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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has sent special combat units to its borders with Algeria and Libya to protect its oil and gas installations against potential attacks from Islamist militants, the state news agency said on Tuesday. The move follows the al Qaeda-linked attack and hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant earlier this month, and comes [...]
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Tunisia deploys special combat units to protect oil and gas fields
Posted by admin on January 29th, 2013
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No Comments »Egypt deploys troops in Suez after 9 killed on anniversary of uprising
Posted by admin on January 26th, 2013
CAIRO/ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt's armed forces deployed troops in the city of Suez early on Saturday after nine people were shot dead during nationwide protests against President Mohamed Mursi, underlining the country's deep divisions as it marked the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. Eight of the dead, including a policeman, [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: After, anniversary, deploys, Egypt, Killed, Suez, troops, uprising No Comments »Egyptian army deploys troops in Suez after clashes
Posted by admin on January 26th, 2013
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s armed forces deployed troops on the ground in the city of Suez early on Saturday after seven protesters and a soldier were shot dead in clashes on the second anniversary of the uprising against Hosni Mubarak. “We have asked the third armed forces to send reinforcements on the ground until we [...]
Obama campaign deploys Big Bird in new ad
Posted by admin on October 9th, 2012
President Barack Obama’s campaign is deploying Big Bird in a new TV ad chiding Mitt Romney for saying he will end federal funding for public broadcasting. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
UK deploys 1,200 more troops to beef up security
Posted by admin on July 24th, 2012
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will deploy the 1,200 troops who were put on stand-by last week to help secure the London Olympics, a minister said on Tuesday as security arrangements were tweaked to make up for a private firm’s failure to recruit enough guards. Jeremy Hunt, secretary of state for sport, said a committee chaired [...]
Argentina deploys military police in fuel strike
Posted by admin on June 21st, 2012
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government sent military police to take control of fuel plants and get trucks back on the road on Wednesday, the first day of a truckers’ pay strike that could cause widespread shortages. The country’s powerful truck drivers union defied a government order for talks and launched the three-day protest, disrupting [...]
