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Libyan army jets target armed convoy in western Benghazi
Date: 2014-10-20 09:36:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1160053
TRIPOLI, Oct 20 (MENA) - The Libyan army warplanes targeted an armed convoy in western Benghazi, Spokesman of Operation Dignity Mohamed Hegazy said. Fierce fighting has been going on in Libya since May between Libyan army and Benghazi ....
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Algeria summons Moroccan diplomat over abusive remarks
Date: 2014-10-19 21:16:38 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:1158357
ALGIERS, Oct 19 (MENA) - Algeria on Sunday summoned the Moroccan charge d'affairs in Algiers for over offensive statements by a senior Moroccan official against Algeria. In a statement today, the Algerian Foreign Ministry said that Secretary ....
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Situation in Benghazi terrifying, says Libyan analyst
Date: 2014-10-19 20:49:35 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:149 - ID:1158337
TRIPOLI, Oct 19 (MENA) - A Libyan political analyst described the situation in the eastern city of Benghazi as terrifying. Speaking to Sky News Arabia, Hamdi Hawares said air strikes that have been conducted by the Libyan army have not achieved any ....
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France calls for respecting law banning niqab
Date: 2014-10-19 20:45:16 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:147 - ID:1158329
PARIS, Oct 19 (MENA) - The French Ministry of Culture prepared a memo to remind the people that the law, which bans wearing the Niqab at theatres, museums and public institutions is still in force. This came after reports said that a couple from ....
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Deal made to deploy Australian troops to Iraq - Foreign Minister
Date: 2014-10-19 20:43:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:1158393
LONDON, Oct 19 (MENA) - Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Sunday her country has reached a deal with Baghdad for the deployment of about 200 special forces to assist Iraqi troops in their fight against Daesh militants, Sky News ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest Palestinian young man in Jenin
Date: 2014-10-19 19:52:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:145 - ID:1158353
RAMALLAH, Oct 19 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested Sunday a Palestinian young man in a West Bank village. Palestinian security sources said Fathi Rasmy Jerar, 27, was arrested at a mobile military checkpoint in front of the Sanur ....
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Italian defense minister to visit Algeria Monday
Date: 2014-10-19 19:50:40 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:143 - ID:1158333
ALGIERS, Oct 19 (MENA) - Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti is scheduled to pay a visit to Algeria on Monday. The Algerian Defense Ministry reported Sunday Deputy Defense Minister Ahmed Kaed Saleh will receive the Italian minister at the ....
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2 die, 2 new corona cases in Saudi Arabia
Date: 2014-10-19 19:25:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:1158261
RIYADH, Oct 19 (MENA) - The Saudi health ministry said Sunday two people have died of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-Cov), known as corona virus. The deaths were reported in Jouf and Taif, said the ministry in a statement. The ministry ....
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Berri, Hamdallah discuss conditions of Palestinians in Lebanon
Date: 2014-10-19 19:22:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:1158257
BEIRUT, Oct 19 (MENA) - Lebanese Chamber of Deputies Speaker Nabih Berri received Sunday Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, his accompanying delegation, and PA Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Dabbour. The two sides discussed the recent ....
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Egypt FM asserts profound relations with Libya
Date: 2014-10-19 19:02:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:135 - ID:1158125
CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday said that the Libyan-Egyptian relations are profound and standing. These remarks came in Shoukry's meeting with a delegation of elders and chieftains of Libyan tribes, now ....