UAE congratulates new Egyptian president-elect
June 25th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, June 25 (IANS/WAM) United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has greeted Mohammed Mursi on his victory in the Egyptian presidential elections.In a message, ... Read more...
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Egypt presidential poll results to be announced Sunday
June 23rd, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The official results of Egypt's presidential election will be announced Sunday at 5 p.m. (1300 GMT), state TV reported Saturday.The results of the June 16-17 ... Read more...
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Muslim Brotherhood claims victory, army promises to give up power (Second Lead)
June 18th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 18 (IANS) With all votes counted in the Egyptian presidential election and Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi claiming victory, Egypt's ruling military council Monday vowed to hand ... Read more...
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Egypt polls: Muslim Brotherhood claims victory (Lead)
June 18th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) With all votes counted in the Egyptian presidential election, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi has claimed victory winning 52 percent of the votes, his campaign ... Read more...
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Egypt passes constitutional amendments
June 18th, 2012 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt's ruling military council has passed a few amendments to the constitution that will outline the future president's powers and responsibilities, state television reported.The text ... Read more...
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Egypt polls: Muslim Brotherhood says it is winning
June 18th, 2012 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Mohammed Mursi, head of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, is leading by a million votes in the Egyptian presidential runoff after 95 percent ... Read more...
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Egyptians vote for new leader
June 17th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 17 (IANS) Egyptians were Sunday participating in the second round of the presidential election, the first since Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down from his position by ... Read more...
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Egyptians vote in presidential poll run-off
June 16th, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egyptians are going to polls in the second round of presidential election Saturday, the first since Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down by an ... Read more...
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Muslim Brotherhood seeks dialogue to ’save revolution’
May 26th, 2012 - 8:55 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood movement has urged country's political forces to participate in a national dialogue ahead of a tough battle between an Islamist candidate and ... Read more...
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Egypt goes to polls Wednesday
May 22nd, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 22 (IANS) More than 50 million voters in Egypt will Wednesday decide who will lead them as president after more than a year since the fall of Hosni ... Read more...
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Muslim Brotherhood joins opposition-Egypt Government talks
February 6th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Feb.6 (ANI): Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, joined talks with Egyptian Vice-President Omar Suleiman on Sunday in an attempt to end the country's political crisis.According to a CBC News ... Read more...
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Nine killed in suicide attack in Lahore (Second Lead)
August 14th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Islamabad, Aug 14 (Xinhua) At least nine people, including two police officials, were killed and 35 others injured in a suicide attack targeting the police in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, The ... Read more...
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Seven killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan
August 14th, 2008 - 4:45 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Islamabad, Aug 14 (DPA) At least seven people, including two policemen, were killed and more than a dozen injured Wednesday in a suicide attack that targeted the police in Pakistan's eastern city ... Read more...
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Missile strike kills at least 10 militants in Pakistan
August 13th, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Islamabad, Aug 13 (DPA) At least 10 Islamic militants, including some suspected Al Qaeda fighters, were killed in an overnight aerial strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, officials said ... Read more...
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Pak TV channel gets Al-Qaeda tape calling for jihad
August 12th, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.12 (ANI): A Pakistani TV channel has received an audiotape in which Al-Qaeda''s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri , attacks the country''s leaders and urges Jihad or holy war in Pakistan.
The audoptape, ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda confirms death of its chemical weapons expert
August 4th, 2008 - 3:24 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Cairo, Aug 4 (DPA) International terror outfit Al Qaeda Sunday confirmed on Islamist websites that its chemical and biological weapons expert, Abu Khabab al-Masri, had been killed in a US airstrike on ... Read more...
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Pak Taliban deny US television report on Zawahiri
August 3rd, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 3 (ANI): Pakistans Tehreek-e-Taliban has denied a US television report that al-Qaedas deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri may have been wounded or killed in a missile strike this week.The ... Read more...
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US wants comprehensive revamp of Pakistan’’s ISI
August 3rd, 2008 - 11:34 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 3 (ANI): The Bush Administration is demanding a comprehensive revamp of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) before Washington resumes full intelligence cooperation with Pakistan, a high-level European defence official in Islamabad ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda chemical expert believed killed in Pakistan (Lead)
July 29th, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Peshawar, July 29 (DPA) Al Qaeda's senior leader and chemical weapon expert, Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar, is believed to have died in a suspected US missile strike Monday in Pakistan's north-western tribal ... Read more...
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