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At least 22 Egyptian soccer fans killed in clashes with police

​At least 22 Egyptian soccer fans were killed and some 20 others injured in the clashes with police on Sunday night in the capital Cairo, Egypt's state-run MENA news agency reported.

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Saudi King Abdullah dies, succeeded by half-brother

Saudi King Abdullah has died and his half-brother Salman has become the new ruler, according to a royal statement released early Friday.

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139 ill in suspected food poisoning at Egyptian university

​One hundred and thirty nine college students were sickened Wednesday by suspected food poisoning, Ahram Online reported Thursday.

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WMS Global Awards for Excellence 2014 winners list

World Media Summit (WMS) Global Awards for Excellence 2014 announced on Monday four winners and 19 honorable mentions.

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Al Pacino stars at Venice film festival

​One of the most awaited superstars at the ongoing Venice film festival, American actor Al Pacino was a solitary man who approaches the possibility of new love in a movie presented here in the competition section.

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7 Al-Shabaab militants killed in Mogadishu prison attack: presidency

​At least seven Al Shabaab fighters were killed after they launched an attack on high security prison in the capital Mogadishu, Somali presidency said.

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Australia hails UN listing of Boko Haram as terrorist group

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop issued a statement on Friday, welcoming the decision by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to designate Boko Haram in Nigeria as an entity associated with Al-Qaida.

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Saudi rules out blocking Internet unfriendly content

A Saudi Interior Ministry official has ruled out blocking access to the Internet as a means to deal with online content deemed hostile to the country, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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Indian agencies to probe Kashmiri separatist's meeting with Al-Qaeda

Indian intelligence and security agencies have launched investigation into revelations made by hardline women separatist leader Asiya Andrabi that people from Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan ( TTP) came to meet her.

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U.S. says Libya gave tacit approval to suspect's capture

U.S. security sources said on Wednesday that the Libyan government gave tacit approval to a U.S. operation in its country to capture alleged al-Qaida suspect Abu Anas Al-Libi last Saturday in Tripoli.

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Somalia calls for regional collaboration to deal with terrorism

Somali government on Monday urged regional cooperation to counter growing threat from terrorist groups following on going deadly attack on shopping mall in the Kenya capital, Nairobi.

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Gunmen holds hostages in tense standoff at Kenya shopping mall

Up to 15 gunmen are still holding a number of hostages at a polular shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, one day after launching a deadliest attack in retaliation for the East African country's military action against the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab.