Among the tablets, the iPad Air also dominated, beating its own Mini rival into second place by a considerable margin.

The government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group in response to a suicide attack that killed 16 in the Nile Delta.

The Palestinian leader died in a French military hospital in 2004, shortly after falling violently ill at his West Bank compound.

Dozens of the militias which helped topple Gaddafi have refused to disarm and have a range of political and financial demands.

The companies have been struggling in recent years against their South Korean rivals who had a bigger share in the overseas market.

Where such machines do not have a Russian-made equivalent, they will not be subject to value-added tax when imported, the statement said.

The government officials have promised to allow food if residents raise the Syrian national flag and if rebels hand over heavy weapons.

Elsewhere in Canada, tens of thousands of people are still without power in New Brunswick and Quebec, and hundreds in Nova Scotia.