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World
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9/17/2023 7:43:40 PM
Zahra el-Gerbi wasn't expecting much of a response to her online fundraiser, but she felt she had to do something after four of her relatives died in the flooding that decimated the eastern Libyan city of Derna. She put out a call for donations for those displaced by the deluge.
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World
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Region
9/16/2023 2:39:12 PM
Libyan authorities have opened an investigation into the collapse of two dams that caused a devastating flood in a coastal city as rescue teams searched for bodies on Saturday, nearly a week after the deluge killed more than 11,000 people.
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World
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Region
9/15/2023 12:33:33 PM
Libyan authorities blocked civilians from entering the flood-stricken eastern city of Derna on Friday so search teams could look through the mud and wrecked buildings for 10,100 people still missing after the known toll rose to 11,300 dead.
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World
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International
9/14/2023 6:36:14 PM
The Cypriot president said Thursday that joint military maneuvers with three other European Union member states underway in the Eastern Mediterranean underscore the bloc's readiness to ensure security and stability in the region.
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Egypt
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Society
9/14/2023 7:52:00 AM
Egypt's Ministry of Social Solidarity announced providing urgent financial support of EGP 100,000 (approx. $3,000) to each family of Egyptian victims who lost their lives in Libya due to the devastating cyclone that hit the eastern part of the neighbouring country.
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World
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Region
9/13/2023 11:07:58 PM
Libya was reeling Wednesday from a massive flood that left at least 4,000 dead and thousands more missing, wreaking havoc in the eastern city of Derna where bodies wrapped in blankets lined the ravaged streets.
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World
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Region
9/13/2023 12:55:35 PM
Rescuers have found more than 2,000 bodies as of Wednesday in the wreckage of a Libyan city where floodwaters broke dams and washed away neighborhoods. Officials fear the death toll could exceed 5,000 in the nation made vulnerable by years of turmoil and neglect.
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World
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Region
9/13/2023 10:04:06 AM
Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could surpass 5,000 after floodwaters smashed through dams and washed away entire neighbourhoods of the city.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/12/2023 9:15:46 PM
Libyan officials in the city of Tobruk announced that the bodies of 145 Egyptians who died due to the impact of Storm Daniel, which hit eastern Libya on Sunday, have been handed over to Egypt.
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Egypt
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Defence
9/12/2023 6:26:17 PM
A military delegation led by Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Osama Askar arrived in Libya on Tuesday to coordinate the provision of urgent logistical and humanitarian assistance in the wake of Storm Daniel that left thousands killed and missing in the eastern Mediterranean.
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World
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Region
9/12/2023 2:22:25 PM
The death toll from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, warned officials with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Tuesday.
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World
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Region
9/12/2023 2:22:00 PM
At least 2,800 people died in severe floods that swept through the cities of eastern Libya after Storm Daniel hit the country Sunday, reported Anadolu News Agency on Tuesday citing the Libyan Red Crescent.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
9/12/2023 12:50:53 PM
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World
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Region
9/11/2023 6:48:00 PM
The coastal city of Derna in eastern Libya and surrounding areas were devastated by floods late Sunday caused by torrential rains brought by Storm Daniel.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/6/2023 10:01:00 AM
In the last few days developments on the privatisation and investment fronts came thick and fast.
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Business
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Energy
9/4/2023 9:06:17 PM
Cyprus, Greece and Israel agreed at a summit in Nicosia on Monday to deepen their regional energy cooperation to focus on exports to Europe, especially natural gas and renewables.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
9/3/2023 10:47:14 PM
Global Investment Holding Co., a UAE-based company, acquired Sunday a 30 percent ownership stake in Egypt's largest tobacco products maker Eastern Company.
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World
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Region
9/2/2023 5:39:51 PM
Sporadic clashes took place on Saturday in a Kurdish-held area of eastern Syria, a monitor said, after a curfew was imposed following the arrest of an Arab armed group's leader.
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World
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Region
9/2/2023 10:14:37 AM
Syria's Kurdish-led authorities on late Friday imposed a curfew in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, days after the arrest of the chief of an allied Arab armed group prompted deadly clashes.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
8/31/2023 9:43:38 PM
Eastern Company for Tobacco (EETC), Egypt's largest tobacco company, announced on Thursday that it was increasing its production of cigarettes by 15 percent.
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