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Gunmen open fire on cafe in Cairo, kill two
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Dec 24 (ANI): At least two people were killed and eight injured after unknown assailants opened fire on a cafe in Cairo, on Sunday.
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Abbas hails UN Jerusalem vote
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec 22 (ANI): Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has hailed a United Nations vote that called on the United States to withdraw its unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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Pence delays Egypt, Israel visit for Senate tax vote
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], December 19 (ANI): United States Vice President Mike Pence has delayed his visit to Egypt and Israel until next month.
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Russia, Egypt call for resumption of direct Palestine-Israel dialogue
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], December 11 (ANI): Russia and Egypt have called for promptly resuming direct Palestine-Israel dialogue on all issues, including the status of Jerusalem.
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Arab league lashes out at Trump's Jerusalem move
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Dec 10 (ANI): Arab Leagues head has called the United States' decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital "dangerous and unacceptable" and a "flagrant attack on a political solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Egypt's Coptic Pope cancels meeting with US vice president over Jerusalem
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], December 9 (ANI): Egypt's Coptic Church head Pope Tawadros II has refused to meet United States Vice President Mike Pence over President Donald Trump's Jerusalem decision.
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Arab League warns US against recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], December 04 (ANI): If the United States recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel then the consequences will be "hazardous", warned the Arab League in a statement released on Sunday.
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Mattis arrives in Cairo, will discuss cooperation
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
(Washington D.C.) [United States], Dec.2 (ANI): United States Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis has arrived in Cairo to meet with Egyptian officials and discuss cooperation before heading on to Jordan, Pakistan and Kuwait.
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Egypt Mosque attackers wore military uniforms: report
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Nov 27 (ANI): The Egypt Mosque attack, which claimed over 300 lives and wounded scores of worshippers on Friday, was carried out by dozens of men wearing military combat uniforms and armed with automatic machine guns.
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Death toll rises to 305 in Egypt mosque attack
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], November 25 (ANI): The death toll rose to 305 while more than a 100 were wounded after terrorists stormed a packed mosque in the Bir al-Abd region of north Sinai on Friday.
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Egypt mosque attack: Sonia Gandhi calls for response from global community
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 25 (ANI): Condemning the recent terror attack in Egypt, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said such an attack is a reminder that terrorism remains a formidable challenge and calls for a concerted and sustained response from the global community.
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Egypt declares three days of mourning after terror attack
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], November 25 (ANI): Egypt has declared three days of national mourning in the wake of the terrorist attack that took place on Friday, claiming over 200 lives and wounded scores of worshippers.
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