Arab world
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Iraqi-French talks on holding int'l conference on Iraq
Date: 2014-08-24 11:02:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:888660
BAGHDAD, Aug 24 (MENA) - Iraqi President Fuad Masum discussed over the phone with French President Francois Hollande a proposal to hold an international conference on security in Iraqi. During the talks, Holland voiced hope for organizing an ....
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Militias attack Al-Asima Libyan TV station, abduct its crew
Date: 2014-08-24 11:00:24 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:888477
TRIPOLI, Aug 24 (MENA) – Al-Asima Libyan TV channel administration announced on Sunday that armed men of Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) have attacked the channel's headquarters and abducted its crew. The armed men have looted, sabotaged and set fire to ....
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Libya's parliament says Ansar Sharia, Fajr Libya terrorist groups
Date: 2014-08-24 10:59:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:888663
TRIPOLI, Aug 24 (MENA) - The Libyan parliament termed Ansar el-Sharia and Fajr Libya as terrorist groups that fight State legitimacy. In a statement, the parliament expressed support for the Libyan army forces battling these militant groups till ....
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Labor adviser in Amman meets Egyptian workers, reviews their problems
Date: 2014-08-24 10:17:18 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:888418
AMMAN, Aug 24 (MENA) - Hassan Hammad, labor adviser in the Bureau of Worker Representation at the Egyptian Embassy in Amman, met on Sunday with a number of Egyptian workers in central vegetables market in Jordan in which he reviewed problems facing ....
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Anbar Tribes Revolutionaries: confronting ISIL essential but to be delayed
Date: 2014-08-24 08:31:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:888287
BAGHDAD, Aug 24 (MENA) - Anbar Tribes Revolutionaries media spokesman Abdel Razik al-Shimary said that facing ISIL is essential but will be delayed until the tribes restore their lost rights in Iraq. In statements to Al Arabiya TV station, ....
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Libyan parliament did not call for any foreign military strikes in Libya -- Speaker
Date: 2014-08-24 08:18:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:888286
TRIPOLI, Aug 23 (MENA) - Libyan parliament speaker Akila Saleh Issa asserted on Sunday that the parliament did not urge the international community to intervene via launching military strikes in Libya. In statements to Sky News Arabia, he said ....
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Dozens of Palestinians killed, injured in new Israeli air raids on Gaza
Date: 2014-08-24 07:00:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:888201
GAZA CITY, Aug 23 (MENA) – Two Palestinians were killed while 10 others were injured when an Israeli air force targeted Palestinians in northwest of Gaza Strip, eyewitnesses said on Sunday. Meanwhile, six Palestinians were injured in an Israeli ....
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Egyptian Ceasefire Initiative is still available -- FM
Date: 2014-08-24 07:00:07 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:888205
RIYADH, Aug 23 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry asserted on Sunday that Egyptian Ceasefire Initiative that aims to halt Israeli aggression on Gaza is still available as a framework for reaching settlement. In a statement to Saudi ....
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Israel fires back at South Lebanon
Date: 2014-08-24 06:33:15 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:888221
BEIRUT, Aug 24 (MENA) - Israeli artillery fired shells at South Lebanon in retaliation for the two rockets that were fired at Israeli lands earlier. No casualties or damage were reported as a result of the shelling that took place Saturday night, ....
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Algerian border guard killed
Date: 2014-08-24 05:04:28 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:888141
ALGIERS, Aug 24 (MENA) - Hundreds of Algerian army and security forces were deployed along borders between Algeria and Mali after a border guard was shot dead on Saturday. The forces combed desert areas and all houses located near the borders to ....