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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania said a shipping agent based in Dubai had reflagged 36 Iranian oil tankers with the Tanzanian flag without the country’s knowledge and approval. Tanzania said it was now in the process of de-registering the vessels after an investigation into the origin of the ships concluded they were originally from Iran. Tanzania launched an investigation last month over accusations that it had reflagged oil tankers from Iran and asked the United States and European Union to help it verify the origin of the tankers flying the east African country’s flag. …
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AL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) – A group of armed men opened fire on Sunday on peacekeeping troops in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on the border with Israel, a security source in Sinai said. “The attack happened in Um Shyhan area in the middle of Sinai but no one got injured,” the source said. The incident came just days after the start of a military operation in the area against militants suspected of being behind a bloody attack on Egyptian boarder guards last Sunday, which killed 16. …
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