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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) makes a statement on Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) held in Sharm el Sheikh, a Red Sea resort city in South Sinai, Egypt, on March 15, 2015. The three-day economic conference is scheduled to end on Sunday. (Xinhua/Pan Chaoyue)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) makes a statement on Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) held in Sharm el Sheikh, a Red Sea resort city in South Sinai, Egypt, on March 15, 2015. The three-day economic conference is scheduled to end on Sunday. (Xinhua/Pan Chaoyue)

CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree to officially abandon summer daylight saving time, due to major Egyptian people’s opposition, local media reported on Friday.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) makes a statement on Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) held in Sharm el Sheikh, a Red Sea resort city in South Sinai, Egypt, on March 15, 2015. The three-day economic conference is scheduled to end on Sunday. (Xinhua/Pan Chaoyue)
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) makes a statement on Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) held in Sharm el Sheikh, a Red Sea resort city in South Sinai, Egypt, on March 15, 2015. The three-day economic conference is scheduled to end on Sunday. (Xinhua/Pan Chaoyue)
The decision came three days after the cabinet approved scrapping the system this year, following a public poll that showed major Egyptian people did not support applying daylight saving time, Al-Ahram online official news website said. (Egypt-Summer-Time)
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KHARTOUM — A UN mission said on Friday that its peacekeepers have repulsed two attacks by unidentified gunmen, leaving four attackers dead and six peacekeepers wounded.
The UN-African Union mission to Darfur (UNAMID) said in a press release that the attacks occurred in Kass, 85 km north-west of Nyala, capital of South Darfur state. (Sudan-Attack)
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DAMASCUS — A Syrian warplane crashed Friday during a training mission near the southern province of Swaida, the state news agency SANA reported.
The search for the missing pilot has started after the plane crashed in the countryside of Swaida, SANA added. (Syria-Crash)
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CAIRO — The number of hospitalized cases of suspected poisoning in Egypt’s northern province of Sharqiya reached 379, said the Egyptian Health Ministry in a statement Friday.
A barge carrying 500 tons of phosphate recently capsized into the River Nile in Upper Egypt’s Qena province, raising fears of polluting the river, which is the only source of drinking water in Egypt. (Egypt-Poisoning) Enditem

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