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Arab world in 'unprecedented' divisions, says Lebanese thinker

Date: 2014-08-21 12:46:47 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:884331

BEIRUT, Aug 21 (MENA) - A renowned Lebanese thinker said the Arab world is suffering from "unprecedented" divisions. "The Arab world did not benefits from the globalization," Ambassador Clovis Maksoud, who served as the League of Arab States’ ....

Sudanese national dialogue enjoys regional, international support - AL

Date: 2014-08-21 12:21:28 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:884634

KHARTOUM, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Sudanese national dialogue enjoys regional and international support which will render it successful, Arab League (AL) Envoy to Sudan Salah Halima said. The demands of parties and political powers can be discussed so ....

Yemeni PM did not resign - official

Date: 2014-08-21 12:20:11 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:884616

SANAA, Aug 21 (MENA) - A Yemeni official source in the office of the Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa denied news fanned about the prime minister's resignation from his office. These reports are baseless, the source said in statements to ....

Israel airstrikes kill more 4 Palestinians

Date: 2014-08-21 11:25:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:884466

GAZA CITY, Aug 21 (MENA) - Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in Gaza City after targeting a cemetery in the al-Sheikh Radwan district, Gaza health official Ashraf al-Qidra said. The bodies were taken to al-Shifa medical center, he ....

Algeria slams US report on restrictions on religious freedoms

Date: 2014-08-21 11:12:57 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:884426

ALGIERS, Aug 21 (MENA) - Minister of Religious Affairs and Wakfs Mohamed Aissa denounced a US State Department report about restrictions on religious freedoms in Algeria. Aissa asserted that his country would not respond to the report, adding ....

Egypt FM receives Sudanese opposition leader

Date: 2014-08-21 10:39:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:884387

CAIRO, Aug 21 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri received leader of Sudan's opposition Umma Party Sadek al-Mahdi on Thursday. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral ties and ways of boosting them in the various fields. ....

Hamas' military wing says it shelled Israeli Ben Gurion airport

Date: 2014-08-21 10:27:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:884268

GAZA CITY, Aug 21 (MENA) - Hamas’ military wing, Ezz Eddin al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for shelling Ben Gurion airport east of Tel Aviv, Israel. In a statement on Thursday, the group said it fired a homemade M75 rocket at the ....

Siemens warehouses destroyed in Benghazi fighting

Date: 2014-08-21 10:25:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:884328

TRIPOLI, Aug 21 (MENA) - The ongoing armed clashes in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, destroyed the warehouses of German engineering giant Siemens. Nearly 80% of the warehouses' contents were destroyed with initial losses estimated at $100 ....

Israeli forces comb area across Lebanese borders

Date: 2014-08-21 09:03:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:884219

BEIRUT, Aug 21 (MENA) - An Israeli manned force, backed by an armor, combed the area across the Lebanese borders on Thursday. With an Israeli drone hovering upward, the forces combed the area from El-Wazani to the western outskirts of occupied ....

Hamas says Israel to pay heavy price after killing 3 senior military leaders

Date: 2014-08-21 08:37:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:884114

GAZA CITY, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Palestinian Movement Hamas vowed on Thursday that Israel will pay a heavy price after killing three senior Ezzeldin Al-Qassam military leaders earlier. In statements, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said this ....