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  Terrorists downed Russian plane killing 224: Russia

  World | November 17, 2015 16:23 IST

  Moscow: 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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  Egyptian helicopters strike militants in Sinai

  World | September 03, 2013 15:54 IST

  El-Arish: Egyptian helicopter gunships fired rockets early Tuesday at militants in the northern Sinai Peninsula, causing "dozens" of casualties in an ongoing effort by authorities to assert control over the largely lawless region, security officials

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  Militants bomb gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai

  World | July 07, 2013 9:39 IST

  North Sinai (Egypt), July 7: A group of militants bombed early Sunday a pipeline in North Sinai that provides natural gas to Jordan, security sources said."The gunmen bombed part of the pipeline in Lehfin area

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  Egypt president vows to retake control of Sinai from jihadists

  World | August 06, 2012 19:57 IST

  Cairo/Jerusalem, Aug 6:  Hours after ‘jihadists' gunmen killed 16 Egyptian guards at a border cheek-post, the country's Islamist President Mohammed Mursi today ordered the army to retake full control of the lawless Sinai.  After chairing