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14 killed in clashes in Libya’s Benghazi

Date: 2014-11-15 22:08:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:1340205

TRIPOLI, Nov 15 (MENA) – As many as 14 people were killed Saturday in fierce clashes between the Libyan army and militants of "the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries" in the eastern city of Benghazi. Benghazi Medical Center received the ....

Conference calls for facing bids to Judaize Arabic geographic names

Date: 2014-11-15 21:54:33 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:1340145

AMMAN, Nov 15 (MENA) - The 7th Arab Conference on Geographical Names, which wrapped up on Saturday, has recommended that a special committee of Arab experts be formed to foil the Israeli attempts to Judaize Arabic geographical names in ....

8,186 families displaced from Benghazi -- Libyan Relief Agency

Date: 2014-11-15 21:46:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:136 - ID:1340137

TRIPOLI, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Libyan Relief Agency said Saturday that that the number of families displaced from Benghazi due to ongoing clashes between the army and militias has reached 8,186. In a press release, the agency's spokesperson Jalila ....

Sudan rules out military confrontation with S. Sudan

Date: 2014-11-15 20:17:54 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:1339957

KHARTOUM, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Sudanese army's spokesman Colonel El Sawarmi Khaled Saad on Saturday ruled out any military confrontation with South Sudan. Speaking at a press conference at the Defense Ministry's headquarters, Saad denied reports ....

Abbas says seeks to end Israeli occupation, establish independent state

Date: 2014-11-15 19:44:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:1339893

RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (MENA) – President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that the Palestinian constants are ending the Israeli occupation, establishing an independent state and reaching a fair and consensus solution to the refugee issue. In a televised ....

Abbas, Egyptian Ambassador discuss recent developments

Date: 2014-11-15 19:34:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:1339869

RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday received Egypt's Ambassador in Ramallah Wael Nasreddin Attia. Abbas briefed the ambassador on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories and efforts made to stop ....

US chief-of-staff meets with Kurdistan president in Erbil

Date: 2014-11-15 19:28:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:1339901

ERBIL, Nov 15 (MENA) - US Chief-of-Staff Martin Dempsey met with President of Kurdistan Region of Iraq Masoud Barzani here. Dempsey arrived in Erbil for talks with Kurdish officials. (MENA) MHK/AH ....

Yemen participates in int'l conference on development

Date: 2014-11-15 19:28:04 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:118 - ID:1339717

SANAA, Nov 15 (MENA) – Yemen will participate in an international conference on development organized by United Nations and World Bank to be held for two days in New York on Tuesday, Yemen's Minister of Planning and International Cooperation ....

2 Qaeda members arrested in Yemen before leaving for Turkey

Date: 2014-11-15 18:02:01 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:1339481

SANAA, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Yemeni National Security body arrested two Qaeda members, carrying the Saudi nationality, a local news agency reported. The two members, who are accused of killing 14 Yemeni soldiers in Hadramout last August have false ....

State of Palestine became solid: Fatah leader

Date: 2014-11-15 17:49:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:1339533

RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (MENA) – A Fatah Central Committee member said on Saturday that the Declaration of Independence of Palestine which was announced in Algeria in 1988 has become solid as the Palestinian flag is being raised all over the world. The ....