:09 PM ISTSharm El-Sheikh, Egypt: An Egyptian ground service official who carried out a pre-flight inspection of the Russian passenger plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula said Sunday that the Airbus A321-200 appeared to be in
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Search widened for Russian plane crash victims
World | Nov 01, 2015, 06:17 PM ISTCairo: Investigators probing the crash of a Russian plane in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula that killed all 224 people on board today widened their search and combed the wreckage for clues to find out the
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Investigators probe Russian jet crash in Egypt amid IS claims
World | Nov 01, 2015, 09:59 AM ISTCairo: International investigators today began probing the crash of a Russian Airbus plane in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula that killed all the 224 people on board as black boxes were recovered and sent for analysis amid
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Why Tur Dal is Rs 200/kg and why it will be as much in 2016
India | Oct 31, 2015, 07:08 PM ISTSon: Maa aaj dal khane ka man ho raha hai (Mum, I feel like eating dal today).Mom: Itne paise nahi hai, chup chap butter chicken kha le (We don't have so much money, be quiet