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Arab league hails Gulf steps to diplomatic row with Qatar

Date: 2014-11-17 14:30:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:1350209

CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Arab League Chief Nabil El-Arabi welcomed on Monday a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders for resolving a long-standing schism with fellow member-state Qatar. A result of the meeting, the Saudi, UAE and ....

12 killed in blasts in Baghdad

Date: 2014-11-17 13:42:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:1350213

BAGHDAD, Nov 17 (MENA) - As many as 12 people were killed in booby-trapped cars in Baghdad, said Sky News Arabia. No more details were immediately known.(MENA) AH/RG ....

IDF arrests 16 wanted Palestinians in West Bank overnight

Date: 2014-11-17 12:38:21 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:1350009

GAZA CITY, Nov 17 (MENA) - The IDF arrested 16 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank overnight Sunday. Twelve of those arrested are suspected of disturbing the peace, throwing Molotov cocktails and explosive devices at citizens and security ....

Egypt participates in Big 5 exhibition

Date: 2014-11-17 12:35:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:1349897

CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Egypt will take part in the Big 5 exhibition, which is a regional building construction show, to be held in Dubai under the rubric of "Green Cities". Minister of State for Urban Development Leila Iskandar left Cairo on ....

Roadside bomb in Baghdad goes off leaving casualties

Date: 2014-11-17 12:22:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:1349833

BAGHDAD, Nov 17 (MENA) - A bomb went off in Abu Ghreib, western Baghdad, leaving a number of people dead and injured, said local media on Monday. The roadside bomb exploded in Al-Nasr area, said Somariya News Channel. The number of casualties ....

Death sentence against Islamists in Lebanon reduced life imprisonment -- minister

Date: 2014-11-17 12:17:42 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:1349253

BEIRUT, Nov 17 (MENA) - Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi on Monday stressed that death sentences against Islamist detainees have been reduced to life imprisonment. Commenting on the two-hour deadline given by the kidnappers to slaughter military ....

AL official says no peace in Mideast without Israel disarmament

Date: 2014-11-17 11:35:24 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1349337

DEAD SEA, Nov 17 (MENA) - An Arab League official has said that tension will continue in the Middle East so long as Israel refuses to join disarmament treaties. Wael al-Assad, the director of disarmament affairs at the AL, told MENA Tuesday ....

Car bomb kills 4 Syrian army soldiers in Rif Hama

Date: 2014-11-17 11:12:54 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:1348577

DAMASCUS, Nov 17 (MENA) - Four personnel of the Syrian regime soldiers were killed in a car bombing on a crossroads in Rif Hama, Sky News reported. The bombing took place at the time when the Syrian airplanes shelled barrel bombs at villages and ....

Saudi Minister of National Guard to visit US Tuesday

Date: 2014-11-17 11:07:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:1348825

RIYADH, Nov 17 (MENA) - Prince Miteb bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Minister of National Guard, will start on Tuesday an official several-day visit to the United States of America at the invitation of US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, SPA ....

3 terrorists killed in Baghdad

Date: 2014-11-17 10:57:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:1348753

BAGHDAD, Nov 17 (MENA) - Three terrorists were killed and a booby-trapped car was defused in different parts of Baghdad within the past 24 hours, the operations command in Baghdad said Monday. Also, 42 bombs were dismantled in several places as ....