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Revealed: Iranian plot to bomb Hajj in 1986

JEDDAH, 02 Oct 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: Damning new evidence has emerged of an Iranian plot to detonate bombs during the Hajj pilgrimage in 1986, using explosives planted in the baggage of innocent pilgrims before they flew to Saudi Arabia. The pilgrims, about 100 elderly men and women from Iran, were unaware that their bags contained bombs. The explosives were detected, removed and made safe by Saudi authorities during the regular screening process, then returned to the visitors to continue their pilgrimage unhindered. The new evidence has been revealed in an interview on Iranian TV with Mullah Ahmed Montazeri, a leading cleric. He disclosed that the explosives were planted by Mehdi Hashemi, an Iranian radical and a senior figure in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on the instructions of  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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Protests in Sudan leave at least 24 dead

KHARTOUM, 13 Jan 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: At least 24 people have been killed in Sudan since protests began on Dec. 19 over the country’s deteriorating economy, the country's public officer said on Saturday. A total of 131 people were also injured during the protests, Amir Mohamed Ibrahim said at a news conference. Sudan has been rocked by protests since mid-December, with demonstrators decrying the government’s seeming inability to rein in rampant inflation and acute commodity shortages. A nation of 40 million people, Sudan has struggled to recover from the loss of three quarters of its oil output – its main source of foreign currency – when South Sudan seceded in

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Algeria's president set to seek 5th term

ALGIERS, 11 Feb 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Algeria’s president announced on Sunday he will seek a fifth term in office in the April 18 polls, the state-run Algeria Press Service (APS) reported. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 81, announced his candidacy “in a message sent to the nation" set to be published by the APS Sunday. If he wins another term, Bouteflika plans to propose a political, economic and social platform as well as changes to the Constitution, said APS. On Saturday, Algeria’s ruling party officially nominated Bouteflika for a fifth term. Algerian opposition leaders, for their part, have repeatedly urged the aging head of state -- who in 2013 was treated for a blood clot in his brain -- to bow out of the

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