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A Tank Takes Position In Sinai Where Terror Attack Occured
An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on August 6, 2012. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has decided to hold three-day mourning for soldiers killed and injured in a deadly assault in Sinai Peninsula. A terrorist group attacked one of…
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40 Turkish generals forced to retire for plotting coup
Turkey’s Supreme Military Council forced all of the forty generals and admirals who are currently under arrest as part of ongoing coup investigations to retire in its annual decisions announced on Saturday. The YAŞ meeting concluded on Friday and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Abdullah Gül, along…
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Egyptian President Meets U.S. Defense Chief
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi meets with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt. Panetta is on a four day trip to the Middle-East with stops in Tunisia, Egypt, Israel and Jordan before returning to Washington. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Toy Vendor Blows Bubble To Please Children In Cairo
An Egyptian toys vendor blows bubbles to attract customers in front of Al-Hussein mosque in Cairo, Egypt, late, Monday, July 30, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Muslims In Turkey Eat Food After Sunset
Muslims start eating after sunset in front of the Blue Mosque on the first day of Ramadan in Istanbul, July 20, 2012. <Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia
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Syrians In Egypt Show Atrocities At Homeland
Members of the Syrian community in Egypt protest with posters showing alleged atrocities by Syrian government forces outside the Russian Federation embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 19, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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A Syrian Rebel Tramples Picture Of Assad
This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed by the Associated Press Thursday, July 19, 2012 purports to show a Syrian rebel stomping on a picture of President Bashar Assad at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey. Syrian President Bashar Assad made his first…
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Tension Mounts In Egypt Over Writing New Constitution
Egyptian anti-riot policemen stand guard as Muslim Brotherhood supporters pray during a demonstration outside the State Council in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 17, 2012, ahead of an anticipated Administrative Court ruling on the panel writing the new constitution. Hundreds of Islamist protesters encircled a court building in Egypt, while others…
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Building Collapse In Egypt Claims 10 Lives
Rescue workers look for survivors buried under debris of damaged buildings following the collapse of an 11-story building under construction onto three adjacent buildings that killed at least 10 people in the Gomrouk neighborhood of Alexandria, Egypt, July 15, 2012. With real estate at a premium in big cities like…
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Swimming Race In Waters Dividing Europe, Asia
Over a thousand swimmers took part in the 24th Bosphorus Intercontinental Swimming Race on Sunday, thrashing across the Istanbul seaway which marks the traditional boundary between Asia and Europe.Sunday’s event was attended by professional and amateur swimmers, from various ages and nationalities.Organisers said they saw a spike in attendees from…
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