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1.7 lakh Indian pilgrims for Hajj this year
Saudi Arabia has allotted a quota of 1.7 lakh pilgrims from India for Hajj pilgrimage this year even as New Delhi has made a formal request for an additional 10,000 slots.
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Egypt court suspends parliamentary elections
An Egyptian court today overturned President Muhammed Mursi's decree that had called for parliamentary elections from April 22 questioning its constitutionality, a ruling that may deepen the political crisis in the polarised country.
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Mursi meets Abbas, Meshaal
Egyptian president Muhammed Mursi has met his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas and exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal separately as the talks focused on the inter-Palestinian reconciliation and ending the Gaza siege.
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Hosni Mubarak's health worsens
The health of Egypt's imprisoned former dictator Hosini Mubarak deteriorated today forcing the state prosecutor to order his transfer to a military hospital for the second in less than 10 days.
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Mursi hails new constitution
Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi today congratulated his countrymen for endorsing a new constitution in a referendum that was "totally transparent" and said that the nation would now move to a new stage.
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Egyptians approve Constitution
Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly approved a new Constitution drafted by President Mohamed Mursi and his Islamist allies, triggering fresh protests from the mostly secular opposition which claims the charter ignores the rights of minorities.
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Bakery attacked in Syria
An air strike near a bakery in Halfaya in Syrian province of Hama killed several people even as International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Syria to resolve the conflict.
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Pharaoh's throat was slit
Conspirators may have killed Egyptian King Ramesses III - the second Pharaoh of the 20th dynasty - by slitting his throat, new forensic analysis of his mummy has revealed.
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Mubarak taken to hospital
Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak was briefly transferred to a military hospital here for an X- ray of his injured head, nearly a week after he slipped in a prison shower, the state media reported today.
