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Palestine working with Arabs to present draft to UNSC on deadline for Israeli occupation: FM

Date: 2014-11-29 22:48:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:158 - ID:1438889

CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki asserted Saturday that Palestine would work with the Arab group to present an Arab bill to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in order to set a deadline to end Israeli ....

Sudan-Darfur movements negotiations to be resumed Thursday - AU mediator

Date: 2014-11-29 22:28:18 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:157 - ID:1438925

KHARTOUM, Nov 29 (MENA) - The African mediation committee informed Sudan and Darfur movements delegations that negotiations would stop for four days. The African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) informed delegations that AUHIP Head ....

Sisi keen on boosting relations with Sudan: Egypt amb.

Date: 2014-11-29 22:20:18 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:1438961

KHARTOUM, Nov 29 (MENA) – Egyptian Ambassador in Khartoum Osama Shaltout has said President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is keen on boosting relations with Sudan in all fields. Speaking at a ceremony organized by EgyptAir's regional office in Khartoum to ....

Palestinian MPs brief European delegation on situation in Gaza

Date: 2014-11-29 22:01:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:1438841

RAMALLAH, Nov 29 (MENA) – A number of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members on Saturday briefed a delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the political situations and the progress of Gaza ....

Sudanese defense minister leaves for Pakistan to attend IDEAS

Date: 2014-11-29 21:41:45 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:152 - ID:1438845

KHARTOUM, Nov 29 (MENA) - Sudanese Minister of Defense General Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein left on Saturday for Pakistan to attend International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2014, scheduled to take place at the Karachi Expo Center from ....

Iraqi vice president arrives in Lebanon

Date: 2014-11-29 18:47:05 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:1437345

BEIRUT, Nov 29 (MENA) - Iraqi Vice President Nouri Maliki arrived to Beirut Saturday on top of a high profile delegation to meeting Lebanese officials. Maliki is scheduled to meet with a number of Lebanese officials to discuss regional ....

4 Palestinians suffer from suffocation in clashes with Israeli forces

Date: 2014-11-29 18:46:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:1438241

RAMALLAH, Nov 29 (MENA) – Four Palestinians on Saturday suffered suffocation from tear gas during clashes with Israeli troops in a village in eastern Bethlehem. Clashes erupted between young Palestinians and the occupation forces in Bekaa area near ....

Tunisian national dialogue agrees on avoiding political debate after Marzouki’s recent call

Date: 2014-11-29 18:45:25 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:135 - ID:1438177

TUNIS, Nov 29 (MENA) – Tunisian parties participating in the national dialogue agreed on avoiding political and legal debate over interim president Moncef Marzouki’s call to leader of Nidaa Tounes party Beji Caid Essebsi to candidate a figure who ....

Israeli occupation forces block Palestinian rally in Hebron

Date: 2014-11-29 17:32:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:121 - ID:1437849

RAMALLAH, Nov 29 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces suppressed on Saturday a peaceful rally staged to protest the closure of the Martyrs Street in Hebron city in southern the occupied West Bank. The occupation forces and settlers blocked a ....

Rafah crossing to be reopened Sunday, Monday - diplomat

Date: 2014-11-29 16:57:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:1436741

CAIRO, Nov 29 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt and its permanent representative to the Arab League, Gamal el-Shobaki, announced that the Egyptian authorities have decided to reopen Rafah border crossing in one direction on Sunday and ....